Lexus Surbiton Trophy 2024: Wild card entries announced
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Wild card entries to the Lexus Surbiton Trophy 2024 have been announced, including 2019 champion Dan Evans.
Evans joins the ATP Challenger line-up for the Lexus Surbiton Trophy alongside fellow British wild cards Billy Harris and Arthur Fery.
British star Fran Jones headlines the women's wild cards and will be joined by Sonay Kartal, Katy Dunne and Sarah Beth Grey in Souh West London.
Harry Wendelken, Ben Jones, Dan Little and Will Jansen have all received wild cards into the men's qualifying draws.
Meanwhile, Gabia Pakauskas, Amelia Rajecki, Brooke Black and Alicia Dudney have wild cards for women's singles qualifying starting on Sunday 2 June.
| ATP Challenger main draw wild cards | W100 main draw wild cards |
| Dan Evans (GBR, world No.62) | Fran Jones (GBR, world No.259) |
| Billy Harris (GBR, world No.201) | Sonay Kartal (GBR, world No.262) |
| Arthur Fery (GBR, world No.246) | Katy Dunne (GBR, world No.330) |
| Sarah Beth Grey (GBR, world No.363) |
Evans won the biggest title of his career last year at the Citi Open and returns to Surbiton as the only player to have lifted three ATP Challenger trophies on grass since 1999 (Surbiton, 2019; Nottingham 2022 & 2019).
Harris has been a main stay on the ATP Challenger Tour over the last few seasons and has reached four quarter-finals so far in 2024. Earlier this year her not only broke into the top 200 but achieved a career-high ranking at world No.181.
21-year-old Fery made the second round at the Lexus Surbition Trophy and Rothesay Open Nottingham on grass last year, before going on to make his first ATP Challenger final at Mouilleron Le Captif. In 2022, Fery was ranked as high as No.1 in the NCAA singles rankings.
23-year-old Jones comes into the Lexus Surbiton Trophy off the back of the biggest title win of her career at the W75 Gardo. She also made her first WTA 125 final earlier this year at the San Luis Open.
Rising star Kartal will be one to watch on the grass this season having made the semi-finals of the Lexus Ilkley Trophy for the last two seasons. The 22-year-old has already won two ITF titles on home soil this season.
Dunne is a nine-time ITF singles title-winner throughout her career and is a former Rothesay Classic Birmingham and Surbiton quarter-finalist.
28-year-old Grey has won her two biggest doubles titles this season in W75 events in Kurume and Porto, as well as a singles quarter-final at the W50+H Clavi.
However, it has been confirmed that reigning champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from this year’s tournament.
Murray said: "Unfortunately I won’t be back to defend my title at the Lexus Surbiton Trophy this year. Surbiton is such a great tournament with amazing fans so it's been a tough decision but one my team and I felt we needed to make ahead of a busy grass court season. I always love playing in front of the home crowd and I can't wait to get back to the cinch Championships in a few weeks."
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