Wimbledon: 2-time Champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner And..
LONDON (AP) - A look at some of the top guys at Wimbledon, which begins at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds through 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 through 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 actually lost two of his previous 3 matches - the five-set, 5 1/2-hour impressive in the French Open last against Carlos Alcaraz, and on yard at Halle, Germany, against ultimate title winner Alexander Bublik. ... Returned in May at the Italian Open from a three-month doping ban he accepted 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 championship points.
Read All 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, consisting of a title at the Queen's Club turf occasion this month. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. ... Defeated 24-time significant champion Novak Djokovic in each of the previous 2 title matches at the All England Cup. ... Tweaked his service motion and his backhand swing just recently - and those modifications appear to be working well.
He Said It: "At the end of my career, I wish to sit at the very same table as the huge guys. That ´ s my primary objective. That ´ s my dream right now." - On his big-picture goals after Wimbledon a year back.
Read Everything about It: Carlos Alcaraz says he wants 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 breakthrough season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a go to a Masters 1000 final on red clay at Madrid, together with an increase into the leading 10. ... Only the second left-hander - Rafael Nadal is the other - to arrive 5 since 2000. ... Fitness concerns from early in his profession appear to be behind him.
He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m consumed with progressing and obsessed with becoming the player that I want to end up being all the time and accomplish the important things I wish 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 an embeded in June. ... His run to the U.S. Open final last year marked the first appearance in a Grand Slam last by an American male considering that Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.
He Said It: "I ´ ve constantly said: Once I do something as soon as, I just feel a lot more confident in having the ability to do it again." - On getting to his very 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 try once again to equivalent Roger Federer with 8 Wimbledon champions (Martina Navratilova owns the singles record with 9 ladies's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam prize in general. ... Has reached the last in each of his latest six appearances at the All England Club, making titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, before losing to Alcaraz the last 2 years. ... Last exit before the final was in 2017, when Djokovic was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
He Said It: "In the face of hardship, normally I increase 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 top 10 of the ATP rankings in June, giving the United States three males because elite group for the very first time since 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 huge forehand ought to make him unsafe on the slick yard.
He Said It: "I love playing at the most significant occasions. Love playing at the Slams. They constantly have the very best crowds, more energetic crowds, the best environment." - On his technique to tournaments.
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Odds Are: +4000
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain extends to play a return to Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic during the males's singles final of the Queens Club tennis championships in London, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Britain's Jack Draper plays a return 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 men's singles 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 throughout the semifinal of the Stuttgart tennis Open in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday June 14, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)