Carlos Alcaraz Withdraws Due to Wrist Injury
The third tennis major of the year, Wimbledon 2026, begins Monday at SW19, but 16 top players will be absent. Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz, who won in 2023 and 2024 and lost the 2025 final to Jannik Sinner, will miss the tournament due to a persistent wrist injury, announced in May. He is replaced by Jan Choinski (No. 100).
Marketa Vondrousova Banned Until 2030
2023 women's champion Marketa Vondrousova received a four-year ban from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) in April for refusing to submit a sample during an out-of-competition test. The Czech player has not competed since January's Adelaide International. Her ban runs until June 2030.
Vondrousova explained: "The recent doping control incident happened because I reached a breaking point after months of physical and mental stress... I reacted as a person who felt scared." She cited an Acute Stress Reaction and Generalised Anxiety Disorder. ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse stated: "Safety and welfare of players and our testers is really important to us. Our testers are well-trained, professional... They carry ID at all times."
Full List of Absent Players and Replacements
Men's singles: Carlos Alcaraz (No. 2, replaced by Jan Choinski No. 100), Lorenzo Musetti (No. 15, replaced by Matteo Berrettini No. 50), Valentin Vacherot (No. 20, replaced by Sho Shimabukuro No. 89), Tomas Machac (No. 42, replaced by Jesper de Jong No. 73), Sebastian Korda (No. 46, replaced by Alexandre Muller No. 126), Holger Rune (No. 63, replaced by Titouan Droguet No. 116), Arthur Cazaux (No. 81, replaced by Alex Molcan No. 101), Eliot Spizzirri (No. 95, replaced by Martin Damm Jr. No. 106), Reilly Opelka (No. 102, replaced by Dalibor Svrcina No. 112).
Women's singles: Victoria Mboko (No. 9, replaced by Darja Vidmanova No. 90), Hailey Baptiste (No. 30, replaced by Hanne Vandewinkel No. 100), Cristina Bucsa (No. 35, replaced by Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva No. 111), Varvara Gracheva (No. 71, replaced by Sinja Kraus No. 93), Sonay Kartal (No. 72, replaced by Paula Badosa No. 140), Veronika Kudermetova (No. 86, replaced by Francesca Jones No. 103), Marketa Vondrousova (No. 120, replaced by Nadia Podoroska No. 594).
