Seventeen of the world’s Top 30 players have entered the HSBC Championships at Queen’s Club, London — the first grass-court WTA 500 of the season, beginning on June 8.<\/p>\n
Three Top 10 players head the list — two-time grass-court titlist Jessica Pegula (Berlin 2024, Bad Homburg 2025); Amanda Anisimova, last year’s runner-up at both Queen’s and Wimbledon; and 19-year-old Victoria Mboko, who will compete in her second career WTA main draw on grass. Last year, Mboko made the second round of Wimbledon as a lucky loser on her professional grass-court debut; the Canadian teenager has surged up the rankings since after winning titles in Montreal and Hong Kong last year, and reaching finals in Adelaide and Doha this year.<\/p>\n
Five further Top 20 players have also entered: Wimbledon semifinalist Belinda Bencic, Beijing finalist Linda Noskova, Madrid champion Marta Kostyuk — one of the most improved players of 2026, currently on a 12-match winning streak — Australian Open quarterfinalist Iva Jovic and 2024 Bad Homburg champion Diana Shnaider.<\/p>\n
The initial main-draw entry list is rounded out by two-time grass-court titlist Liudmila Samsonova (Berlin 2021, ‘s-Hertogenbosch 2024), former US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, 2024 Berlin finalist Anna Kalinskaya, Hailey Baptiste, Marie Bouzkova, Sorana Cirstea, Jaqueline Cristian, Ann Li and 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu, the British No. 1.<\/p>\n
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The strength of the list is such that No. 30-ranked Raducanu is the last direct acceptance. The initial alternates to the main draw are as follows:<\/p>\n