Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Wimbledon 2026, cites lingering right-wrist injury

Carlos Alcaraz said on May 19 that he will miss Wimbledon and Queen’s Club as he continues to recover from the right-wrist injury that has already forced him out of Roland Garros. The Spaniard said in a statement posted on social media that his recovery is progressing, but not enough for the grass-court swing. The withdrawal removes a two-time Wimbledon champion from the All England Club field weeks before the tournament begins. It also extends an absence that started after the Barcelona Open in April. ### What exactly did Alcaraz announce? Carlos Alcaraz said on Tuesday that he would not play the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club or Wimbledon. “My recovery is going well and I feel much better, but I’m still not ready to compete,” he said, according to ATP Tour and other reports. Wimbledon is scheduled for late June into July, while Queen’s Club is one of the main ATP grass-court tuneups. (atptour.com) The ATP Tour said Alcaraz, the No. 2 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, is dealing with a wrist injury. Sky and Olympics.com reported the decision means he will miss the entire grass-court season rather than attempt a shortened return. ### When did the wrist problem start? April is when the injury first surfaced publicly, with multiple reports tracing it to Alcaraz’s first-round match at the Barcelona Open. (atptour.com) Yahoo Sports and other outlets said the problem affected his right wrist and led to a cascade of withdrawals from the clay season. BBC Sport, cited in upstream briefing material, reported the injury was sustained during that Barcelona opener. Subsequent coverage from Sky and ATP said the issue remained unresolved into May, preventing a return for either Roland Garros or the grass events that followed. ### Which tournaments has he now missed? (sports.yahoo.com) Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros, Queen’s Club and Wimbledon are now all off Alcaraz’s 2026 schedule because of the same injury, according to Olympics.com, ATP Tour and other reports. Roland Garros runs from May 24 to June 7, making his French Open absence one of the clearest immediate effects on the men’s calendar. (skysports.com) USA Today and Yahoo Sports reported that Alcaraz had already withdrawn from the French Open before confirming he would also skip Wimbledon. That sequence means he will miss both of the major events that anchor late spring and early summer in men’s tennis. ### How long could he be out? (olympics.com) At least three months is the recovery timeline cited by several reports summarized in the briefing material, including The Guardian. Those reports said the injury would keep him sidelined through a significant stretch of the European clay and grass seasons. Sky News reported the wrist problem was found to be more serious than first thought. (usatoday.com) Alcaraz himself did not give a firm return date in the statements surfaced by ATP and other outlets, saying only that he is improving but not yet ready to compete. ### What changes now for Wimbledon? Wimbledon will now open without one of its recent central figures. (olympics.com) Reuters-cited and broadcaster reports summarized by Sky said Alcaraz won the title in 2023 and 2024 and was runner-up in 2025, making his withdrawal a notable change to the field. The next concrete date is May 24, when Roland Garros begins in Paris without Alcaraz in the draw, followed by the June grass-court build-up at Queen’s Club and then Wimbledon at the All England Club. (news.sky.com) (olympics.com) (skysports.com)