The wild card recipients for the 2024 French Open have been announced, and some well-known players are not on the list.
Several Grand Slam champions, including Emma Raducanu, Simona Halep and Dominic Thiem, are not on the list.
Raducanu may be preparing for the French Open qualification event as she has reportedly withdrawn from next week’s WTA 500 event in Strasbourg, which is held during the same week as the French Open qualifying.
Thiem, a fellow US Open winner, wasn’t on the list either. After a difficult few years due to a wrist injury he sustained in 2021, the 30-year-old Austrian has announced that he will retire from tennis at the end of 2024. In his final season, Thiem will not be granted a wild card to the French Open, where he made it to the final both in 2018 and 2019.
After returning to the WTA Tour, Halep did not receive the wildcard either. This next week, Halep, who received a wild card to the Trophee Clarins on the WTA 125 circuit, will make her clay court debut for the first time in more than two years.
Emma Raducanu in 2024
Now the world no.
212, Emma played her last match on the 24th of April when she capitulated to world no.71 Maria Lourdes Carle 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Madrid (draw).This season Emma has a 9-7 match record.
Simona Halep in 2024
Now the world no.578, Halep played her last match on the 15th of May when she had to retire when playing against world no.123 Mccartney Kessler in the 1st round and the scoreline was 5-7 3-2 .
Presently, during this year Halep has achieved a composed 0-2 record.
Emma Raducanu and Simona Halep have never faced off.
Dominic Thiem in 2024
Now ranked no.117, Thiem played his last match on the 23rd of April when he lost to world no.94 Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in Madrid (draw).
Currently, during this year Thiem has a 6-8 match record.