Wildcard entries were given to seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and former world number three Elina Svitolina for Wimbledon, the organisers confirmed on Wednesday.
Williams, 43, has won Wimbledon five times and returned to action this month after a five-month injury layoff.
The American is currently ranked 697th and is participating in the Birmingham Classic, having bagged a victory against a top-50 opponent in nearly four years when she defeated Italian Camile Giorgi in the round of 32 on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Svitolina reached the French Open quarter-finals following a maternity break before being knocked out by Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtova in Birmingham earlier this week.
British number one Katie Boulter is among the other wildcard entries after winning her first Women's Tennis Association title at the Nottingham Open over the weekend.
Boulter will be joined by compatriots Jodie Burrage, Harriet Dart, Katie Swan and Heather Watson as wildcard entries.
In the men's tournament, Liam Broady, Jan Choinski, Arthur Fery, David Goffin, George Loffhagen and Ryan Peniston were handed wildcard entries.
The four outstanding wildcards – two men and two women – are yet to be announced.
Earlier, Wimbledon’s total prize money rose to a record 44.7 million pounds ($56.52 million) ahead of the tennis tournament this year.
The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said that there has been an increase of 11.2% as compared to 2022.
Winners and runners-up of the men's and women's singles finals will also see their prize money go back to previous levels in 2019, where they pouched 2.35 million pounds and 1.175 million pounds, respectively.
The prize money for winners dropped to 1.7 million pounds in 2021 before it was increased to 2 million pounds last year.
The qualifying competition prize fund has also received a 14.5% increase on last year while any player losing a first-round match is assured of at least 55,000 pounds — an increase of 10% on 2022.
— Additional input from Reuters.