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2011 Wimbledon Odds & Predictions

by Scott Burgess on Monday, June 20th, 2011

The 2011 Wimbledon makes its first serve, Monday June 20th, as Rafael Nadal tries for his third straight Wimbledon title. Roger Federer has a chance to tie Pete Sampas with seven Wimbledon Titles. Wimbledon oddsmakers have Novak Djokovic as 9/4 odds favourite to win the 2011 Wimbledon. Let’s take a look at the Top 3 heading into the 2011 Wimbledon. Be sure to get your 2011 Wimbledon Odds & Predictions in early.

Novak Djokovic’s attempt to rule the tennis world, set the record for most consecutive wins overall and most in a row to start a season all were ended in the French Open semifinals by Roger Federer. So that means tennis won’t have a Grand Slam sweep again this year after Djokovic won the Aussie Open and Rafael Nadal the French. Can Djokovic win his first Wimbledon title and take Nadal’s No. 1 ranking? His French loss remains Djokovic’s only setback of the season against 41 wins. He still is 3-1 against Federer and 4-0 vs. Nadal this year on the way to seven titles. With Djokovic seeded No. 2 and Federer No. 3, those two would meet in the semifinals if form holds (Nadal is No. 1). Djokovic’s best Wimbledon result in six tries is the semifinals in 2006 and 2010. He has never won a grass-court tournament and has been in only two finals on the surface.

Rafael Nadal re-established himself as the world’s top-ranked player and the best clay-court champion ever by winning a record-tying sixth French Open title a few weeks ago in Paris. Can he add a third Wimbledon title to his Hall of Fame resume? There’s no questioning that Nadal is the clay-court king: He is 45-1 career at the French Open and his six titles ties him with Bjorn Borg for the most. But perhaps it’s time to consider Nadal the best player ever. By beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 in the French final, Nadal won his 10th Grand Slam title. That’s now just six behind Federer’s record of 16. And Nadal is only 25. Technically Nadal is going for his third straight Wimbledon title. He beat Federer in an epic five-set final in 2008 and then Tomas Berdych last year in straight sets. Nadal missed the 2009 tournament with an injury – that’s the only Wimbledon that Federer, the holder of six titles at the All England Club, has won in the past three years.

Roger Federer the greatest player in tennis history as he holds the record with 16 Grand Slam championships. But former great Pete Sampras still holds one number over Federer: Sampras won a record seven Wimbledons in his Hall of Fame career. Time is running out for Federer, can he tie Sampras in this year’s tournament? hadn’t won a major since the 2010 Australian Open and had fallen to No. 3 in the rankings behind Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. But Federer played very well at the French Open on his worst surface, clay, ending Djokovic’s 43-match winning streak in their semifinal match before falling to clay-court master Nadal in the final. But that resurgence has another fairly good grass-court player thinking Federer will win Wimbledon No. 7 in a few weeks. Federer had reached the finals of Wimbledon every year from 2003-09 – losing only in 2008 to Nadal in perhaps the best tennis match ever – before falling to eventual finalist Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals last year. Federer didn’t play a warm-up tournament for Wimbledon to rest a sore groin. He is seeded third for Wimbledon, meaning he would face Djokovic in the semifinals if form holds.

2011 Wimbledon Odds:
Novak Djokovic 9/4
Rafael Nadal 5/2
Roger Federer 10/3
Andrew Murray 6/1
Juan Martin Del Potro 13/2
Andy Roddick 25/1
Robin Soderling 22/1
Tomas Berdych 25/1
Milos Raonic 40/1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 40/1
Nikolay Davydenko 50/1
David Nalbandian 50/1
Marin Cilic 66/1
David Ferrer 66/1
Ernests Gulbis 66/1
Fernando Verdasco 66/1
Richard Gasquet 80/1
Marcos Baghdatis 100/1
Mardy Fish 100/1
Gael Monfils 100/1
Sam Querrey 100/1
Stanislas Wawrinka 100/1
John Isner 100/1
Mikhail Youzhny 150/1