Wimbledon: 2-time Champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner And..
LONDON (AP) - A take a look at a few of the top males at Wimbledon, which begins at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line odds via BetMGM Sportsbook:
2025 Record: 19-3
Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik during their round of 16 match at the Halle ATP tennis tournament in Halle, Germany, Thursday June 19, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa by means of 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 2 of his past three matches - the five-set, 5 1/2-hour epic in the French Open last versus Carlos Alcaraz, and on lawn at Halle, Germany, versus 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 case.
He Said It: "We attempt 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 rivalry 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 turf occasion this month. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. ... Defeated 24-time major champ Novak Djokovic in each of the past two title matches at the All England Cup. ... Tweaked his service movement and his swing recently - and those changes appear to be working well.
He Said It: "At the end of my profession, I want 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 winning Wimbledon a year earlier.
Read Everything 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 real development 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 a rise into the top 10. ... Only the 2nd left-hander - Rafael Nadal is the other - to reach the top 5 given that 2000. ... Fitness concerns from early in his profession seem to be behind him.
He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m consumed with progressing and obsessed with ending up being the gamer that I wish to become all the time and achieve the 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 a set in June. ... His run to the U.S. Open final in 2015 marked the very first appearance in a Grand Slam final by an American man since Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.
He Said It: "I ´ ve constantly stated: Once I do something as soon as, I simply 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 again to equivalent Roger Federer with 8 Wimbledon championships (Martina Navratilova owns the singles record with nine females's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam prize overall. ... Has reached the last in each of his most current 6 appearances at the All England Club, earning 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, generally I rise and I find out and get more powerful. 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 tournament)
Career Titles: 2
Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-2nd, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2019-DNP
Aces: Made his launching in the leading 10 of the ATP rankings in June, offering the United States 3 males in that elite group for the very first time given that 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 greatest events. Love playing at the Slams. They constantly have the finest crowds, more energetic crowds, the best atmosphere." - On his approach to tournaments.
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Odds Are: +4000
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain extends to play a go back to Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic throughout the guys's songs 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, throughout 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 return to Germany's Alexander Zverev in their guys's singles final tennis match of the Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa by means of 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 by means of AP)