Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest player to win the French Open and Wimbledon titles in the same year when he demolished Novak Djokovic in the 2024 Wimbledon final and he is the favourite to triumph at the All England Club again next year.
Djokovic battled through to his 37th Grand Slam final despite having undergone surgery on a meniscus tear in his right knee less than four weeks before the start of the tournament, but he succumbed to a 6-2 6-2 7-6 loss to Alcaraz and remains one short of Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon titles.
The Serbian will hope to have a smoother build-up to the 2025 event and is still among the favourites to lift the trophy.
Number one seed Jannik Sinner suffered a quarter-final loss to Daniil Medvedev, but he is seen as a future Wimbledon champion and is second favourite to win the tournament in 2025.
Carlos Alcaraz
Alcaraz took his Wimbledon winning streak to 14 matches with his straight sets success over Djokovic in the 2024 final, but he is clearly hungry for many more Grand Slam victories and is the tournament favourite for Wimbledon 2025.
Records are already tumbling for the Spanish player, who became the youngest player to top the ATP rankings after he won the 2022 US Open as a 19-year-old.
Alcaraz has also become only the second player in the Open Era, alongside Roger Federer, to win his first four Grand Slam finals.
Earlier on in Alcaraz’s career there had been doubts over his ability to master playing on grass courts.
But his winning percentage at Wimbledon has climbed to 90 which puts him joint second on that metric alongside Pete Sampras and narrowly behind Bjorn Borg (92.7 per cent).
And there remains plenty of time for Alcaraz to fine tune his game and get even better.
The powerhouse Spaniard has every shot in the book, with a booming serve, crunching groundstrokes, cultured volleys and classy drop shots among his repertoire.
He is super confident but also grounded and, injury permitting, appears set to compete at the top of the game for years to come.
Jannik Sinner
The biggest obstacle to Alcaraz over the next five to ten years is shaping up to be Sinner, who has reached the quarter-finals or better at three consecutive Wimbledons.
The Italian was the number one seed in 2024 and played some excellent tennis until his quarter-final loss to Medvedev, when he seemed to be under the weather.
However, Sinner won his first Grand Slam at the 2024 Australian Open and has the tools to stay near the top of the sport.
He has a big serve, excellent balance and heavy groundstrokes and is one of the few players capable of getting Alcaraz out of his comfort zone.
Novak Djokovic
Djokovic's loss to Alcaraz in the 2024 final was much more one-sided than he would have liked and it raised questions about whether time is starting to catch up with the Serbian, who is one of the greatest players the sport has ever seen.
However, it could also be argued that Djokovic overperformed simply to reach the final, given that he had to undergo knee surgery in the month before the tournament started.
Djokovic was assisted by a fairly kind route through to the final which included a quarter-final walkover and only two matches against seeded players (15th seed Holger Rune and 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti).
Federer became the oldest Open era Wimbledon men's champion when he landed the last of his eight titles, aged 36, in 2017.
Djokovic fell short of breaking that record in 2024 and his task is likely to be even tougher 12 months further on.
Jack Draper
Andy Murray’s imminent retirement increases the focus on left-handed Briton Jack Draper, who won his first ATP Tour title on the grass courts of Stuttgart in June 2024.
Draper went on to defeat Alcaraz at Queen’s Club, but he was well beaten by compatriot Cameron Norrie at Wimbledon and will have to play a lot better to go close in 2025.
Daniil Medvedev
Medvedev is not seen as a grass court player, but he commands respect after reaching Wimbledon’s final four in both 2023 and 2024.
The Russian is mentally strong and has succumbed to Alcaraz in successive semi-finals, seemingly lacking the power to seriously trouble the Spanish sensation.
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