The 5 Wimbledon men’s singles title favourites – ranked!
This time next week, the Wimbledon men’s singles draw will be underway.
There is a huge sense of anticipation heading into this year’s tournament, particularly off the back of the instant classic produced by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in the French Open final just two weeks ago.
With the tournament fast approaching, we rank our five leading contenders for the men’s singles title.
5) Taylor Fritz
Projected seed: No 5
Best Wimbledon result: QF 2022, 2024
World No 5 Fritz has won nine ATP Tour singles titles; four of them have come on grass.
The American is one of the few players of his generation who seems comfortable on the surface and has come close to reaching the semi-final twice, with five-set quarter-final defeats in 2022 and 2024.
Fritz has already tasted grass-court success in 2025 as well, beating world No 3 Alexander Zverev in the Stuttgart Open final, not once dropping serve across the whole event.
Dropping down to be the fifth seed may affect the American’s hopes, but on grass, he should be the favourite against most players.
4) Jack Draper
Projected seed: No 4
Best Wimbledon result: Round 2 2022, 2024
For the first time in his career, Draper is a top-four seed at a Grand Slam tournament.
Expectations will be higher than ever for the Brit at his home major, but a stunning twelve months, which have seen him win three ATP titles and rise to world No 4, suggest he is capable of handling the pressure.
The 23-year-old has never performed well at Wimbledon but one his first ATP title on the grass in Stuttgart last summer, and reached the last four of Queen’s last week.
Draper looks primed for the biggest SW19 campaign of his career and undoubtedly enters as a genuine contender.
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3) Novak Djokovic
Projected seed: No 6
Best Wimbledon result: Champion 2011, 2014-15, 2018-22
Only Roger Federer can better Djokovic’s staggering haul of seven men’s singles titles at Wimbledon, and the Serbian has reached the final of the tournament every year since 2018.
Though has been beaten in the final the past two years, the seven-time champion is still hugely comfortable on the surface – something that can’t be said about many players in the draw.
Djokovic’s season has been scrutinised immensely, but he is one of just two men to reach both the Australian and French Open semi-finals in 2025, highlighting his ability to play well when it matters.
Winning a Wimbledon title at 38 will be tough, but if anyone is capable of doing it, it is the man who has won a record 24 major titles across his career.
2) Jannik Sinner
Projected seed: No 1
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-final 2023
Just how will Sinner feel in his first Grand Slam tournament since spurning championship points in the Roland Garros final?
The Italian could well be suffering somewhat of a mental hangover heading into SW19, but the reality is that he remains the world No 1, and one of the toughest players to beat.
Sinner’s loss to eventual Halle champion Alexander Bublik was his first loss to a ‘non-Alcaraz’ player in 49 matches, though, considering his opponent’s form, it does not feel like a disaster.
The world No 1 has reached at least the quarter-final of Wimbledon the last three years and, if he’s close to his best, it feels like only one man can stop him.
1) Carlos Alcaraz
Projected seed: No 2
Best Wimbledon result: Champion 2023-24
Make no bones about it: Alcaraz is the significant favourite heading into Wimbledon this year.
To start with, the Spaniard approaches the tournament on a 14-match SW19 winning run, beating Djokovic in both the 2023 and 2024 finals.
And, he approaches the Championships in the best form of his life, riding an 18-match win streak and reaching at least the final of his last five tournaments.
Following his Queen’s triumph on Sunday, Alcaraz has won an extraordinary 29 of his 32 tour-level matches on grass, and it feels like he can only improve.
There is a sense that it is Alcaraz versus the field at Wimbledon – and it is hard not to fancy his chances of a ‘three-peat’.
