Wimbledon 2024: Complete list of men's and women's singles wildcards ft. Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu & more
Grand Slam champions Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu, Angelique Kerber, and Caroline Wozniacki lead the list of wildcard recipients for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. All four currently are ranked outside the top 100 and are in various stages of their respective comebacks.
Kerber has tasted the most success amongst them at the venue, winning the title in 2018 and finishing as the runner-up in 2016. Wozniacki and Raducanu have a fourth-round finish as their best result at the All England Club, while Osaka has never made it past the third round.
Three other wildcards have been allotted to homegrown talent, with Francesca Jones, Yuriko Lily Miyazaki, and Heather Watson securing their spots in the main draw.
On the men's side, a mix of veteran and rising players have received wildcards. Liam Broady leads the pack as one of the tried and tested players, along with Billy Harris and Jan Choinski.
They are followed by youngsters Henry Searle, Paul Jubb, Jacob Fearnley, and Arthur Fery. All wildcard recipients on the men's side are British, and one spot each is still up for grabs in the men's and women's singles events.
Wimbledon Gentlemen's Singles wildcards:
Liam Broady
Jan Choinski
Jacob Fearnley
Arthur Fery
Billy Harris
Paul Jubb
Henry Searle
To be announced
Wimbledon Ladies' Singles wildcards
Francesca Jones
Angelique Kerber
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
Naomi Osaka
Emma Raducanu
Heather Watson
Caroline Wozniacki
To be announced
Naomi Osaka to compete at Wimbledon for the first time since 2019
It has been half a decade since Naomi Osaka last stepped foot at Wimbledon. Her previous appearance was rather brief as well as she lost in the first round to Yulia Putintseva in 2019.
The Championships were called off the following year due to the pandemic, and she didn't participate the next two years either. She missed last year's edition as she was on maternity leave. Now, the four-time Major champion is raring to perform at the All England Club.
Osaka's best result here has been a third-round showing in 2017 and 2018. To prepare for the season's third Major, she has already participated in a couple of tournaments. She made the quarterfinals of the Libema Open last week and recently lost to Zheng Qinwen in the first round of the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin.
Osaka will next head to Eastbourne for the Rothesay International, the final pitstop in the lead-up to the Championships. She will be keen to make a deep run there to be ready for the grasscourt Major.