2019 Wimbledon Men’s Single Odds, Preview & Picks

Next week, the Wimbledon Championships will take place in London, England. It is the third Grand Slam of the year and the only in which your seedings are not dependent on your world ranking. Instead, your prior performances on grass dictate your seed. That is why Rafael Nadal, the second-ranked player in the world, has the third seed behind top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, ranked third in the world. The fourth seed, Kevin Anderson, is ranked just eighth in the world. If the favorites hold, then Djokovic and Federer would meet in the final, and the two share 12 of the last 16 Wimbledon championships. This article gives you a brief tennis betting preview of the men’s bracket at one of tennis’ most storied locales.

2019 Wimbledon Men’s Single Odds, Preview & Picks

• Novak Djokovic +125
• Roger Federer +270
• Rafael Nadal +750
• Stefanos Tsitsipas +1800
• Alexander Zverev +2600
• Milos Raonic +3000
• Dominic Thiem +3800
• Daniil Medvedev, Marin Cilic, Nick Kyrgios +4800
• Kei Nishikori, Kevin Anderson, Matteo Berrettini, Stan Wawrinka +5500
• Felix Auger-Aliassime, Karen Khachanov +7000
• Grigor Dimitrov +8500
• Borna Coric, David Goffin, Denis Shapovalov, John Isner,
• Roberto Bautista Agut +10000

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer would pass a major milestone if he wins Wimbledon, as he has 95 wins at The All England Club and would become the first man ever to post 100 victories at one Grand Slam event. As long as he gets to the semifinals (which would make his 13th trip to the final four at Wimbledon) he would get there. In his eight tournaments this year, Federer has made the semifinals or better five times. He defeated David Goffin in the final of the Noventi Open last week to win his tenth title there. He leads the ATP Tour with three titles in 2019 and has a match record of 29-4. He will open with Lloyd Harris, from South Africa and, if he wins, would face the winner of Noah Rubin and Jay Clarke. Federer saw Rubin at the 2017 Australian Open and beat him in straight sets in the second round. The first seeded opponent Federer could see is Lucas Pouille, seeded 27th, who begins with Richard Gasquet. If Federer gets to the round of 16, he could see Borna Coric — who beat Federer at Halle in the final in 2018, breaking a 20-match win streak for Federer. At the quarterfinals, the other two seeded possibilities include Kei Nishikori and John Isner, who made the semifinals in 2018. Federer has a 7-3 career record against Nishikori and a 7-2 record against Isner.

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal sits in a difficult quarter of the bracket and could face Nick Kyrgios in the second round. Kyrgios beat Nadal in the fourth round of Wimbledon in 2014, and the pair have split their six matchups. Kyrgios won most recently, advancing in three sets in comeback fashion at the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in February. Whoever wins that match could see Denis Shapovalov, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Bernard Tomic in the third round.

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic is the defending champion, beating South Africa’s Kevin Anderson in the final last year, advancing in straight sets. He now has won four titles (2011, 2014, 2015 and 2018) overall. He opens with Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round. Kohlschreiber made it to the third round at Wimbledon in 2018; his best result came in 2012 when he advanced to the quarterfinals. However, he has only beaten Djokovic twice in 12 matchups (including a win in 2019), and he has only won 53 percent of his matches in 2019. In the grass season, he went down in the first round at both the Stuttgart Open and the Halle Open. Djokovic’s path to the final does not face a lot of seeded challenges until he reaches the quarterfinals when things start to get interesting.