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The remaining wildcards for the Wimbledon main draw have been announced – and there was a notable absentee from a British perspective.
British veteran Dan Evans has missed out on the final two spots of the men’s singles main draw at this summer’s tournament, meaning he will have to go through qualifying to play at his home Grand Slam for one final time.
The remaining places were awarded to British pair Harry Wendelken and Felix Gill.
The 36-year-old announced last week that he would bring an end to his tennis career at Wimbledon and would have hoped for one of the wildcards to guarantee an emotional final appearance.
But he will now need to win three matches in the qualifying tournament, which starts on Monday at Roehampton, to have any chance of competing in the singles draw.
He will play at least one more match at Wimbledon as he has been granted a wildcard to play in the men’s doubles alongside Henry Searle.
Having reached the third round of Wimbledon on three occasions, Evans spoke of his frustrations at not having received a wildcard for the main draw at The Queen’s Club for the final time in his career, saying it would have been a ‘classy gesture’ to be awarded one.
Wendelken, ranked 224 in the world, has enjoyed a strong start to the grass court season, beating two top-100 ranked players in qualifying to reach the main draw at The Queen’s Club this week.
Gill, has been competing at the Nottingham Open II this past week and progressed to the second round of the tournament, while he reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in February, 2026, losing to Federico Cina.
Both aged 24, they will join a strong contingent of British players to receive wildcards for the men’s singles draw – Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones and Toby Samuel.
