Tommy Haas and Marcus Willis are among the players who have asked for wild cards for Wimbledon.
The 39-year-old Haas defeated Roger Federer at Stuttgart a week ago and is a former semifinalist at Wimbledon. Now the tournament director at Indian Wells, he has been on a retirement tour of sorts since returning from his ninth surgery in 2016, and would like to include an appearance on the grass at the All England Club.
"I always felt I had a good game for it, but a lot of times at Wimbledon I got really unlucky," he told The Independent.
The German had to retire from the event with stomach problems in 2001. He stepped on a ball and got injured in 2005 and also tore a stomach muscle before his quarterfinal in 2007. That's in addition to shoulder, ankle, hip and foot surgeries during his career, some which have sidelined him from playing the grass-court major.
"If there were 25 things on a checklist of the illnesses or injuries you can have, I'm probably only two or three away from having the full set," he said, also noting that when he gets an injury, it tends to be severe. "It's always something like a tear that needs surgery."
Meanwhile, the 26-year-old Willis is pointing to his memorable showing a year ago, when the part-time teaching pro came through pre-qualifying and qualifying. He then won his first-round match and played Roger Federer on Centre Court in the second round. This time, he would prefer to get straight into the draw.
"I'd really appreciate that," he told British reporters. "The media attention is going to be big, so they might give me one. I genuinely think I can win some matches.
"If not, I'll try and make my way through qualies again."
Willis, ranked in the 700s a year ago, is now No. 322 in the rankings, which means he could also need a wild card for qualifying.
Haas is No. 252 in the ATP tour rankings.