Wawrinka & Tsonga Receive Monte-Carlo Wild Cards

Former top five stars Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Stan Wawrinka have received wild cards into this year’s Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, the tournament announced Tuesday.

Wawrinka is a former champion at the ATP Masters 1000 event, where he lifted the trophy in 2014. The 36-year-old, who has not competed since March last year, will be making his 12th appearance in Monte-Carlo.

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Frenchman Tsonga will join the three-time Grand Slam champion at the clay-court tournament. The 18-time ATP Tour titlist is a two-time semi-finalist in Monte-Carlo, where he made the last four in 2013 and 2016.

So far this season, Tsonga has earned tour-level wins on home soil in Montpellier and Marseille, beating 23-year-old Kacper Zuk and countryman Gilles Simon, respectively.

The third Masters 1000 event of the season will run from Sunday, 10 April through Sunday, 17 April, with World No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas the defending champion.