Novak Djokovic enters Wimbledon as the men’s top seed and the defending champion, as he pursues his 20th Grand Slam championship. Serena Williams and Roger Federer will enter the All-England Club as the seventh seeds in the women’s and men’s singles draws, respectively. Ashleigh Barty is the top seed in the women’s singles draw, due to her top ranking in the women’s standings. She has not played in a match since she had to retire from the French Open in the second round after an upper-leg injury flared up. Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka will not appear at Wimbledon this year, so as you consider your online Wimbledon betting choices for one of tennis’ most venerable events, take a look at some of our picks.
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Look hard at Serena Williams
The women’s draw in the world of pro tennis is notoriously unpredictable. In the last seven years, six different women have won the singles title at Wimbledon. A player like Serena Williams, who has the veteran savvy to persist in these types of events, could have the staying power to push through another bracket that features a number of unseeded players and qualifiers several rounds in. Williams has won Wimbledon seven times and is looking for her eighth in a career that is starting to wind down in terms of time. Williams does not offer a ton of value, currently listed at +700, not far off the +550 favorite, Ashleigh Barty.
Barty is the favorite simply as the result of her seeding and place in the rankings. She has made the quarterfinals at the Australian Open three straight years and won the French Open two years ago, but that nagging left hip injury pulled her out of contention at Roland Garros. She has not played since pulling out of that second-round match against Magda Linette, taking care with her injury. It is hard to argue that she has had the time to rehab and be 100% ready — and even when she has been healthy in recent years, getting tournament wins has been a challenge for her.
Could Roger Federer pull off the upset?
The Swiss tennis legend comes into Wimbledon listed at +800 to win the men’s singles championship. Djokovic is the heavy favorite at -110, with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev next at +600. Federer is 39 and has shown durability issues. He withdrew from the French Open to avoid aggravating his knee injury, so that he could prepare for Wimbledon. In 2021, though, Federer has not shown any semblance of his Grand Slam championship form. For now, the answer appears to be “no,” so I would not bet heavy on Federer to go all the way.
Is Djokovic really the automatic winner for the men’s singles draw?
Remember, we all thought that Nadal would roll to an easy win at Roland Garros. Instead, he fell in the semifinals to Djokovic. So despite the fact that Djokovic is the heavy favorite, nothing is automatic. Djokovic has already won Wimbledon five times, the second most among all Grand Slams for him. He won Wimbledon in 2018 and 2019, so with the cancellation of the 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he is still the two-time defending champion. He is also halfway to a calendar year Grand Slam — or to winning all four majors in the same calendar year. He would join the likes of Don Budge and Rod Laver, the only other two players to pull this off. With Nadal out and Federer still on the mend, there is no other player at Djokovic’s level at this point. We’ve seen elite players lose well before they were supposed to, but the men’s bracket, at least at the very top, shows a lot more reliability as far as the top players go than the women’s draw has.
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