Petra Kvitova will return to Wimbledon this month.
Two-time Wimbledon winner Kvitova leads the list of Wimbledon wild cards announced today by Tournament Referee Denise Parnell.
The left-handed Kvitova swept Maria Sharapova to win the 2011 Wimbledon title. Three years later, Kvitova crushed Eugenie Bouchard to capture her second Wimbledon championship.
Eight different women have won the last eight Wimbledon championships, including successive winners from Czechia. Barbora Krejickova is reigning Wimbledon champion. Left-hander Marketa Vondrousova raised the Rosewater Dish in 2023.
The 35-year-old Kvitova is the only non-British player receiving a main-draw singles wild card today.
On the men’s side, Briton’s Dan Evans is one of seven British men to receive a main-draw wild card.
“I’m the first to harp on about the wild cards. It’s not just about one week or one match. It’s about what you do 52 weeks of the year,” Evans told the media on Monday in comments published by BBC. “Tennis is not just about the grass court season in Britain. It’s great that we’ve got an amazing set of events, but there is other tournaments.
“I haven’t been good enough at those other tournaments, but I’ve still been professional, still train day in, day out.”
Here’s the list of Wimbledon wild cards announced today.
