The list of players to withdraw from Wimbledon 2026 continues to grow, with former world No 4 Holger Rune the latest big name absentee.<\/p>\n
Main draw singles play at this year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships<\/a>, which will be the 139th edition of the oldest tennis tournament, will begin on Monday 28 June and conclude on Sunday 12 July.<\/p>\n By Thursday, there were 11 players \u2014 six men and five women \u2014 who had withdrawn from the grass-court Grand Slam across both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s events.<\/a><\/p>\n Since then, Holger Rune<\/a> and Reilly Opelka \u2014 who were on the men\u2019s main draw entry list \u2014 have pulled out. This has increased the overall number of singles withdrawals to 13.<\/p>\n Rune has not played since October, when he ruptured his Achilles tendon during a match at the Stockholm Open.<\/p>\n The 23-year-old Dane had initially hoped to make his return to action towards the end of the clay-court season before shifting his sights to the grass.<\/p>\n However, Rune \u2014 who has dropped to 63rd in the rankings \u2014 has once again opted to delay his comeback, having experienced discomfort in his knee.<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka hands Emma Raducanu a major boost ahead of Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Serena Williams\u2019 new coach responds to the rumours she\u2019ll be playing singles at Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Aneke Rune, Holger\u2019s mother and manager, explained the decision in a statement to Danish outlet Sport TV2.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter a thorough assessment, we have decided that Holger will not take part at Wimbledon this year,\u201d Aneke Rune said.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth the Achilles tendon and the knee are responding positively, and he is making steady progress on all fronts. All the scans also look good.\u201d<\/p>\n Commenting on his withdrawal, Rune said: \u201cIt is not an easy decision to miss Wimbledon, but the long-term goal is unchanged: to come back stronger and be ready to compete at the highest level.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m getting closer every day, and it\u2019s very satisfying to feel the progress. Spirits are high \u2013 see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, former world No 17 Opelka has been ruled out following an injury-hit clay-court campaign.<\/p>\n Seven of the eight men to pull out of Wimbledon are either current or former top 20 players: Carlos Alcaraz, Lorenzo Musetti, Valentin Vacherot, Tomas Machac, Sebastian Korda, Rune and Opelka.<\/p>\n Victoria Mboko and Hailey Baptiste are the current top 30 WTA players to withdraw, while Veronika Kudermetova has been ranked as high as ninth.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: John Lloyd tells Emma Raducanu she made \u2018mind-boggling\u2019 mistake: \u2018Most illogical thing I\u2019ve seen\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Wimbledon withdrawal list: 13 players out as Holger Rune joins Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The list of players to withdraw from Wimbledon 2026 continues to grow, with former world No 4 Holger Rune the latest big name absentee. Main draw singles play at this year\u2019s Wimbledon Championships, which will be the 139th edition of the oldest tennis tournament, will begin on Monday 28 June and conclude on Sunday 12 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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