The main star of Ukrainian tennis Elina Svitolina will perform in the main draw of Wimbledon-2023. The organizers of the Grand Slam tournament provided the 28-year-old Ukrainian with a wild card, saving her from the need to overcome qualifications. At the end of March, the organizers of Wimbledon approved the rating of tennis players who will automatically enter the main draw of the tournament.. Elina was not included in it, because at that time she occupied only 192nd place in the WTA ranking. Svitolina did not have the opportunity to use the protected rating, so she would have to start in the qualification, if not for the wild card from the organizers of the tournament. Svitolina will play in the Wimbledon main draw for the ninth time. Her best result at this Grand Slam tournament is the semi-finals in 2019. Svitolina is the fifth Ukrainian tennis player to get into the main draw of Wimbledon-2023. In addition to her, Angelina Kalinina, Marta Kostyuk, Lesya Tsurenko and Ekaterina Beindl will start from this stage of the tournament. The main draw of Wimbledon-2023 will take place from July 3rd to 16th. Recall that last year Wimbledon became the only major tournament that did not allow Russians and Belarusians to participate..

Due to the non-admission of players from Russia and Belarus to the tournament, international tennis organizations - ATP, WTA and ITF - deprived Wimbledon-2022 of rating points. This year, Russians and Belarusians were allowed to Wimbledon in a neutral status, subject to a number of rules. Tennis players from Russia and Belarus, as well as their teams, must sign a " Also, players receiving funding from the states of the aggressor countries will not be allowed to the tournament..