Ajla Tomljanovic will play games best her 2nd lavish slam event in virtually two years then being awarded a French Detectable wildcard.
Adam Walton additionally won a wildcard into the lads’s leading draw, boosting Australia’s illustration within the singles at Roland-Garros to a minimum of 11 gamers.
Any other 13 Aussies have entered qualifying for the Paris clay-court main initiation on Would possibly 26.
Tomljanovic, a former international quantity 32 and three-time lavish slam singles quarterfinalist, made a successful go back at a WTA 125 event in Parma, Italy, this month then being sidelined since February.
The 30-year-old is having a look ahead to her 9th leading draw look in Paris.
“I’m excited to be back playing and so grateful to have the opportunity to play Roland-Garros. I’m looking forward to getting out there and doing my best,” Tomljanovic mentioned.
The sector quantity 219 has an important file at Roland-Garros, along with her absolute best consequence a fourth-round look in 2014.
Tomljanovic has additionally recorded two top-five wins in Paris, together with beating 5th seed Anett Kontaveit within the opening around in her most up-to-date look in 2022.
Walton, sitting at a career-high international rating of quantity 111, has been recognised for his fast growth this season.
The 25-year-old from Brisbane has tallied 32 fit wins and contested 4 ATP Challenger finals in 2024, boosting his rating up greater than 60 parks since January.
Walton’s season highlights come with scoring two top-100 victories to qualify at an ATP 250 event in Adelaide, and making his ATP Masters 1000 main-draw debut in Miami as a qualifier.
“This will be my first time at Roland-Garros and I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity to play main draw,” mentioned Walton, a winner of 14 of his age 18 fits.
Tomljanovic joins compatriot Daria Saville within the girls’s singles leading draw, life Walton bolsters the choice of Australians within the males’s tournament to 9.
Global quantity 11 Alex de Minaur will manage the rate, supported by means of Jordan Thompson, Alexei Popyrin, Chris O’Connell, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Max Purcell and Thanasi Kokkinakis.
James Duckworth, Marc Polmans, Li Tu, Omar Jasika, Dane Sweeny, Arina Rodionova, Astra Sharma, Taylah Preston, Olivia Gadecki, Kimberly Birrell, Talia Gibson, Destanee Aiava and Priscilla Hon will all aim to qualify from Would possibly 20.
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