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Brown, ranked 87th in the world, provided the shock of the
tournament 12 months ago when he came through qualifying before
overwhelming twice former champion Rafael Nadal in the second
round with a scintillating display of attacking tennis.
The 31-year-old posted a photograph of himself celebrating on
his Twitter account @DreddyTennis and expressed his thanks to
tournament organizers.
Czech veteran Radek Stepanek, 37, has also been handed one of
the Wimbledon wildcards.
The former world number four came within two points of knocking
eventual finalist Andy Murray out of the French Open in the
first round.
Slovakia's former top-10 player Daniela Hantuchova and Britain's
former junior champion Laura Robson received wildcards into the
women's main draw.
Wimbledon begins on June 27.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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