Former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber has headlined the initial Wimbledon wildcards that have been announced this morning.
The German won the title in 2018 after defeating Serena Williams and is aiming to recreate some more magic at SW19 as she receives a wildcard into the main draw.
Although Kerber’s comeback hasn’t gone to plan, the German will hope grass is where she can find some confidence with the Olympic Games also in her plans there.
Another player who will be hoping for a change of fortunes at Wimbledon is former world number one Caroline Wozniacki who has also received a wildcard for the event.
Wozniacki was thrashed this week by Elise Mertens in Birmingham and will be hoping that she can improve her form over the next couple of weeks.
However a player that is in confident form right now is former US Open champion Naomi Osaka who has received a wildcard into Wimbledon.
The former world number one almost defeated Iga Swiatek at Roland Garros and is finding her feet on the grass after struggling in previous years.
On the men’s side Nottingham champion Jacob Fearnley has received a main draw wildcard as well as last year’s Juniors champion Henry Searle.
Here is the full list announced by the AELTC this morning with the final list set to be confirmed later this week or early next week.
Men’s Singles:
- Liam Broady
- Jan Choinski
- Jacob Fearnley
- Arthur Fery
- Billy Harris
- Paul Jubb
- Henry Searle
- TBA
Women’s Singles
- Francesca Jones
- Angelique Kerber
- Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
- Naomi Osaka
- Emma Raducanu
- Heather Watson
- Caroline Wozniacki
- TBA
Men’s Qualifying Singles
- Oliver Bonding
- Charles Broom
- Jay Clarke
- Felix Gill
- George Loffhagen
- Jack Pinnington Jones
- TBA
- Play-Off Place
- Play-Off Place
Women’s Qualifying Singles
- Emily Appleton
- Armani Banks
- Sonay Kartal
- Hannah Klugman
- Clervie Ngounoue
- Mika Stojsavljevic
- Mingge Xu
- Play-Off Place
- Play-Off Place
Men’s Doubles
- Liam Broady/Billy Harris
- Charles Broom/Arthur Fery
- Jay Clarke/Marcus Willis
- Dan Evans/Henry Searle
- Jacob Fearnley/Jack Pinnington Jones
- TBA
- TBA
Women’s Doubles
- Emily Appleton/Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
- Alicia Barnett/Freya Christie
- Harriet Dart/Maia Lumsden
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA
- TBA
