Serena Williams has amassed a mouthwatering $89m prize money in her long storied career, but following her victory over Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber to win her seventh Wimbledon title and 22nd Grand Slam singles title to equal Kerber's compatriot Steffi Graf on 22nd Slams which is an Open Era record.

The world number one subsequently was awarded a lower amount of prize money due to Brexit which saw the United Kingdom leave the European Union following the European Referendum on Friday, June 24th.

The veteran American would have pocketed $2.97m which is £2m but the currency of the UK, which is the pound had significantly dropped on currency exchange rates market, therefore Williams earned $2.63m.

$340,000 was the figure that she lost following her triumph in the singles but she lost a further $33,000 when she won her sixth Wimbledon Ladies' doubles title with her sister Venus later that evening.

The Wimbledon champion wouldn't have lost too much sleep over that as she is living comfortably, however Brexit has had consequences at the lower level of tennis.

During the Wimbledon qualifying rounds, the players who missed out on the main draw by losing in the final qualifying round were very unlucky as Britain's typical rainy weather had postponed play on Thursday and had to be carried over on to Friday.

On Friday June 24th, the pound dropped dramatically as for example, on the Thursday £1 would get you $1.49 but on that Friday, the currency exchange rate dropped from £1 to $1.37.

Obviously, the players who compete at Wimbledon will get their cheques in pounds as they are competing in England but most players change their currency into dollars, therefore they lost at least $2,000 instead of earning $22,350, they were awarded $20,550.

Not good for lower ranked players

The prize money difference wouldn't have affected the top players or players who have been on tour long enough to make a living but it would affect up and coming players who competed in the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon as they need the money to make a living, pay for transport and accommodation, pay for a coach, a physio and many more things that they will need to worry about.