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British tennis star Dan Evans will have to go through qualifying to miss out on a wildcard into the men’s singles main draw at Wimbledon.
The 36-year-old, who announced last week that he would His tennis career ended after Wimbledon He hoped to secure one of the eight singles wildcards to guarantee an emotional final appearance at his home Grand Slam.
However, the final remaining spots were awarded to British duo Harry Wendelken and Felix Gill on Wednesday.
Evans expressed disappointment at not being given a wildcard for the HSBC Championship at Queen’s Club, saying it would have been A “nice gesture” get one
“I think I’ve put a lot of time into helping British tennis, off the court and on the court, so I hope to get one,” he said.
World number 244 Evans, who was given a wildcard last year, is a former British number one and has reached the third round of Wimbledon three times.
He was part of the team that won Britain’s first Davis Cup title in 79 years in 2015 and partnered Sir Andy Murray at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Evans has been given a wildcard to play in the men’s doubles with Henry Searle to ensure at least one more match at Wimbledon.
But on Monday he will travel to Roehampton for Wimbledon qualifiers where he needs to win three matches to secure one of the 16 places in the singles draw.
Wendelken, 24, defeated two top-100 ranked players to qualify for the main draw at Queen’s this week and pushed Bottic van de Jandskulp close in a first-round defeat on Monday.
Gill, 24, is ranked 222nd in the world and Wendelken is two places lower at 224.
Italy’s Matteo Berrettini, the 2021 runner-up, and 2022 finalist Nick Kyrgios of Australia have also dropped out of the wildcards.
One remaining wildcard for women’s singles has yet to be announced.
Men’s Singles Wildcard: Grigor Dimitrov, Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Ferry, Jack Pinnington Jones, Toby Samuel, Stan Wawrinka, Harry Wendelken, Felix Gill
Women’s Singles Wildcard: Maja Cwalinska, Harriet Dart, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Katie Swan, Mimi Xu, Players TBC
