Wimbledon 2019 Betting Tips, Predictions and Odds

The third Grand Slam of the season is on the horizon as the UK grass-court swing takes full hold of the calendar and the world’s best seek glory at SW19. Here are our top Wimbledon betting tips, predictions and odds.

Tournament History

Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and has a rich prestige and history associated with it. The tournament is 142 years old and is arguably the biggest prize in tennis. The event has always been staged at the All England Club, Wimbledon and is the only Grand Slam event of the season played on grass courts. The prize money at Wimbledon stands at £34 million and is the only event to implement a strict dress code of all-white across all of the events played within the fortnight.

 

Format

Wimbledon adopts the same format as the French Open, the Australian Open and the US Open. Once the qualifying rounds are completed, 128 players make up both the male and female main draws – with matches taking place over a 2 week period.

 

Venue

 Wimbledon has always been staged at the All England Club and developments at the venue have been made on a regular basis in an attempt to bring it into the 21^st Century. The 2019 edition of the tournament will see the introduction of a roof on Number 1 Court to go with the roof on Centre Court – to ensure the notoriously inclement doesn’t hamper the schedule too much. In addition, Wimbledon is the only one of the four Grand Slams to have a rest day – on the middle Sunday – a tradition that continues to be held up unless the weather deems otherwise.

 

Dates

Monday 1^st July – Sunday 14^th July 2019.

 

Previous Winners (Men’s)

Roger Federer’s dominance at Wimbledon has been one of the hallmarks of the past 20 years in men’s tennis with the Swiss Legend having won the tournament on 8 occasions. He overtook Pete Sampras who managed to win 7 titles in the 1990s whilst Swede Bjorn Borg won 5 consecutive titles between 1976 and 1980.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic has picked up four Wimbledon titles whilst legends of the game Boris Becker and John McEnroe have both claimed three Wimbledon’s each.

 

Previous Winners (Women’s)

The roll call of female Wimbledon winners is arguably the greatest in the game with Martina Navratilova topping the list with 9 Wimbledon triumphs. Serena Williams and Steffi Graf have both claimed the famous trophy on 7 occasions each whilst tennis pioneer Billie Jean King picked up 6 titles in a career that transcended both the amateur and open eras. Venus Williams will be looking to build on her 5 championship wins once again this year whilst defending champion Angelique Kerber will be looking to add another Grand Slam to the cabinet.

 

2019 Tournament Preview

Men’s:

Novak Djokovic is the world number 1 and defending champion at Wimbledon and he will be chasing a 5^th win at SW19 as the favourite. Roger Federer returns to his spiritual home, on his favoured surface and he is sure to be a force to be reckoned with here.

Rafael Nadal will arrive in London fresh from his 12^th French Open title and the Mallorcan has won twice at Wimbledon, despite regularly speaking of his difficulty at playing on grass.

Dominic Thiem has enjoyed an impressive season on the ATP Tour and he will be keen to make an impact on the biggest stage as will youngsters Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Big servers have enjoyed plenty of success at Wimbledon in recent years so the likes of Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic and Nick Kyrgios could all be men to look out for here.

 

Women’s:

The French Open provided another new Grand Slam winner with Ashleigh Barty claiming her first major win and subsequently climbing to the top of the world rankings.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is sure to be a serious force to be reckoned with here as will a returning Serena Williams who always enjoys playing on grass.

Angelique Kerber has struggled since lifting the trophy at SW19 last year whilst the usual suspects in Simona Halep, Sloane Stephens and two-time champion Petra Kvitova will certainly be fancying their chances in a very open looking draw.