London, Nice Britain, 22 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Australia could have a powerful contingent of representatives within the males’s and girls’s singles competitions at Wimbledon this yr.
Eleven Australian gamers (9 males and two girls) characteristic within the grass-court Grand Slam match’s direct acceptance lists, which had been revealed immediately.
Alex de Minaur headlines the Australian contenders within the males’s singles occasion. The world No.11 was a boys’ singles finalist at Wimbledon in 2016 and lists grass as his favorite taking part in floor.
Ajla Tomljanovic, who has superior to the quarterfinals in her previous two appearances at Wimbledon, has used a particular rating of world No.33 to enter this yr’s girls’s singles competitors. The 31-year-old missed the occasion final yr to recuperate from knee surgical procedure.
Two Australian gamers, 23-year-old Rinky Hijikata and 25-year-old Adam Walton, will make their main-draw debut in singles at Wimbledon this yr.
| Wimbledon 2024 Australian direct acceptances | |||
| Males’s singles | Ladies’s singles | ||
| Participant | Rank | Participant | Rank |
| Alex de Minaur (NSW) | No.11 | Daria Saville (Vic) | No.85 |
| Jordan Thompson (NSW) | No.37 | Ajla Tomljanovic (Qld) | No.207 |
| Alexei Popyrin (NSW) | No.51 | ||
| Chris O’Connell (NSW) | No.64 | ||
| Rinky Hijikata (NSW) | No.78 | ||
| Max Purcell (NSW) | No.92 | ||
| Aleksandar Vukic (NSW) | No.93 | ||
| Adam Walton (Vic) | No.95 | ||
| Thanasi Kokkinakis (SA) | No.98 | ||
James Duckworth is the fifth alternate within the males’s singles record. This implies the world No.103 may very well be elevated to the principle draw if there are 5 withdrawals earlier than the Wimbledon qualifying occasion begins.
World No.103 Arina Rodionova is the sixth alternate within the girls’s singles record.
The variety of Australian contenders in qualifying at Wimbledon can be confirmed in early June.
The Wimbledon 2024 qualifying competitors runs from 24-27 June, adopted by main-draw motion from 1-14 July.
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