Wimbledon: 2-time Champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1 Jannik Sinner And..

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LONDON (AP) - A take a look at a few of the top guys at Wimbledon, which begins at the All England Club on Monday, with money-line chances by means of BetMGM Sportsbook:


2025 Record: 19-3


Italy's Jannik Sinner returns the ball to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik during their round of 16 match at the Halle ATP tennis competition in Halle, Germany, Thursday June 19, 2025. (David Inderlied/dpa through AP)


Career Titles: 19


Grand Slam Titles: 3 - Australian Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2024)


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Lost in Quarterfinals, 2023-SF, 2022-QF, 2021-1st, 2019-Did Not Play


Aces: Enters Wimbledon having lost 2 of his previous 3 matches - the five-set, 5 1/2-hour impressive in the French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, and on lawn at Halle, Germany, against ultimate title winner Alexander Bublik. ... Returned in May at the Italian Open from a three-month doping restriction he accepted after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his exoneration in the event.


He Said It: "We attempt to erase it somehow and take the favorable and keep going. There are no other ways." - On his loss to Alcaraz in Paris after holding 3 champion points.


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Odds Are: +180


2025 Record: 42-5


2025 Titles: 5


Career Titles: 21


Grand Slam Titles: 5 - Wimbledon (2: 2023, 2024), French Open (2: 2024, 2025), U.S. Open (1: 2022)


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Won Championship, 2023-W, 2022-4th, 2021-2nd, 2019-Did Not Play


Aces: Takes a career-best 18-match winning streak into Wimbledon, consisting of a title at the Queen's Club grass event this month. ... 5-0 in Grand Slam finals. ... Defeated 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic in each of the previous two championship at the All England Cup. ... Tweaked his service movement and his backhand swing just recently - and those modifications seem working well.


He Said It: "At the end of my career, I want to sit at the very same table as the huge guys. That ´ s my main objective. That ´ s my dream right now." - On his big-picture objectives after winning Wimbledon a year earlier.


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Odds Are: +130


2025 Record: 28-8


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-2nd, 2023-DNP, 2022-2nd, 2021-1st, 2019-DNP


Aces: Enjoying a genuine advancement season, including a Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells and a go to a Masters 1000 last on red clay at Madrid, together with a rise into the top 10. ... Only the 2nd left-hander - Rafael Nadal is the other - to reach the top five given that 2000. ... Fitness concerns from early in his career seem to be behind him.


He Said It: "I live and breathe the sport, and I ´ m obsessed with progressing and obsessed with ending up being the player that I wish to end up being all the time and attain the things I want to." - On his outlook.


Odds Are: +900


Seeding: 5


2025 Record: 21-11 (Entering Eastbourne tournament)


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-QF, 2023-2nd, 2022-QF, 2021-3rd, 2019-2nd


Aces: Won a grass-court title at Stuttgart, Germany, without dropping an embeded in June. ... His run to the U.S. Open final last year marked the very first look in a Grand Slam last by an American male since Andy Roddick was the runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon in 2009.


He Said It: "I ´ ve constantly stated: Once I do something once, I just feel a lot more positive in being able to do it once again." - On getting to his very first significant final.


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Odds Are: +2800


2025 Record: 21-8


Grand Slam Titles: 24 - Wimbledon (7: 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022), Australian Open (10: 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023), French Open (3: 2016, 2021, 2023), U.S. Open (4: 2011, 2015, 2018, 2023)


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-Runner-Up, 2023-RU, 2022-W, 2021-W, 2019-W


Aces: Will attempt once again to equivalent Roger Federer with 8 Wimbledon champions (Martina Navratilova owns the songs record with nine ladies's titles) and win a record 25th Grand Slam prize in general. ... Has reached the final in each of his latest 6 appearances at the All England Club, making titles in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022, before losing to the last 2 years. ... Last exit before the final was in 2017, when Djokovic was beaten by Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.


He Said It: "In the face of difficulty, typically I increase and I discover and get more powerful. That ´ s what I ´ m going to do." - After his loss to Alcaraz in the 2024 Wimbledon last.


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Seeding: 10


Career-Best Ranking: 10


2025 Record: 19-13 (Entering Mallorca competition)


Career Titles: 2


Last 5 Wimbledons: 2024-4th, 2023-2nd, 2022-DNP, 2021-DNP, 2019-DNP


Aces: Made his debut in the top 10 of the ATP rankings in June, giving the United States 3 men because elite group for the first time given that 2006, when Andy Roddick, James Blake and Andre Agassi all were that high. ... A semifinalist at the Australian Open in January and the U.S. Open in 2023. ... Dangerous lefty serves and huge forehand should make him hazardous on the slick lawn.


He Said It: "I like playing at the greatest occasions. Love playing at the Slams. They constantly have the very best crowds, more energetic crowds, the best environment." - On his method to tournaments.


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Odds Are: +4000


Carlos Alcaraz of Spain stretches to play a go back to Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic during the men's songs final of the Queens Club tennis championships in London, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)


Britain's Jack Draper plays a return to Brandon Nakashima of the United States, during the quarterfinal match of the Queen's Club Championships tennis competition in London, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)


Taylor Fritz of the USA plays a return to Germany's Alexander Zverev in their guys's songs last tennis match of the Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)


Ben Shelton of the U.S. returns the ball to Germany's Alexander Zverev during the semifinal of the Stuttgart tennis Open in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday June 14, 2025. (Marijan Murat/dpa by means of AP)