Wimbledon 2024: R1 Predictions

It was the night before Wimbledon 2024, and anticipation hung in the air like the dew on Centre Court. As the world's top tennis players prepared to battle on the hallowed grass, here are my predictions for each of the first-round matchups in the gentlemen's singles draw.

Mens Singles

1. Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann

2. Matteo Berrettini vs. Marton Fucsovics

3. Sumit Nagal vs. Miomir Kecmanovic

4. Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Tallon Griekspoor

5. Nicolas Jarry vs. Denis Shapovalov

6. Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fery

7. Lloyd Harris vs. Alex Michelsen

8. Mattia Bellucci vs. Ben Shelton

9. Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dusan Lajovic

10. Cristian Garin vs. Juncheng Shang

11. Stan Wawrinka vs. Charles Broom

12. Gael Monfils vs. Adrian Mannarino

13. Zhizhen Zhang vs. Maxime Janvier

14. Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Fabian Marozsan

15. Alexandre Muller vs. Hugo Gaston

16. Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Daniil Medvedev

17. Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mark Lajal

18. Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Ofner

19. Borna Coric vs. Felipe Meligeni Alves

20. Matteo Arnaldi vs. Frances Tiafoe

21. Sebastian Baez vs. Brandon Nakashima

22. Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson

23. Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Liam Broady

24. Alexander Shevchenko vs. Ugo Humbert

25. Tommy Paul vs. Pedro Martinez

26. Otto Virtanen vs. Max Purcell

27. Zizou Bergs vs. Arthur Cazaux

28. Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Bublik

29. Mariano Navone vs. Lorenzo Sonego

30. Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Maximilian Marterer

31. Dominik Koepfer vs. Fabio Fognini

32. Alex Bolt vs. Casper Ruud

33. Andrey Rublev vs. Francisco Comesana

34. Federico Coria vs. Adam Walton

35. Luciano Darderi vs. Jan Choinski

36. Constant Lestienne vs. Lorenzo Musetti

37. Sebastian Korda vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

38. Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Nuno Borges

39. Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mackenzie McDonald

40. Taro Daniel vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

41. Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O'Connell

42. Kei Nishikori vs. Arthur Rinderknech

43. Flavio Cobolli vs. Rinky Hijikata

44. Daniel Evans vs. Alejandro Tabilo

45. Jack Draper vs. Elias Ymer

46. Cameron Norrie vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta

47. Henry Searle vs. Marcos Giron

48. Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev

49. Hubert Hurkacz vs. Radu Albot

50. Arthur Fils vs. Dominic Stricker

51. Andy Murray vs. Tomas Machac

52. Roman Safiullin vs. Francisco Cerundolo

53. Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

54. Lucas Pouille vs. Laslo Djere

55. Jaume Munar vs. Billy Harris

56. James Duckworth vs. Alex de Minaur

57. Holger Rune vs. Soonwoo Kwon

58. Paul Jubb vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild

59. Quentin Halys vs. Christopher Eubanks

60. Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov

61. Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Luca Nardi

62. Alexei Popyrin vs. Thiago Monteiro

63. Jacob Fearnley vs. Alejandro Moro Canas

64. Vit Kopriva vs. Novak Djokovic

Ladies Singles

1. Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin

2. Francesca Jones vs. Petra Martic

3. Yulia Putintseva vs. Angelique Kerber

4. Marina Stakusic vs. Katerina Siniakova

5. Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova

6. Bernarda Pera vs. Anastasia Potapova

7. Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Snigur

8. Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Jelena Ostapenko

9. Danielle Collins vs. Clara Tauson

10. Mayar Sherif vs. Dalma Galfi

11. Camila Osorio vs. Lauren Davis

12. Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia

13. Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova

14. Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Katie Volynets

15. Cristina Bucsa vs. Ana Bogdan

16. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Marketa Vondrousova

17. Elena Rybakina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse

18. Laura Siegemund vs. Kateryna Baindl

19. Caroline Wozniacki vs. Alycia Parks

20. Lucia Bronzetti vs. Leylah Fernandez

21. Anna Kalinskaya vs. Panna Udvardy

22. Marie Bouzkova vs. Julia Riera

23. Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Avanesyan

24. Rebeka Masarova vs. Liudmila Samsonova

25. Ons Jabeur vs. Moyuka Uchijima

26. Robin Montgomery vs. Olivia Gadecki

27. Viktorija Golubic vs. Jule Niemeier

28. Magda Linette vs. Elina Svitolina

29. Katie Boulter vs. Tatjana Maria

30. Harriet Dart vs. Zhuoxuan Bai

31. Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova

32. Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula

33. Qinwen Zheng vs. Lulu Sun

34. Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Yuliia Starodubtseva

35. Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Lin Zhu

36. Taylor Townsend vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

37. Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Emma Raducanu

38. Nao Hibino vs. Elise Mertens

39. Arantxa Rus vs. Yue Yuan

40. McCartney Kessler vs. Maria Sakkari

41. Daria Kasatkina vs. Shuai Zhang

42. Tamara Korpatsch vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki

43. Paula Badosa vs. Karolina Muchova

44. Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Mirra Andreeva

45. Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska

46. Lesia Tsurenko vs. Varvara Gracheva

47. Donna Vekic vs. Xiyu Wang

48. Emina Bektas vs. Aryna Sabalenka

49. Jasmine Paolini vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo

50. Greet Minnen vs. Heather Watson

51. Bianca Andreescu vs. Jaqueline Cristian

52. Sara Errani vs. Linda Noskova

53. Marta Kostyuk vs. Rebecca Sramkova

54. Daria Saville vs. Peyton Stearns

55. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang

56. Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Keys

57. Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens

58. Karolina Pliskova vs. Diana Shnaider

59. Naomi Osaka vs. Diane Parry

60. Qiang Wang vs. Emma Navarro

61. Sorana Cirstea vs. Sonay Kartal

62. Eva Lys vs. Clara Burel

63. Olga Danilovic vs. Anca Todoni

64. Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff