Dan Evans has broken his silence after it was confirmed that he would not receive a wildcard for Wimbledon this year.
Evans is retiring from tennis at Wimbledon this year, bringing an end to his 20-year playing career.
However, the former British number one is not ranked highly enough to gain direct entry and instead would have required a wildcard.
Wimbledon instead offered these wildcards to Stan Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov, Jacob Fearnley, Jack Pinnington Jones, Arthur Fery, Toby Samuel, Harry Wendelken and Felix Gill, and now Evans has responded to his controversial omission from this list.
Dan Evans makes his feelings known about not receiving a Wimbledon wildcard
There had been a lot of backlash towards Wimbledon for this decision, but Evans had not commented on the matter himself.
While he is still yet to make any actual comments on the issue, Evans has made his feelings on the issue very clear after reposting another post on his Instagram story.
This post hit out at the unfairness towards Evans, pointing out that he had once sacrificed defending an ATP title to play doubles with Andy Murray for his farewell at the Paris Olympics.
It read, “Dan Evans gave up the chance to defend 500 ranking points in Washington to represent Great Britain at the Olympics and be part of Andy Murray’s final professional match.
“Now, as he prepares for what could be the last tournament of his career, he has been rejected for a Wimbledon wild card by Wimbledon and the LTA.
“A player who chose his country over personal ranking points has been left out of his home Grand Slam. He will now play Wimbledon qualifying. Scandalous decision.”
Like many others, Evans is clearly not happy about not receiving a wildcard for his Wimbledon farewell and the 36-year-old will instead have to attempt to come through qualifying.
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Dan Evans’ best career achievements ahead of retirement
Evans has enjoyed success throughout his lengthy career, and in 2023 he achieved his career-high ranking of world number 21.
This came after he won the biggest title of his career in Washington D.C., the tournament that Evans chose not to defend to play doubles with Murray instead.
Evans has also made two runs to the second week of Grand Slams, having done so at the Australian Open in 2017 and the US Open in 2021.
While he has only won 16.2% of his matches against top 10 players, Evans has picked up some notable match wins in his career, including beating Novak Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters in 2021.
Evans also won the longest match in US Open history in 2024 after beating Karen Khachanov in five hours and 35 minutes.
| Dan Evans’ career achievements | |
| Career-high ranking | No.21 |
| Titles Won | 2 (Murray River Open 2021 & Washington Open 2023) |
| Best Grand Slam result | Fourth Round (Australian Open 2017 & US Open 2021) |
| Top 10 wins | 6 |
It has been more of a struggle for Evans in recent years, primarily due to injury, and he is now the world number 244.
If Evans is to qualify for Wimbledon this year, then he will need to win three consecutive matches for the first time since June last year.
Wimbledon qualifying gets underway on Monday, June 22, but Evans will also feature on the main site as he plays doubles with young Brit Henry Searle, having helped mentor the 2023 junior champion over the past year.
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