Wimbledon: Who are the three teenagers who will play the main box for the first time

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Wimbledon already formalized the 16 Wildcards which will distribute for the main picture of men and women in this 2025 edition. In that context, the names of the tennis players who will play the Main Draw. And that is where three teenagers appear for the first time “The Championship“And they don’t exceed 17 years. We are talking about the three stores: Hannah Klugman, Mingge Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic.

Hannah Klugman He is the youngest of all of them. Born in 2009 in Kingston-Upon-Thames but residing in the city of Wimbledon From his childhood, it is the current world No. 3 at the Junior level according to the ITF ranking and currently occupies the position No. 577 of the WTA. With only 17 years he already won an ITF Tournament (Aldershot 2024) and was a finalist of Roland Garros Junior 2024. His presence in the All England Club will be the first in a professional Grand Slam.

Mingge Xu He is the largest of the three, with 17 years. While he has Asian roots, he was born and grew up in Wales (Swansea) and became Top 10 in the ITF Youth Ranking. Unlike Klugman, she did debuted as a professional tennis player in WTA cadres since she debuted at the WTA 250 of Nottingham with victory over Katie Volynets. Its current ranking is No. 300 and its jove as youth had it with better participation in the doubles of the Major (In all it was, minimal, quarterfinalist) than in singles (only semifinals in the US Open 2024).

The last one is Mika Stojsavljevicalso 16 years old and that, like Xu, ES has roots out of Britain. Her father is from Croatia and her mother of Poland, but she grew up in Ealing (London). At the ITF level it became No. 5 Junior and was champion of the US Open 2024 in singles and Wimbledon finalist last year in doubles. On a professional level, it occupies the position No. 919 and still did not debut as a professional, so that its incursion into Wimbledon It will be to remember.