Carlos Alcaraz has confirmed he will withdraw from Wimbledon as he continues to recover from a wrist injury that already forced him out of the French Open.
Posting on Instagram, Alcaraz said: “My recovery is going well and I’m feeling much better, but unfortunately I’m still not ready to compete, which is why I have to withdraw from the grass-court swing at Queen’s and Wimbledon. They are two truly special tournaments for me and I will miss them a lot. We’ll keep working to come back as soon as possible.”
The world No. 2 sustained the wrist problem during his first-round victory over Otto Virtanen at the Barcelona Open on April 14. What initially looked manageable proved more serious: he withdrew from his next match in Barcelona and then pulled out of the Italian Open and the French Open, events he had been due to defend.
Medical assessment has identified inflammation of the tendon sheath in his wrist — tenosynovitis — as the cause of the ongoing trouble. The condition will rule him out of Wimbledon and ends his run of consecutive finals at SW19 (he was champion in 2023 and 2024 and runner-up in 2025).
Alcaraz’s absence is a big blow to the tournament and to his own season. He finished 2025 by regaining the world No. 1 ranking and then won the first Grand Slam of the following year in Melbourne, beating Novak Djokovic after coming back from a set down to claim the Australian Open and take his total major haul to seven.
That run made him the youngest man to complete a career Grand Slam in the Open Era, surpassing the previous benchmark set by Don Budge. By the time of the Australian title he had added Melbourne to six earlier majors: US Open (2022, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024) and French Open (2024, 2025).
To put his achievements in context, Alcaraz had accumulated far more major success by his early twenties than many of the game’s all-time greats at the same age. For example, Novak Djokovic had only one Grand Slam by 22, Roger Federer had three before 23, and Rafael Nadal had six by 23 (four of them at Roland Garros).
The timing of this injury is particularly unfortunate: it has already cost Alcaraz chances to defend titles in Rome and Paris and now prevents him competing at Wimbledon. His Instagram message stressed that his recovery is progressing and that the team will continue to work toward a return as soon as it is safe to play.
Team and fans will now wait for further updates on his rehabilitation and a likely timeline for his comeback, while Wimbledon prepares to proceed without one of its recent dominant champions.