Sunday 4 July 2021

2021 Wimbledon Week 2 Predictions - Men's

The 2nd week of Wimbledon begins tomorrow, so it's time for me to update my predictions for the tournament, after the jump, I summarize what's happened so far, and present what I think is likely to happen for the rest of the event.


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  • Of the 4 favourites for the title before the tournament, 3 of them are still in. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost in round 1 to Frances Tiafoe.
  • Alexander Zverev had the easiest overall draw at the start of the tournament, and is still in. Karen Khachanov now has the easiest overall draw relative to his ranking. Daniil Medvedev had the toughest overall draw, and is also still in. Christian Garin now has the toughest draw of the players remaining.
  • Marc Polmans had the easiest 1st round draw, and won his round 1 match against Yen-hsun Lu. The player who had the toughest 1st round draw, Jan-Lennard Struff lost his first round match to Medvedev as expected.
But what about the future? Let's take a look at what the rest of the tournament looks like
  • Novak Djokovic is the favourite for the title, with a 43.08% chance of winning the whole thing, with Roger Federer 2nd at 15.45%. The 3rd most likely winner is Daniil Medvedev with 10.77%, and 4th is Alexander Zverev with 9.31%.
  • As for the next match, it's Karen Khachanov who has the easiest next match, as he's 24.96 percentage points more likely to make it to the quarter finals than a player of his ranking would expect. Christian Garin has the toughest next match, as he's 34.35 percentage points less likely to win than his ranking would expect to do.

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# Name ELO R4 % R5 % R6 % R7 %
1 Novak Djokovic 2026 87.69% 68.70% 60.22% 43.08%
2 Christian Garin 1685 12.31% 4.39% 2.20% 0.60%
3 Marton Fucsovics 1646 24.69% 3.53% 1.57% 0.36%
4 Andrey Rublev 1839 75.31% 23.38% 16.58% 7.76%
5 Karen Khachanov 1650 49.65% 20.78% 3.47% 0.81%
6 Sebastian Korda 1652 50.35% 21.25% 3.59% 0.85%
7 Denis Shapovalov 1694 46.66% 26.23% 5.31% 1.50%
8 Roberto Bautista Agut 1718 53.34% 31.74% 7.06% 2.18%
9 Matteo Berrettini 1812 80.35% 39.75% 16.41% 6.06%
10 Ilya Ivashka 1567 19.65% 4.00% 0.62% 0.09%
11 Felix Auger-Aliassime 1689 27.09% 10.75% 2.84% 0.69%
12 Alexander Zverev 1861 72.91% 45.51% 21.83% 9.31%
13 Roger Federer 1913 82.01% 49.75% 31.60% 15.45%
14 Lorenzo Sonego 1649 17.99% 4.93% 1.42% 0.29%
15 Hubert Hurkacz 1625 19.03% 4.09% 1.07% 0.20%
16 Daniil Medvedev 1876 80.97% 41.23% 24.21% 10.77%