Japan’s Osaka, who reached the quarter-finals of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships last week, has progressed to the third round at Wimbledon on two occasions.

The 26-year-old, a former world number one and twice winner of both the Australian and US Opens, will be playing in the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time in five years after becoming a mother.

Wozniacki has made it to the last 16 six times. Disappointed to miss out on a wild card at the French Open, Wozniacki told Britain’s PA news agency: “I have so many special memories.

“I won junior Wimbledon back in 2005, so it’s a long time ago. There’s something so special about playing on Wimbledon’s Centre Court that you can’t replicate anywhere else.”

Wild cards are given by the All England Club to players who are not ranked high enough to qualify directly into the main draw.

Local hope and former US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who was sidelined for eight months last year after undergoing surgery, was also awarded a wild card for the grass-court grand slam, which starts on July 1.

Raducanu is ranked 165th in the world.

It will be the first time in two years that Raducanu, 21, has been at Wimbledon following wrist and ankle surgery in 2023.

Last week, Raducanu lost an all-British semi-final at the Nottingham Open to eventual champion Katie Boulter in what was still an encouraging start to her grass-court campaign.

Britain’s Fran Jones, Lily Miyazaki and Heather Watson are the other players to be awarded entry into the women’s singles.

On the men’s side, all the players to receive wild cards were from Britain, with Liam Broady the stand-out name.

One wild card is yet to be awarded in both the men’s and women’s draws.