Queen’s Club Championships 2024: Singles Draw Preview and Prediction featuring Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, and Grigor Dimitrov
Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion at the ATP 500 tournament.
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Tournament Details
Tournament: Queen’s Club Championships 2024
Date: June 17-23, 2024
Number of Entrants: 32 (Singles)
Venue: London, Great Britain
Surface: Grass
Prize Money: $2,417,498
Defending champion: Carlos Alcaraz
Top Seeds
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Alex de Minaur
- Grigor Dimitrov
- Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul
- Ben Shelton
- Holger Rune
- Ugo Humbert
Queen’s Club Championships 2024 Draw
First Quarter
Defending champion and top seed Carlos Alcaraz has been placed in the first quarter and will open his campaign against Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo. The Spaniard is coming off a title-winning campaign at 2024 Roland Garros and will be high on confidence and thus, is expected to sail through to the second round.
Alcaraz might face local man Jack Draper in the second round and it is expected to be no hustle for the Spaniard to reach the quarterfinals from there. The second seeded player in the quarter, Tommy Paul will play Sebastian Baez in the first round and the American is expected to win the match. He then might face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round.
Paul, being the experienced campaigner will have the edge over his Spanish opponent. The American then will meet Alcaraz in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals prediction: Carlos Alcaraz vs Tommy Paul
Second Quarter
The second quarter has some big names. Grigor Dimitrov and Ugo Humbert are the two seeded players in the quarter while Frances Tiafoe, Sebastian Korda, and Karen Khachanov are other notable names. While Dimitrov plays Adrian Mannarino in the first round, Humbert will open his campaign against Matteo Arnaldi.
Meanwhile, Korda and Khachanov will be up against each other in the first round. The Russian player might pip Korda to set up a second-round match against Dimitrov. Tiafoe, who has to play a qualifier to play in his opening match will challenge Humbert. The American then might play Dimitrov in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals prediction: Grigor Dimitrov vs Frances Tiafoe
Third Quarter
The third quarter is also cramped with stars. While Holger Rune and Taylor Fritz are the seeded players, Cameron Norrie and Andy Murray are the two other notable names. Murray plays a qualifier while Norrie will be up against Milos Raonic. Rune and Fritz, meanwhile, will play Jordan Thompson and a qualifier respectively in the first round.
The two players are expected to sail through into the second round. Rune will then meet Murray while Fritz will face Norrie. Again, the two seeded players are expected to find their way into the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals prediction: Taylor Fritz vs Holger Rune
Fourth Quarter
The fourth quarter of the 2024 Queen’s Club Championships draw has Ben Shelton and Alex de Minaur as the two seeded players. Tomas Martin Etcheverry is also in the same quarter and he will open his campaign against Billy Harris of Britain.
The Argentine is expected to meet Shelton, who will open his campaign against a qualifier, in the second round. Meanwhile, de Minaur is facing Lorenzo Musetti in the first round and will meet the winner of the match between Dan Evans and Brandon Nakashima. The second-seed will sail through to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals prediction: Ben Shelton vs Alex de Minaur
Semifinal
The four quarterfinals will be tight affairs and thus picking the semifinalists becomes a tough job. Nevertheless, in the first quarterfinal, Alcaraz is expected to win considering his impeccable form. Dimitrov is expected to beat Tiafoe in the second quarterfinal.
In the third match, Taylor Fritz might pip Rune to set up a semifinal clash with Alex de Minaur who will be the favorite against Shelton.
Semifinal 1: Carlos Alcaraz vs Grigor Dimitrov
Semifinal 2: Taylor Fritz vs Alex de Minaur
Final
Carlos Alcaraz is the title favorite at the ATP 500 tournament and the Spaniard would love to start the grass-court swing on a high. He is expected to ease past Dimitrov in the semifinals. Meanwhile, the second semifinal will be a closely-fought match.
Fritz and de Minaur both stand a chance to enter the finals. However, de Minaur might just pull it off considering his strong defence. However, against Alcaraz, he also stands a little chance.
Final: Carlos Alcaraz vs Alex de Minaur
Winner: Carlos Alcaraz
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