The third Grand Slam of the tennis season is here, as Wimbledon gets underway on Monday. It should be an absolutely wild ride on the women’s side, with the title seemingly up for grabs to a whole host of realistic contenders.
Moreover, one of the biggest sports stories of the summer will be written when Serena Williams comes out of retirement and makes her return at the All England Club.
Williams retired at the 2022 U.S. Open. Almost four years later, she is ready to pick the rackets back up. The 44-year-old has already gotten back in action on the doubles court, playing matches earlier this month at Queen’s Club and in Berlin. At Wimbledon, though, Williams will play both singles and doubles – the latter with her sister, 46-year-old Venus.
At the other end of the career spectrum is 19-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who just captured her first Grand Slam title at the French Open. Andreeva is one of the few women at or near the top of the rankings who heads into Wimbledon in particularly good form.
World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka did not even reach the semifinals of any clay-court event this spring and she most recently lost in the Berlin semifinals to Jessica Pegula – dropping the third set 6-0.
Wimbledon is the only one of the four Grand Slams at which the Belarusian has never reached the final.
Defending champion Iga Swiatek has not advanced to any WTA final this entire year and got upset by Emma Navarro in Bad Homburg earlier this week. Elena Rybakina, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova are also short on confidence at the moment.
2026 Wimbledon women’s singles odds
Here is the short list of favorites to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title:
Aryna Sabalenka +350
Elena Rybakina +550
Iga Swiatek +800
Mirra Andreeva +900
Coco Gauff +1200
Jessica Pegula +1200
Amanda Anisimova +1400
Madison Keys +1400
Karolina Muchova +2500
Linda Noskova +2500
Emma Raducanu +2800
Iva Jovic +2800
Naomi Osaka +2800
2026 Wimbledon women’s singles betting picks and predictions
Mirra Andreeva to win Wimbledon (+900)
Andreeva’s occasionally fragile mental game is the only thing that has held her back at times in the very early stages of her career – understandable for a teenager.
Now that she is a major champion, though, those issues may be in the past.
It could be full steam ahead for the Russian, who was absolutely dominant at Roland Garros. She ended the event on a 12-set winning streak and not a single one of those 12 sets was more competitive than 6-4.
We know that Andreeva can play well on grass, too. The world No. 5 advanced to the Wimbledon fourth round in 2023 as a 16-year-old and reached the quarterfinals last summer.
Jessica Pegula to win Wimbledon (+1200)
Alexander Zverev was the undisputed best male player to have never lifted a major trophy before he triumphed at the French Open earlier this month. In the women’s game, that title arguably belongs to Pegula.
The 32-year-old is ranked No. 4 in the world and finished runner-up at the 2024 U.S. Open. She has reached at least the quarterfinals at eight other Grand Slams – including semifinal appearances at the U.S. Open last summer and the Australian Open earlier this season.
Pegula arrives in London with plenty of momentum after advancing to the Berlin semifinals. In addition to beating Sabalenka, Pegula ousted Madison Keys in straight sets before falling to eventual champion Linda Noskova.
The American is a fantastic grass-court player with a very real chance to take home the title in what is a wide-open event.
Elina Svitolina to win Wimbledon (+2800)
Like Andreeva, Svitolina is a top-eight seed in London – and that sets her up nicely in the draw. The 31-year-old Ukrainian would not meet Swiatek until the quarterfinals, Rybakina in the semis and Sabalenka, Gauff, or Andreeva until the final.
Svitolina is enjoying a serious resurgence in the second half of her career.
She has advanced to at least the quarterfinals at seven slams dating back to the 2023 French Open. That includes two semifinal showings, one of which came three years ago at the All-England Club. She also reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2024.
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