Emma Raducanu, along with fellow Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, and Angelique Kerber, have been granted wild cards for the main draw at Wimbledon.
Raducanu returns to the All England Club for the first time in two years after undergoing wrist and ankle surgery. She made a notable comeback by reaching the semi-finals at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham last week.
Former world No. 1s Osaka and Wozniacki will also make their Wimbledon main draw returns after a five-year hiatus, both having become mothers during their absence. Additionally, former Wimbledon champion Kerber, and British players Francesca Jones, Heather Watson, and Yuriko Miyazaki, have received wild card entries.
On the men’s side, seven British players, including last year’s junior champion Henry Searle, have been awarded wild cards. Searle, 18, has shown significant progress in the senior circuit this season. Billy Harris, 29, will make his Grand Slam debut after a unique journey, which included traveling Europe in a converted van and winning his first ATP Tour match last year.
Jacob Fearnley earns his wild card for winning his first Challenger title in Nottingham last year. Other British players given wild cards include Liam Broady, who reached the third round last year, Arthur Fery, Paul Jubb, and Jan Choinski.
Dominic Thiem will need to go through qualifying to secure his final Wimbledon appearance, as he plans to retire at the end of the season due to wrist problems.
Junior stars Hannah Klugman, Mingge Xu, and Mika Stojsavljevic will compete in women’s singles qualifying, while 21-year-old Jack Pinnington Jones, who recently defeated Cameron Norrie in Nottingham, and 16-year-old Oliver Bonding have received wild cards for men’s qualifying.
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
By Benjamin
Emma Raducanu, along with fellow Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Caroline Wozniacki, and Angelique Kerber, have been granted wild cards for the main draw at Wimbledon.
Raducanu returns to the All England Club for the first time in two years after undergoing wrist and ankle surgery. She made a notable comeback by reaching the semi-finals at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham last week.
Former world No. 1s Osaka and Wozniacki will also make their Wimbledon main draw returns after a five-year hiatus, both having become mothers during their absence. Additionally, former Wimbledon champion Kerber, and British players Francesca Jones, Heather Watson, and Yuriko Miyazaki, have received wild card entries.
On the men’s side, seven British players, including last year’s junior champion Henry Searle, have been awarded wild cards. Searle, 18, has shown significant progress in the senior circuit this season. Billy Harris, 29, will make his Grand Slam debut after a unique journey, which included traveling Europe in a converted van and winning his first ATP Tour match last year.
Jacob Fearnley earns his wild card for winning his first Challenger title in Nottingham last year. Other British players given wild cards include Liam Broady, who reached the third round last year, Arthur Fery, Paul Jubb, and Jan Choinski.
Dominic Thiem will need to go through qualifying to secure his final Wimbledon appearance, as he plans to retire at the end of the season due to wrist problems.
Junior stars Hannah Klugman, Mingge Xu, and Mika Stojsavljevic will compete in women’s singles qualifying, while 21-year-old Jack Pinnington Jones, who recently defeated Cameron Norrie in Nottingham, and 16-year-old Oliver Bonding have received wild cards for men’s qualifying.