Wimbledon: From top favorite to possible surprise

Novak Djokovic - The top favorite Djokovic is the defending champion, the confident world number one and winner of three of the last four Grand Slam tournaments. This time too, the Serb leads the list of top favorites. Boris Becker's former protégé has already won the tournament four times. However, Djokovic completely avoided grass tournaments this year and instead prepared for Wimbledon on a hard court in Belgrade. So a small question mark remains. Roger Federer - The record winner Reaching for his 9th title: Roger Federer © APA/afp / GLYN KIRK

Lawn time is Federer time. At almost 38 years old, the Swiss is still one of the hottest contenders for victory at Wimbledon. He recently impressively demonstrated his good form with his tenth triumph at the preparation tournament in Halle. Federer is a record champion at the venerable All England Club with eight titles. So he has already set up his monument, the only question is how high the base will be. Rafael Nadal - The clay court king Nadal is and remains unbeatable on clay. He recently proved this again at the French Open in Paris, where he completed the dozen with his twelfth triumph. But the Spaniard has also won twice at Wimbledon. Last year he lost to the eventual winner Djokovic in a dramatic semi-final. Like him, Nadal did not complete a single preparatory tournament on grass this year. Here, too, there remains a question mark over the shape of the lawn. Alexander Zverev - The lucky bag There is also a question mark behind the German hopeful. The tennis world has been waiting for the ATP final winner's big Grand Slam breakthrough for several years. After a serious crisis in April and May, the performance curve recently pointed upwards again. However, the performances in Stuttgart and Halle were mixed. Zverev remains a miracle worker; he can be trusted with anything and nothing. Matteo Berrettini - The insider tip Matteo Berrettini is good for a surprise. © APA/afp / CARMEN JASPERSEN

Secretly and quietly, the Italian has become one of the secret favorites. Since the beginning of the year, Berrettini has climbed over 30 places in the world rankings, beat a number of top players and won his second and third ATP titles in Budapest and Stuttgart. He is still missing a major success at major level, but many experts believe Berrettini can pull off a surprise at Wimbledon.

On Sunday we will take a closer look at the women's field in the second part of the outlook.

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Wimbledon: From top favorite to possible surprise

The world's most prestigious tennis tournament begins in London on Monday. Then at the All England Club all eyes are once again on the usual suspects. In the first part of the outlook we will focus on the men's competition.

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