Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon

The 23-year-old has been struggling with a wrist injury which has already forced him to pull out of the French Open.

NO RETURN FOR ALCARAZ: Two-time Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz will not play at this year’s tournament, he has announced. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Wimbledon.

The 23-year-old, who won the title in 2023 and 2024 before losing to Jannik Sinner in last year’s final, has been struggling with a wrist injury which has already forced him to pull out of the French Open.

On Tuesday the Spaniard confirmed he would not participate at the All England Club this year.

“My recovery is going well and I feel much better, but unfortunately I’m still not ready to be able to play, and that’s why I have to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen’s and Wimbledon,” a post on Alcaraz’s official X account read.

“They are two really special tournaments for me and I’ll miss them a lot. We keep working to return as soon as possible!” The year began well for Alcaraz. He beat Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open to complete a career Grand Slam, adding to his two Wimbledon crowns and two French Open triumphs in 2024 and 2025.

Aged 22 at the time, he became the youngest man to achieve the feat.

Alcaraz appeared to sustain the injury in a match at the Barcelona Open, with tests showing it was more serious than first thought and ruling him out of a tournament in Madrid.