2025 Wimbledon entries: Sabalenka, Gauff seek first SW19 crown
The main-draw entry list for Wimbledon 2025 is out, led by World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka View Profile and World No. 2 Coco Gauff View Profile and featuring the entirety of the Top 99 in the PIF WTA Rankings. Click here to view the full entry list.
Both Sabalenka and Gauff will be bidding for a first Wimbledon title. Sabalenka is a two-time semifinalist at The Championships (2021 and 2023), but had to miss last year's edition due to a shoulder injury. Gauff reached the last 16 as a 15-year-old qualifier in a star-making 2019 debut, but has yet to progress beyond that round.
Three former winners are on the entry list: defending champion Barbora Krejcikova View Profile , 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova View Profile and 2022 champion Elena Rybakina View Profile . None are currently in the world's Top 10. A back injury sidelined Krejcikova for the first five months of the year, and she only returned to action this week in Strasbourg (falling to Magda Linette View Profile in her opener). Vondrousova missed the second half of 2024 due to a shoulder injury, and has not competed since February due to the same issue.
Two-time champion Petra Kvitova, who returned from maternity leave in February and is currently ranked No. 608, has not entered with her special ranking. The 2011 and 2014 winner will need a wild card to compete in the main draw.
In total, there are 12 Grand Slam champions with direct entry into the main draw. As well as Sabalenka, Gauff, Rybakina, Krejcikova and Vondrousova, the initial list features Iga Swiatek View Profile , Madison Keys View Profile , Jelena Ostapenko View Profile , Sofia Kenin View Profile , Emma Raducanu View Profile , Naomi Osaka View Profile and Victoria Azarenka View Profile . None have reached a Wimbledon final to date; Ostapenko and Azarenka are both former semifinalists at SW19. Two former Wimbledon finalists will bid to go one step further and lift their maiden major trophy -- Jasmine Paolini View Profile and Ons Jabeur View Profile .
Arantxa Rus View Profile , the World No. 99 in the rankings as of the week of May 20, is the last direct acceptance.
Five players have entered the main draw using special rankings:
- Sorana Cirstea (No. 38)
- Zhu Lin (No. 52)
- Anastasija Sevastova (No. 68)
- Caty McNally (No. 75)
- Yanina Wickmayer (No. 96)
The first 15 alternates to the main draw in case of withdrawals are as follows:
1. Aoi Ito View Profile (JPN)
2. Erika Andreeva View Profile
3. Bianca Andreescu View Profile (CAN)
4. Alizé Cornet (FRA) (using a special ranking of No. 102)
5. Leolia Jeanjean View Profile (FRA)
6. Antonia Ruzic View Profile (CRO)
7. Diane Parry View Profile (FRA)
8. Kaja Juvan View Profile (SLO) (using a special ranking of No. 105)
9. Taylor Townsend View Profile (USA)
10. Aliaksandra Sasnovich View Profile
11. Rebecca Marino View Profile (CAN)
13. Wang Yafan (CHN)
14. Mananchaya Sawangkaew View Profile (THA)
15. Oceane Dodin (FRA) (using a special ranking of No. 111)