British tennis legend might have played final Wimbledon after brutal wildcard snub ahead of retirement

British tennis legend Dan Evans might have played his last Wimbledon singles tournament after he was snubbed for a wildcard entry.

The 36-year-old announced last week that he would retire after this summer's Wimbledon championship and hoped to receive one of the eight wildcard entries for the singles event.

Wildcards are given to players whose world ranking is not high enough to qualify automatically, but who are accepted into the tournament at the discretion of the committee. Goran Ivanisevic famously won the men's singles title as a wildcard entry in 2001.

However, the world number 244 has been overlooked for a guaranteed spot in the tournament, with the two remaining places being awarded to British pair Harry Wendelken and Felix Gill on Wednesday.

Evans, who was granted a wildcard entry last year, is the former British number one and has previously reached the Wimbledon third round on three occasions.

The veteran was also part of the Great Britain team that won the Davis Cup title in 2015 and partnered with Andy Murray at the Paris Olympics two years ago.

Evans could still enter the Wimbledon main draw as a qualifier, but will need to win three matches at the tournament in Roehampton next week to secure one of 16 places available.

He has already been granted a wildcard entry into the men's doubles alongside Henry Searle, so he will get one final Wimbledon appearance, but might never get to play at the All England Club on his own again.

Instead, the places went to world number 224, Wendelken, and to Gill, who is ranked at 222.

Evans was not the only high-profile male player to miss out on a singles wildcard, with 2022 Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios also snubbed.

The 31-year-old defeated world number 36 Corentin Moutet in Stuttgart last week, but was forced to withdraw from the next tournament in Halle with a knee injury, which all but ended his hopes of an entry.

Kyrgios has only played seven professional singles matches since October 2022, with injury taking a toll on his huge potential. Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov were the two foreign players to earn Wimbledon men's singles wildcards, with six homegrown players selected.

One remaining wildcard for the women's singles is yet to be announced, amid speculation it could be handed to tennis legend Serena Williams following her recent return to action.

Men's singles wildcards: Grigor Dimitrov, Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones, Toby Samuel, Stan Wawrinka, Harry Wendelken, Felix Gill.

Women's singles wildcards: Maja Chwalinska, Harriet Dart, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Katie Swan, Mimi Xu, TBC.