The 26-year-old, a former world number one and two-time winner of both the Australian and US Opens, will play in the main draw of Wimbledon for the first time in five years and since becoming a mother.
Danish former Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki, 33, who also once topped the world rankings, also received a wildcard.
Wildcards are given by the All England Club to players who are not ranked high enough to qualify directly for the main draw.
Wozniacki, disappointed to miss out on a wildcard at the French Open, told Britain’s PA news agency: “I have so many special memories.
“I won junior Wimbledon in 2005, so it’s been a long time. There’s something special about playing on the Center Court at Wimbledon that you can’t reproduce anywhere else.”
Germany’s Angelique Kerber, the 2018 Wimbledon champion and another former world number one who took time out from tennis to start a family, has also been given wildcard entry into the tournament, which will take place on July 1st starts.
Another wildcard announced on Wednesday went to home favorite Emma Raducanu, who made her breakthrough to the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2021 – shortly before her stunning triumph by winning the US Open as a qualifier that year.
It will be the first time in two years that Raducanu, 21, will be on the grass courts of Wimbledon after undergoing 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.
