Wimbledon men – who will win?

Carlos Alcaraz

The Roland Garros champ and defending champion must be feeling good. He did lose to Jack Draper at Queens, but Draper is one of the most dangerous players on faster, low bouncing courts. Alcaraz was also due a little letdown after the high he felt in Paris.

Jannik Sinner

I’d place him as more of a favorite than Alcaraz but have put Carlos at the top because he’s the defending champ and in slam winning mode.

Sinner’s also feeling good as the world No.1, Australian Open champ and he just won Halle. In the final there, he beat Hurkacz in two tiebreaks. Hurkacz is a big server and so edging him in a close match prepares Sinner well to win his first title at Wimbledon. The way Sinner is hitting the ball so flat and close to the lines is pretty awe-inspiring and he’s easily hitting better than anyone else right now.

Sascha Zverev.

I doubt he’ll win. Twice in slam finals he’s lost from leading two sets to love. Of course, leading 2-1 doesn’t guarantee you a win and a few players have messed up their first slams and gone on to be multiple slam champs, such as Murray and Lendl. But the circumstances don’t really favor Zverev right now and he is more or less the finished deal. Both Sinner and Alcaraz have proven to be much stronger mentally so if he meets them in the final, they’d be the heavy favorites.

Zverev has that serve though and he’s been around a long time now. He’ll make the second week for sure.

Hubert Hurkacz

Hubert has all the tools. But when he breaks down, he doesn’t seem to have a plan B. Unless your serve is firing in career best form, you need a plan B to win Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic

I’m not sure he’s even playing. If he’s recovered after his knee surgery then he’s in with a shot. But it’s still early days since tearing his knee and I expect he’ll enter but have to retire mid match in week 1.

Still, you never know with him and injuries don’t necessarily prevent you from winning slams. You have to consider him as a potential champ with his history. Though he has lost his edge this season injuries or not. Champs can rediscover such edges however and he’s done it time and time again. Really, the only time we can discount him is when he’s not in slam draws.