Wimbledon: All you need to know about the men’s draw as Sinner and Djokovic land in same half
The seven-time champion could play Jack Draper in the quarters and Jannik Sinner in the semis
Novak Djokovic 2024 Wimbledon | Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Novak Djokovic faces the toughest of tasks if he is to equal Roger Federer by winning an eighth Wimbledon title – and win a record 25th Grand Slam crown – after he landed in a loaded top half of the draw, which was made at the All England Club on Friday.
The 38-year-old begins against Alexandre Muller of France but has Tomas Machac and Alex Michelsen as possible early opponents, could play Jack Draper in the quarter-finals and top seed Jannik Sinner in the semis and that’s before a likely final against Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion.
Here’s everything you need to do about the men’s singles draw:
The men’s draw
The first-round match-ups you don’t want to miss
Gael Monfils v Ugo Humbert
Taylor Fritz v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Jacob Fearnley v Joao Fonseca
Frances Tiafoe v Elmer Moller
Carlos Alcaraz v Fabio Fognini
The matches we want to see in the first week
Jack Draper v Alexander Bublik (third round)
Novak Djokovic v Alex Michelsen (third round)
Matteo Berrettini v Alexander Zverev (third round)
Jannik Sinner v Denis Shapovalov (third round)
Carlos Alcaraz v Felix Auger-Aliassime (third round)
Projected quarter-finals
Jannik Sinner (1) v Lorenzo Musetti (7)
Jack Draper (4) v Novak Djokovic (6)
Taylor Fritz (5) v Alexander Zverev (3)
Carlos Alcaraz (2) v Holger Rune (8)
Jannik Sinner’s projected path to the title
- First round: Luca Nardi
- Second round: Chun-Hsin Tseng or Aleksandar Vukic
- Third round: Denis Shapovalov
- Round of 16: Tommy Paul or Grigor Dimitrov
- Quarter-final: Lorenzo Musetti or Ben Shelton
- Semi-final: Jack Draper or Novak Djokovic
- Final: Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz’s projected path to the title
- First round: Fabio Fognini
- Second round: Leandro Riedl or Oliver Tarvet
- Third round: Felix Auger-Aliassime
- Round of 16: Andrey Rublev or Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Quarter-final: Holger Rune or Frances Tiafoe
- Semi-final: Alexander Zverev or Taylor Fritz
- Final: Jannik Sinner
