2026 Wimbledon Men’s Draw: Preview and Prediction featuring Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, and Alexander Zverev, and Flavio Cobolli

World No.1 Jannik Sinner will be playing as the defending champion at Wimbledon. Last year, he defeated arch-rival Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the final.

The six-time Grand Slam champion, who reached the finals in the previous three Wimbledon, however, will not be competing this time. He injured his wrist while playing at the Barcelona Open.

Tournament Details

• Tournament: Wimbledon
• Date: June 29th – July 12th
• No. of Entrants: 128 (Singles)
• Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
• Surface: Outdoor grass court
• Total Prize Money Pool: $85.8 million
• Defending Champion: Jannik Sinner

Top Seeds at the 2026 Wimbledon

• Jannik Sinner
• Alexander Zverev
• Felix Auger-Aliassime
• Ben Shelton
• Alex de Minaur
• Taylor Fritz
• Novak Djokovic
• Daniil Medvedev
• Flavio Cobolli
• Alexander Bublik

First Quarter

Two Italians, Jannik Sinner and Luciano Darderi, are the top seeds in the first half of this quarter. This quarter also has Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev.

Rafael Jodar and Martin Landaluce are two of the favorites to make a deep run. But Jodar could run into Sinner in the fourth round.

Quarterfinal prediction: Jannik Sinner vs. Daniil Medvedev

Second Quarter

Novak Djokovic will headline this quarter. The Serb is chasing his eighth title at SW19 and could meet Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round.

Djokovic could also meet Joao Fonseca in the fourth round. It was the Brazilian ace who defeated Nole in the third round of this French Open. This quarter also has players such as Andrey Rublev, Learner Tien, Cameron Norrie, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Quarterfinal prediction: Cameron Norrie vs. Novak Djokovic

Third Quarter

Alex de Minaur and Ben Shelton are the top two seeds and could meet in the quarterfinals. The Aussie ace could face this year’s Roland Garros finalist, Flavio Cobolli, in the fourth round.

In the second half, Jakub Mensik could meet Shelton in the last four. Retirement-bound Stan Wawrinka will meet 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini in the first round. Wawrinka, as well as Grigor Dimitrov, have received the wild cards.

Quarterfinal prediction: Flavio Cobolli vs. Ben Shelton

Fourth Quarter

Alexander Zverev, the reigning Roland Garros champion, will headline this quarter. Zverev has never made it past the fourth round of the tournament.

If Sascha reaches the quarterfinals, he could meet Taylor Fritz. The American ace will play home favorite Jack Draper in the first round. This quarter also has Frances Tiafoe, Lorenzo Sonego, Alexander Bublik, Jiri Lehecka, Matteo Arnaldi, and this year’s Queen’s champion, Francisco Cerundolo.

Quarterfinal prediction: Taylor Fritz vs. Alexander Zverev

Semifinals

Medvedev is a two-time Wimbledon semifinalist, while Norrie, a one-time semifinalist in the tournament, reached the quarterfinals last year. Wimbledon is the only Major where Norrie has made a deep run.

Last year in the grass-court Major, Cobolli reached his career’s first Grand Slam quarterfinal. Zverev, however, has never won a grass-court title. In this year’s draw, the only two players who have tasted success at Wimbledon are Sinner and Djokovic. The 24-time Major champion will be chasing his eighth title in the tournament.

Semifinals prediction:

• Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic
• Ben Shelton vs. Taylor Fritz

Final

Sinner edges 6-5 in the head-to-head matchup versus the 39-year-old but lost their last meeting, in the semifinal of this year’s Australian Open. Djokovic last won a title at SW19 in 2022 by defeating Nick Kyrgios. He made the finals in 2023 and 2024 but lost the matches to Alcaraz. It was Sinner who ended Djokovic’s Wimbledon run last year with a straight-set win in the semifinals.

Fritz, a one-time Wimbledon semifinalist, has so far played seven grass-court final, winning five titles. He recently lost the Stuttgart final to Shelton and the Halle Open final to Tiafoe.

• Final prediction: Jannik Sinner vs. Taylor Fritz
• Winner prediction: Jannik Sinner

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