2023 Wimbledon Championships Preview, Picks and Predictions

2023 Wimbledon Championships – The world’s greatest tennis players converge in the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for the 136th edition of the Wimbledon Championships. The International Tennis Federation-sanctioned tournament is the third Grand Slam tournament of the year after the French Open and the Australian Open. Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina will defend the men’s and women’s singles titles against the best tennis players in the world. Djokovic will aim for his third-straight – and eighth – Wimbledon crown and 24th Grand Slam overall while Rybakina looks to duplicate her 2022 feat. Aside from the men’s and women’s singles, tennis players will also compete in the men’s and women’s doubles, as well as the mixed doubles. The world’s best online tennis betting site will cover the daily odds, best picks and top bets all throughout the tournament.

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The 136th Wimbledon Championships

Widely regarded as the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, the Wimbledon Championships began in 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis events, the others being the Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open. It is the only Grand Slam tournament that is played on grass and all players are required to wear all-white clothing. The tournament record for men’s singles titles won is eight by Roger Federer and Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic will bid to tie Federer if he wins this year. In the women’s side, Martina Navratilova leads the list with nine titles won between 1978 and 1990.

Betting on Tennis in the 2023 Wimbledon Championships

This year’s tournament is the 136th edition for men’s singles and the 129th staging for the women’s event. In the men’s division, Djokovic will bid for his fifth straight Wimbledon title after winning the last four stagings of the event in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022. The Serbian netter, who is ranked second in the 2023 edition of the tournament, will attempt to tie Swiss great Roger Federer in terms of most Wimbledon men’s singles titles won with eight and add to his league-leading 23 Grand Slam title victories.

However, he will face the strong challenges of top seed Carlos Alcaraz, No3-ranked Daniil Medvedev of Russia, fourth seed Casper Ruud of Norway, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, Holger Rune of Denmark, Andrey Rublev of Russia and Jannik Sinner of Italy. Other tennis players who are likely to contend in the two-week tournament are Americans Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, Briton Cameron Norrie, Croatian Borna Coric, Italian Lorenzo Musetti and Australian Alex de Minaur. Former US Open champion Alexander Zverev is also competing in the event but with a lower ranking of 19th.

In the women’s side, Rybakina, seeded third in the tournament, will defend the title against top seed Iga Swiatek, second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, Americans Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff, Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova, Barbora Krejcikova and Karolina Muchova, Russians Daria Katsakina, Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova, Caroline Garcia of France, Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, Maria Sakkari of Greece, Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil and Belinda Bencic of Switzerland. Former Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Victoria Azarenka are also seeded to contend in the event

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2023 Wimbledon Championships Pick

Despite being the second seed in the men’s singles tournament, seven-time champion and defending four-peat winner Novak Djokovic is favored by the world’s best sports picks and parlays website to tie Roger Federer’s hallowed mark in All-England. However, he will have to contend with the likes of Alcaraz, Medvedev, Ruud and Tsitsipas, who are out to win the title as well. In the women’s side, Swiatek will be the odd’s on choice to win it all, although we should keep an open eye on other competitors in Sabalenka, Pegula, Jabeur, Gauff and the defending champion Rybakina.

The dominance of Djokovic in men’s singles Grand Slam competitions is highly likely to continue as nobody has the experience to outwit him in crucial moments of the match. On the distaff side, the in-form Sabalenka and Rybakina will make it difficult for Swiatek to capture another title and solidify her No1 ranking. A tough battle is expected in the women’s singles but in the end, the overall play of Swiatek will likely emerge, allowing the Polish netter to secure her first Wimbledon title and fifth Grand Slam crown overall.