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A lot can still happen before the singles qualifying competitions and the doubles events get under way at Wimbledon.

But the official lists are out. And the good news on the Canadian side for doubles is that the Cana-Kiwi team of Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe are on the list.

With Dabrowski sidelined because of a rib issue, Routliffe scrambled for alternate partners at Roland Garros and through these first two events of the grass-court season.

Wimbledon wild cards offer no surprises

The pair are the defending finalists; a year ago, they were beaten by Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend.

They are set to be the No. 2 seeds; if Dabrowski can’t make the date, Routliffe (ranked No. 3) could potentially re-pair with anyone having a singles or doubles ranking of No. 143 or better, who isn’t already in the draw.

In Paris, she came up with Victoria Azarenka.

Some of the other teams signed on, beyond the more expected pairings like the defending champions, Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider and Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini:

– Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko
– Barbora Krejcikova and Hao-Ching Chan
– Yulia Putintsva and Peyton Stearns
– Leylah Fernandez and Lulu Sun
– Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally
– Marketa Vondrousova and Miriam Skoch
– Victoria Azarenka and Ashlyn Krueger
– Sorana Cirstea and Anna Kalinskaya
– Alexandra Eala and Eva Lys

Canadians Rebecca Marino and Victoria Mboko are 11th on the alternates list.

Click here for the full list.

Men’s doubles – pure dubs, mostly

With the best-of-five set format, it’s tough for the Grand Slam tournaments to field higher-profile singles players in the doubles draw.

But there are a few:

– Tomas Machac and Jakub Mensik
– Alexander Bublik and Flavio Cobolli
– Gabriel Diallo and Zizou Bergs
– David Goffin and Alexandre Muller
– Alexander Zverev and Andreas Mies
– Jenson Brooksby and Adam Walton

Here’s the full list.

Andreescu unseeded in qualifying

The entry list for the ladies’ qualifying is ranked in order of their rankings at the entry deadline, which was May 26.

So Bianca Andreescu is No. 2 on that list, as she’d just snuck back into the top 100 – a week too late for the main draw entry deadline.

But with the seedings for the qualifying (which begins Monday) according to this week’s rankings, Andreescu may well find herself unseeded and with a tough opener.

She’s currently ranked No. 148.

This looks to be the first time Andreescu will play qualifying at Wimbledon since the first time she played it as a pro – back in 2017. She made it that year.

Meanwhile, there will be 10 players currently in the top 100 who have to brave the wilds of qualifying this year. Which just tells you that even being “top 100” is no longer enough to guarantee you’ll get into the majors.

Loïs Boisson (No. 67)
Nuria Parrizas Diaz (No. 85)
Iva Jovic (No. 89)
Anastasia Zakharova (No. 93)
Léolia Jeanjean (No. 94)
Victoria Mboko (No. 95)
Taylor Townsend (No. 97)
Antonia Ruzic (No. 98)
Rebecca Marino (No. 99)
Solana Sierra (No. 100)

Notable among them, of course, is Roland Garros semifinalist Loïs Boisson – who will be the top seed in the qualifying but has … never played on grass. Not even as a junior.

Here’s the full women’s qualifying list, as of Thursday.

Next alternates are …

So far, through late Thursday, Anhelina Kalinina is the only player to withdraw from Wimbledon in singles.

That allowed Aoi Ito (ranked No. 100 at the entry deadline) to squeeze into the main draw.

A few more days remain for players to pull out, despite having to give up a chunk of the first-round prize money.

The next alternate in would be Erika Andreeva.

And after that, would come Andreescu. So while not wishing anyone ill, she’ll certainly be keeping her fingers crossed. That said, Andreescu hasn’t looked particularly impressive in the leadup events.

Men’s withdrawal list longer

The list of men who have already withdrawn from Wimbledon is much longer, with most of them dealing with ongoing injuries they must know won’t be close to healed in a couple of weeks.

Those include Shang Juncheng (foot), Emil Ruusuvuori (medical issue), Kei Nishikori (back), Alejandro Tabilo (abdominals), Sebastian Korda (shin stress fracture) and Nick Kyrgios (…).

Those withdrawals have meant that veteran Marin Cilic, and Americans Chris Eubanks and Ethan Quinn (No. 106 at the deadline) have been able to get into the main draw.

Next in would be Fabio Fognini.

Here’s the full men’s qualifying list, which includes Canadians Alexis Galarneau (who is already in London) and Liam Draxl.

Special rankings

The long lists of players entered with special rankings have become a feature, not a bug, of entry lists these days.

And this Wimbledon no exception.

Here aare the protected rankings in the various lists.

Ladies’ Singles: Sorana Cirstea, Zhu Lin, Anastasija Sevastova, Caty McNally, Yanina Wickmayer

Gentlemen’s singles: Jenson Brooksby, Sebastian Ofner

Ladies’ qualifying singles: Alizé Cornet, Kaja Juvan, Alina Korneeva, Loïs Boisson, Mihaela Buzarnescu, Kayla Day, Berfu Cengiz, Stefanie Voegele

Gentlemen’s qualifying singles: Leandro Riedi, Facundo Bagnis, Stefano Napolitano, Giulio Zeppieri, Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Canadian content scarce in juniors

Finally, it’s another Grand Slam junior without much Canadian content.

At Roland Garros, Nadia Lagaev was the only Canadian junior taking part; she lost in the first round

She remains the only Canadian set for Wimbledon, in the main draw or qualifying, between the boys and the girls.

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