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Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz announces withdrawal from Wimbledon due to injury

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What to know about Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz announces withdrawal from Wimbledon due to injury

Carlos Alcaraz, the world No. 2 tennis player, has announced his withdrawal from the upcoming grass-court season, including Queen's and Wimbledon, due to a wrist injury. The article notes his recovery progress and lists his career achievements and major titles.

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What happened

2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain will skip Wimbledon this year due to a wrist injury, the player announced on Tuesday on his X page.

Why it matters

This year’s third Grand Slam tournament is scheduled to be played between June 29 and July 12.

Common ground

TASS reported earlier that the Spaniard had pulled out of the French Open, which kicks off this month.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Carlos Alcaraz, the world No. 2 tennis player, has announced his withdrawal from the upcoming grass-court season, including Queen's and Wimbledon, due to a wrist injury. The article notes his recovery progress and lists his career achievements and major titles.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “This year’s third Grand Slam tournament is scheduled to be played between June 29 and July 12.”
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Wikipedia and official schedule sources confirm the 2026 Wimbledon Championships are scheduled from June 29 to July 12.
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2026 Wimbledon Championships will run from 29 June to 12 July.Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimbledon_Championships
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web search NEUTRAL — The Championships 2026 will take place from 29 June 2026 to 12 July 2026.
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/atoz/dates.html
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2026 Wimbledon Championships will take place from Monday 29 June to Sunday 12 July.The predicted schedule below is based on the AELTC's current provisional schedule and on which courts matches hav…
https://www.greenandpurple.com/schedule-of-play-wimbledon-to…
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Claim 2: “the Spaniard had pulled out of the French Open, which kicks off this month.”
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Three independent news sources (Al Jazeera, NY Post, NBC Washington) confirm Alcaraz withdrew from the French Open due to the same wrist injury.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the right wrist injury that also forced the Spaniard out of the French Open
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/5/19/carlos-alcaraz-wi…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — had already withdrawn from the the French Open that starts this weekend.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/19/sports/carlos-alcaraz-withdraw…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — had already withdrawn from the French Open that starts this weekend.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/sports/tennis/carlos-alca…
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Claim 3: “The Spaniard is also won the silver in men’s singles at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.”
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While the evidence confirms Alcaraz's general career and the existence of the 2024 Paris Olympics, none of the provided search results explicitly state that he won the silver medal in men's singles. The results provided are general overviews or unrelated to his specific medal placement.
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web search NEUTRAL — Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-2024
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2022 and 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Milano Cortina 2026 LIVE: https://go.olympics.com/watchRe-live ALL the incredible #Paris2024 action: https://oly.ch/P24ReplaysWatch Noah Lyles of Te...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xnr805bm4E
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Claim 4: “World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain will skip Wimbledon this year due to a wrist injury”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the 2026 Wimbledon tournament due to a wrist injury.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz will miss this year's Wimbledon because of a wrist injury. The world number two withdrew from last month's Barcelona Open after sustaining the injury to his right wris…
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/c87qlqw1nj0o
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Alcaraz has been forced to withdraw from Wimbledon as he continues his recovery from a wrist injury.The 23-year-old had already been forced to withdraw from the rest of the clay-court season, i…
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/19/carlos-alcaraz…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Alcaraz injury: Spanish superstar withdraws from Wimbledon 2026 due to wrist injury.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 5: “Alcaraz, 22, is a 26-time ATP champion”
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Wikipedia and ATP-related search results confirm Alcaraz is 22 years old and has won 26 ATP Tour-level singles titles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alcaraz has won 26 ATP Tour–level singles titles, including seven majors and eight ATP Masters 1000 titles. He is the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in singles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz
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web search NEUTRAL — Official tennis player profile of Carlos Alcaraz on the ATP Tour. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more.
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overv…
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web search NEUTRAL — ATP TITLES. Carlos Alcaraz, 22-year-old, denied Novak Djokovic a 25th Slam in Australian Open final; Becomes youngest to win all four majors.The 22-year-old Spaniard claimed his 7th major title, solid…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/atp-titles
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Claim 6: “In total, he has won seven majors - the US Open twice (2022, 2025), Wimbledon twice (2023, 2024), the French Open twice (2024, 2025) and the 2026 Australian Open.”
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Wikipedia and ATP Bio confirm the total of seven majors, including the specific years: US Open (2022, 2025), Wimbledon (2023, 2024), French Open (2024, 2025), and Australian Open (2026).
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web search NEUTRAL — 2026: Australian Open champion, Career Grand Slam.Open, won by Alcaraz, and the quarterfinals of the 2024 Australian Open, won by Zverev. In 2024 they met for the French Open final, where Zverev was h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz
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web search NEUTRAL — Returned to No. 1 after winning 2025 US Open and earned 59 weeks as No. 1 in his career. Youngest man in history to complete a Career Grand Slam at age 22 following 2026 Australian Open title win, bec…
https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/bio
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web search NEUTRAL — At just 22 years old, Alcaraz is at the top of his game, having already won five Grand Slams - the 2022 US Open, the 2024 and 2025 French Open (also known as the Roland Garros) and the 2023 and 2024 W…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/wimbledon-star-c…
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Claim 7: “is the youngest tennis player to win all four Grand Slams”
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Wikipedia and multiple sports reports explicitly state that Alcaraz is the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in singles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is a Spanish professional tennis player.He is the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in singles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz
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web search NEUTRAL — MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz is the youngest man ever to complete a career Grand Slam after securing the Australian Open title against Novak Djokovic, who had never lost in his 10 previous fi…
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5695713/alcaraz-beats-d…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man ever to complete a career grand slam on Sunday, adding the Australian Open title to his trophy cabinet after defeating...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1mFOokdKyRM
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