Wimbledon: 2-time Champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner And..
LONDON (AP) - A look at a few of the top guys at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line chances via BetMGM Sportsbook:
2025 Record: 19-3
Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik throughout their round of 16 match at the Halle ATP tennis tournament in Halle, Germany, Thursday June 19, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
Career Titles: 19
Grand Slam Titles: 3 - Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2024)
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Lost in Quarterfinals, 2023-SF, 2022-QF, 2021-1st, 2019-Did Not Play
Aces: Enters Wimbledon having lost 2 of his past 3 matches - the five-set, 5 1/2-hour legendary in the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, and on turf at Halle, Germany, against ultimate title winner Alexander Bublik. ... Returned in May at the Italian Open from a three-month doping restriction he consented to after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his exoneration in the event.
He Said It: "We try to erase it somehow and take the favorable and keep going. There are no other ways." - On his loss to Alcaraz in Paris after holding 3 champion points.
Read Everything about It: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz take their competition to Wimbledon
Odds Are: +180
2025 Record: 42-5
2025 Titles: 5
Career Titles: 21
Grand Slam Titles: 5 - Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024), French Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2022)
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-W, 2022-4th, 2021-2nd, 2019-Did Not Play
Aces: Takes a career-best 18-match winning streak into Wimbledon, including a title at the Queen's Club lawn occasion this month. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. ... Defeated 24-time major champ Novak Djokovic in each of the previous 2 championship at the All England Cup. ... Tweaked his service movement and his backhand swing just recently - and those modifications seem working well.
He Said It: "At the end of my profession, I desire to sit at the same table as the big guys. That ´ s my primary objective. That ´ s my dream right now." - On his big-picture objectives after winning Wimbledon a year ago.
Read All About It: Carlos Alcaraz says he wishes to 'get closer to the legends'
Odds Are: +130
2025 Record: 28-8
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-2nd, 2023-DNP, 2022-2nd, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP
Aces: Enjoying a genuine advancement season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a run to a Masters 1000 final on red clay at Madrid, in addition to an increase into the top 10. ... Only the 2nd left-hander - Rafael Nadal is the other - to arrive 5 because 2000. ... Fitness problems from early in his career appear to be behind him.
He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m consumed with advancing and consumed with ending up being the gamer that I want to end up being all the time and attain the important things I want to." - On his outlook.
Odds Are: +900
Seeding: 5
2025 Record: 21-11 (Entering Eastbourne tournament)
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-QF, 2023-2nd, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2019-2nd
Aces: Won a grass-court title at Stuttgart, Germany, without dropping a set in June. ... His run to the U.S. Open final last year marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam final by an American man because Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.
He Said It: "I ´ ve always stated: Once I do something when, I simply feel a lot more confident in being able to do it once again." - On getting to his first significant final.
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Odds Are: +2800
2025 Record: 21-8
Grand Slam Titles: 24 - Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023)
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-RU, 2022-W, 2021-W, 2019-W
Aces: Will attempt once again to equivalent Roger Federer with 8 Wimbledon champions (Martina Navratilova owns the singles record with nine ladies's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in general. ... Has reached the last in each of his latest 6 appearances at the All England Club, making titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, before losing to Alcaraz the last two years. ... Last exit before the last was in 2017, when Djokovic was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
He Said It: "In the face of hardship, typically I rise and I discover and get stronger. That ´ s what I ´ m going to do." - After his loss to Alcaraz in the 2024 Wimbledon last.
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Seeding: 10
Career-Best Ranking: 10
2025 Record: 19-13 (Entering Mallorca competition)
Career Titles: 2
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-2nd, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2019-DNP
Aces: Made his debut in the leading 10 of the ATP rankings in June, offering the United States three guys because elite group for the very first time because 2006, when Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andre Agassi all were that high. ... A semifinalist at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in 2023. ... Dangerous lefty serves and big forehand ought to make him dangerous on the slick yard.
He Said It: "I like dipping into the biggest events. Love playing at the Slams. They constantly have the very best crowds, more energetic crowds, the very best atmosphere." - On his method to competitions.
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Odds Are: +4000
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain stretches to play a return to Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic throughout the guys's singles last of the Queens Club in London, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Britain's Jack Draper plays a go back to Brandon Nakashima of the United States, during the quarterfinal match of the Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Taylor Fritz of the USA plays a go back to Germany's Alexander Zverev in their guys's songs final tennis match of the Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa through AP)
Ben Shelton of the U.S. returns the ball to Germany's Alexander Zverev during the semifinal of the Stuttgart tennis Open in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday June 14, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa through AP)