Wimbledon 2021 — Men’s Draw Analysis
Wimbledon 2021 draw is out. Here’s a quick analysis and the possible matches at various stages of the tournament.
Starting with the big 3, Djokovic and Federer are in different halves of the draw, which means there could be a potential final between the two. Nadal, unfortunately has pulled out of the tournament, and hence we would miss him at Wimbledon this year. Djokovic is the top seed this year and Federer is the 6th seed.
In Djokovic’s half of the draw, the top 10 seeded players are
- N. Djokovic [1]
- S. Tsitsipas [3]
- A. Rublev [5]
- R. Bautista Agut [8]
- D. Schwartzman [9]
- D. Shapovalov [10]
In Federer’s half of the draw, the top 10 seeded players are
- D. Medvedev [2]
- A. Zverev [4]
- R. Federer [6]
- M. Berrettini [7]
Given the nature of the draw, a match between two seeded players can happen earliest in the 3rd round. This is to ensure a possibility for all 32 seeded players to reach the 3rd round of the tournament.
If the top 8 seeds were to reach the quarter final stage, below are the seeds they could face in 3rd and 4th rounds of the tournament.
N. Djokovic [1]
3rd round — A. Davidovich Fokina [30]
4th round — G. Monfils [13] / C. Garin [17]
D. Medvedev [2]
3rd round — M. Cilic [32]
4th round — H. Hurkacz [14] / G. Dimitrov [18]
S. Tsitsipas [3]
3rd round — K. Khachanov [25]
4th round — A. de Minaur [15] / D. Evans [22]
A. Zverev [4]
3rd round — T. Fritz [31]
4th round — F. Auger-Aliassime [16] / U. Humbert [21]
A. Rublev [5]
3rd round — F. Fognini [26]
4th round — D. Schwartzman [9] / J. Sinner [19]
R. Federer [6]
3rd round — C. Norrie [29]
4th round — P. Carreno Busta [11] / L. Sonego [23]
M. Berrettini [7]
3rd round — J. Isner [28]
4th round — C. Rudd [12] / A. Karatsev [20]
R. Bautista Agut [8]
3rd round — R. Opelka [27]
4th round — D. Shapovalov [10] / N. Basilashvili [24]
If all the top 8 seeds do manage to reach the quarter final stage, the line-up for quarter final will look like the following
- N. Djokovic [1] vs. A. Rublev [5]
- D. Medvedev [2] vs. R. Federer [6]
- S. Tsitsipas [3] vs. R. Bautista Agut [8]
- A. Zverev [4] vs. M. Berrettini [7]
If the top 4 win their respective quarter final matches, below would be the semi final line-up
- N. Djokovic [1] vs. S. Tsitsipas [3]
- D. Medvedev [2] vs. A. Zverev [4]
