Carlos Alcaraz’s hopes of regaining his Wimbledon title have been dashed with the two-time champion announcing Tuesday he is withdrawing as he recovers from a wrist injury.
Alcaraz sustained the injury during the first round of the Barcelona Open and subsequently pulled out of tournaments in Madrid and Rome and then Roland Garros, where he is the reigning two-time champion.
This means the two tournaments that runs from May 24th to June 7th (French Open) and the Wimbledon championship from June 29th to July 12th will not have the Spaniard youngster.
“My recovery is going well, and I’m feeling much better, but unfortunately, I’m still not ready to play. I am obliged to withdraw from both Queen’s and Wimbledon,” said Spaniard Alcaraz, who lost to world number one Jannik Sinner in last year’s final.
“These are two really special tournaments for me, and I’ll miss them a lot. We’ll keep working to come back as soon as possible,” he added.
The world number two became the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in January with his triumph at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old holds a 22-3 record this season and also won a title in Doha.
Wimbledon will be only the third Grand Slam that Alcaraz has missed since making his main draw debut at the 2021 Australian Open. The Spaniard withdrew from the 2023 edition in Melbourne with a hamstring injury.
Alcaraz’s wrist injury has stopped him from continuing his exciting rivalry with Italian world number one Sinner, 24, who is the firm favourite to triumph in Paris and London.
He lost the top spot following his defeat by Sinner in the Monte Carlo Masters final on April 12th.
The seven-time Grand Slam winner triumphed at Roland Garros in 2024 and 2025. He saved three championship points against Sinner last year in the longest French Open final in history.
Alcaraz won his first Wimbledon trophy in 2023, defeating seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the final and successfully defending his title against the Serb the following year.
Sinner, however, will be expected to capitalise on Alcaraz absence to clinch the French Open in Paris – the very major title he has yet to win.
