Three-time French Open [ Images ] winner Gustavo Kuerten will miss this year's Wimbledon [ Images ] Championships because of an injury to his right hip, the Brazilian said on Thursday.

Kuerten, who has never been past the quarter-finals at the All England [ Images ] Club event, which begins June 21, said he wants to be fit for the North American Masters Series at the end of July, the Athens Olympics [ Images ] and the U.S. Open.

"My goal now is to be fully recovered and to be in great shape I need, at least, six weeks of intense work," Kuerten, 27, said in a statement.

"I am motivated, playing tennis at a very high level and I know that (after) easing the pain I will be among the best players again," he added.

Kuerten will spend the next weeks at home in Florianopolis, Brazil [ Images ], working with his physiotherapist and coach.

He reached the quarter-finals at Roland Garros [ Images ] before being ousted by David Nalbandian [ Images ].

Wimbledon have already lost two of the biggest women's draws this week, Belgians Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters [ Images ], through illness and injury.