The 5 Wimbledon women’s singles title favourites – ranked!
This time next week, the Wimbledon women’s singles draw will be underway.
There is a huge sense of anticipation heading into this year’s tournament, particularly considering recent years have thrown up more than a few surprises at the All England Club.
With the tournament fast approaching, we rank our five leading contenders for the men’s singles title.
5) Elena Rybakina
Projected seed: No 11
Best Wimbledon result: Champion 2022
Rybakina’s form has been up and down in 2025, and her loss to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the Berlin Open quarter-final, where she had four match points, was a jolting one.
However, she is one of the few former champions in the draw, lifting the title in 2022, and has reached at least the second week every year since her tournament debut in 2021.
The Kazakh is only set to be the 11th seed at Wimbledon, so her chances may be dependent on the 5-8 seed she is projected to play when the draw is made.
However, if she is anywhere close to her best, she will be a genuine threat for the title.
4) Mirra Andreeva
Projected seed: No 7
Best Wimbledon result: Round 4 2023
After back-to-back WTA 1000 titles earlier in the season, Andreeva’s form has cooled slightly, but she has undoubtedly been one of the form players of 2025.
The 18-year-old reached the second week of both the Australian Open and the French Open and famously reached the fourth round of Wimbledon back in 2023 as a qualifier.
Andreeva was stunned in the opening round of the tournament in 2024, and her grass-court season did not get off to a fortuitous start, with an early exit in Berlin.
However, she has proven incredibly tough to beat on the whole in recent years, and should be considered a huge factor for the title after the season she has had.
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3) Madison Keys
Projected seed: No 6
Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-final 2015, 2023
After a stunning triumph at the Australian Open back in January, is Keys capable of winning a second Grand Slam singles title in 2025?
Though her form is not quite as hot as it was at the start of the year, the 30-year-old has continued to produce consistent tennis across the spring, with a recent run to the last eight of Roland Garros.
Strangely, Wimbledon is the only Slam where Keys has never made it to the semi-final, with two quarter-final showings to her name.
If the American can find something close to her peak form, you would think she could at least better that over the coming fortnight.
2) Coco Gauff
Projected seed: No 2
Best Wimbledon result: Round 4 2019, 2021, 2024
Fresh off winning her second Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros, off the back of a strong clay season, Gauff was beaten in her only grass-court warm-up match ahead of Wimbledon.
However, it feels like there should be little concern for the 21-year-old as she heads into action at SW19, six years on from her stunning breakthrough at the All England Club.
The world No 2 is another who finds Wimbledon to be her weakest major in terms of peak result, with the American having never reached the last eight of the tournament.
But Gauff has been playing something close to her very best tennis in recent weeks, and will still be riding a wave of confidence heading into the third Grand Slam of the year.
1) Aryna Sabalenka
Projected seed: No 1
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-final 2021, 2023
World No 1 Sabalenka may have some demons to slay at Wimbledon.
For one, she has been beaten in both the Australian and French Open finals this year, and the possibility of a third straight major final defeat is one she won’t want to tolerate.
Sabalenka also has a mixed history at Wimbledon in recent years; she was banned in 2022, pulled out with injury in 2024, and suffered tough three-set semi-final losses in 2021 and 2023.
However, Grand Slam finals aside, the 27-year-old has been the class of the WTA field in 2025, with her sizable lead as the world No 1 partially down to that.
With a game that should be tailor-made for grass in the modern era, and a consistently strong record at majors, she is the woman to beat.
