London, UK, 10 June 2025 | Matt Trollope

The tennis circuit has made its sharp pivot from clay to grass, with Wimbledon qualifying set to begin in less than two weeks.

Sixteen Australians will compete in the men’s and women’s qualifying event at Roehampton, where they will attempt to join 13 compatriots entered into the main draw at the All England Club.

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Top 10 star Alex de Minaur leads the men’s main-draw charge, also featuring Alexei Popyrin, Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Chris O’Connell, Adam Walton and James Duckworth.

De Minaur was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon last year, while Popyrin is riding the high of his recent Roland Garros result, a fourth-round run propelling him to a career-best ranking of No.21.

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Five Australian women – Daria Kasatkina, Kimberly Birrell, Maya Joint, Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki – will compete in the singles main draw.

Tomljanovic is a two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist while Kasatkina reached the last eight in 2018, and Gadecki successfully navigated the qualifying rounds 12 months ago.

Birrell and Joint will be making their main-draw debuts at SW19.

Ten Australian women are set to fly the flag in qualifying including 16-year-old rising star Emerson Jones – who is approaching the WTA top 200 – and Arina Rodionova, who has twice previously qualified for the main draw.

Many of them have shown excellent form on grass already in 2025, with Maddison Inglis and Lizette Cabrera qualifying at respective events in Queen’s and Ilkley.

Talia Gibson won her first main-draw match at Ilkley, where Cabrera will next meet top seed Alexandra Eala.

Ilkley is also where Tristan Schoolkate – one of six Aussie men entered into Wimbledon qualifying – has scored an opening-round win.

Schoolkate’s countrymen Li Tu, James McCabe, Omar Jasika, Alex Bolt and Jason Kubler will also compete at Roehampton, a venue where both Bolt and Kubler have twice previously qualified for Wimbledon.

Kubler went on to make the fourth round in 2022, his best Grand Slam result.

AUSSIES AT WIMBLEDON

MAIN DRAW
Rankings at entry date of 19/5

Men’s singles
9. Alex de Minaur
26. Alexei Popyrin
39. Jordan Thompson
80. Aleksandar Vukic
81. Rinky Hijikata
84. Chris O’Connell
93. Adam Walton
94. James Duckworth

Women’s singles
17. Daria Kasatkina
65. Kimberly Birrell
82. Maya Joint
83. Ajla Tomljanovic
98. Olivia Gadecki

QUALIFYING
Rankings at entry date of 26/5

Men’s singles
128. Tristan Schoolkate
168. Li Tu
180. James McCabe
197. Alex Bolt
206. Omar Jasika
209. Jason Kubler

Women’s singles
126. Talia Gibson
133. Priscilla Hon
137. Daria Saville
149. Astra Sharma
155. Destanee Aiava
156. Maddison Inglis
205. Lizette Cabrera
206. Emerson Jones
214. Arina Rodionova
219. Taylah Preston