Holger Rune’s dream of playing the 2026 Wimbledon Championships has come to a sad end.
The Danish star has been absent from the Tour since rupturing his Achilles tendon at the Stockholm Open last October.
Rune recently withdrew from the Queen’s Club Championships, pinning his hopes on potentially recovering in time for Wimbledon.
Are you worried Holger Rune is returning from injury too soon? 😬
Unfortunately for the Dane, he has not been able to do so.
Holger Rune says his ‘spirit is high’ despite withdrawing from Wimbledon
The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare has provided tennis fans with an update on Holger Rune’s return in a post on social media platform X.
The reputable journalist has reported that Rune miss Wimbledon in order to continue recovery from an Achilles rupture.
“I am getting closer every day and feeling the progress is very satisfying,” Rune said in a statement.
“So spirit is high. See you soon.”
Rune is one of several high-profile ATP stars to have withdrawn from this year’s grass-court major.
Carlos Alcaraz is the most notable omission. The Spaniard, last year’s finalist, has been unable to sufficiently recover from a wrist injury ahead of the event.
On Wednesday, top 10 star Lorenzo Musetti also announced his withdrawal.
France’s Titouan Droguet is set to replace Rune in the Wimbledon main draw.
Wimbledon withdrawals
- Carlos Alcaraz – replaced by Jan Choinski
- Lorenzo Musetti – replaced by Matteo Berrettini
- Valentin Vacherot – replaced by Sho Shimabukuro
- Tomas Machac – replaced by Jesper de Jong
- Sebastian Korda – replaced by Alexandre Muller
- Arthur Cazaux – replaced by Alex Molcan
Holger Rune’s 2025 Wimbledon campaign
Rune will lose only 10 ATP ranking points after withdrawing from this year’s Wimbledon event.
This is because he was stunned in the first round of last year’s event by Chilean Nicolas Jarry.
Jarry, a qualifier, defeated Rune 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Rune, the eighth seed, said afterwards that he had began to experience discomfort in his knee during the fourth set.
“I mean, if I play normal, I’m beating him nine out of ten times, with all respect for Nicolas Jarry. Obviously today didn’t make it a lot easier with my knee, but yeah, it was not great,” the 22-year-old said afterwards.
“Fourth set, I started to feel my knee and then got some treatment. Yeah, never was able to serve and hit my backhand as I was able to do in the first two sets.”
