Wimbledon Odds and Updates and Must-Bet Singles First Round Matches

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The first round of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships starts on Monday, July 1. As to be expected, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer will be huge favorites on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Ashleigh Barty, Serena Williams, and Karolina Pliskova will offer underlay odds to win their first round matchups. Let’s look for possible upsets and value plays in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships. Check out four top 2019 Wimbledon round 1 odds, analysis, and free picks!

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Odds, Predictions & Picks

Monday, July 1

Petra Martic vs Jennifer Brady

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

Brady looked good in the first round of the Nature Valley Classic. She beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 6-3. She ran into Ash Barty in the second round. Barty, the Wimbledon Championship’s 1-seed, dominated Brady 6-3, 6-1. Brady should play Petra Martic much tougher than she played against Barty.

Even though Brady will play better versus Martic than she did when facing Barty, Petra Martic is the play in this matchup. Martic beat Ekaterina Alexandrova, Margarita Gasparyan, and Jelena Ostapenko at the Nature Valley Classic in Birmingham. She lost to Julia Goerges in the semifinals.

Martic could have a deep run at Wimbledon this year. It starts on Monday by beating Jennifer Brady.

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick: Petra Martic

Yulia Putintseva vs Naomi Osaka

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

Naomi Osaka won the 2018 US Open and the 2019 Australian Open. She was one of the favorites to win the French Open, but bowed out in the third round to Katerina Siniakova. Osaka followed that up with a win over Maria Sakkari in round one at the Nature Valley Classic.

What happened after that? Osaka bombed in the second round. Yulia Putintseva dominated Naomi 6-2, 6-3. Osaka can beat Putintseva on Monday. She should offer underlay odds, though. Not only that, but Putintseva made it to the Nature Valley Classic quarterfinals before losing to Julia Goerges. Putintseva is an attractive Wimbledon Round 1 underdog play.

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick: Yulia Putintseva

Hubert Hurkacz vs Dusan Lajovic

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

Lajovic figures to be the slight favorite in this. He made it all the way to Round 3 at the French Open. Wimbledon is played over grass, though, and Lajovic’s game isn’t as well-suited for grass as it is for clay. He lost 2-6, 3-6 to Sam Querrey in the second round of the Nature Valley International over grass.

Hubert Hurkacz won his first two round matches at the Nature Valley International. He beat Marco Cecchinato 6-4, 6-4, and Steve Johnson 6-3, 7-6 (8-6). Hurkacz could take down Lajovic on July 1. He’s the pick.

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick:Hubert Hurkacz

Venus Williams vs Cori Gauff

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

At the age of 39, Venus Williams is well past her prime as a tennis player. She still plays competitively. She beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 6-4 in Round 1 of the Nature Valley Classic. She beat Qiang Wang 6-3, 6-2 in Round 2. She even hung with French Open winner Ash Barty losing 4-6, 3-6 in Round 3.

Williams’s opponent on Monday is 15-year-old Cori Gauff. We don’t know a lot about Gauff. She did win in Round 1 at the Miami Open in March, though. She could be a tennis sensation. This is an intriguing matchup where it makes sense to go with the young player. Who knows?

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick:Cori Gauff

Tuesday, July 2

Frances Tiafoe vs Fabio Fognini

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

On paper, 21-year-old American Frances Tiafoe appears hopelessly outmatched. He couldn’t make it out of round one at the Fever Tree Championships in London. Filip Krajinovic knocked him out of the first round at the French Open.

However, Fabio Fognini doesn’t play as well on grass. Everything is faster on grass as opposed to clay. That’s one of the reasons Rafael Nadal has only won two Wimbledon Championships compared to his 12 French Open Championships. Fognini prefers to play strong and powerful. That’s his game. He won his first two matches at Wimbledon last year, but he lost in Round 3.

If Tiafoe is at the top of his game, he could upset Fognini.

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick: Frances Tiafoe

Dominic Thiem vs Sam Querrey

2019 Wimbledon Odds: TBA

Going against a French Open finalist in Round 1 at Wimbledon is taking a big leap, right? Like Fognini, Thiem doesn’t like grass as much as clay, though. At the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, Thiem retired in the first round after an 0-2 third set. He had lost the first set 4-6, and the second set 5-7. Who was he playing? Marcos Baghdatis.

Sam Querrey battles Thomas Fabbiano in the semifinals at the Nature Valley International in the UK on June 28. Querrey likes grass because the surface flatters his game. Querrey has a big shot of upsetting Thiem at nice odds on Monday.

2019 Wimbledon Round 1 Pick: Sam Querrey

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American Serena Williams has won Wimbledon the past two times she played it – but missed the tournament last year due to her pregnancy. Because Serena missed so much time, she’s way down at No. 181 in the world rankings. However, she was seeded 25th at Wimbledon because the tournament took her time away into consideration. Williams is the Tennis Betting favorite to win Wimbledon again and should have little issue in the first round Monday vs. Arantxa Rus. Here are a few first-round women’s matches from Tuesday to keep an eye on – and of course bet on at MyBookie.ag.

Expert 2018 Wimbledon Women’s First Round Tennis Predictions

Simona Halep vs. Kurumi Nara

Halep is the No. 1 player in the world and top seed at Wimbledon despite the fact she has struggled on the grass courts of the All England Club. She’s a massive -1150 favorite against Kurumi Nara (+730).

Halep won her first career Grand Slam title at this year’s French Open. She came from a set down to beat American Sloane Stephens. Halep had lost in two previous appearances in a final at Roland Garros, against Maria Sharapova in 2014 and Jelena Ostapenko in 2017. Halep then fell to 0-3 with a trophy on the line at the Australian Open in January, where she was beaten by Caroline Wozniacki.

At this year’s French, she became just the fourth woman since the introduction of the WTA rankings in 1975 to win her first major after being ranked No. 1, joining Kim Clijsters, Amelie Mauresmo, and Wozniacki. Halep also became the second Romanian woman to win a Grand Slam singles trophy. Her manager, Virginia Ruzici, won the French Open 40 years ago.

Halep is best-known for her success on clay and hard courts, but she has gradually learned her way around the grass at Wimbledon, too. A semifinalist in 2014, she has reached the quarters the last two years. She says little has changed now that she finally joined the club of Grand Slam winners.

“I didn’t expect a big change. Of course, inside of myself, it’s a change because I’m really happy that I was able to break that barrier,” she said. “The pressure is off. The dream came true. So I don’t stress myself anymore with that Grand Slam thing. It’s nice to be in this position. It gives me just happy moments, nothing else.”

Halep arrived in London nearly 10 days before the start of Wimbledon to begin her grass preparation. She has not played a tournament since Paris but says she feels ready. Nara, 26 and from Japan, is ranked 100th in the world. She has one career singles title and is 19-15 in matches this year. Halep won the only previous match between the two back in 2014 at Indian Wells.

Garbine Muguruza vs. Naomi Broady

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza is the third seed and the defending champion and she’s a heavy -1600 favorite against Naomi Broady (+1050). Last year, Muguruza beat Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 for her first career Wimbledon title and second in a Grand Slam. She also reached the 2015 final at Wimbledon but lost to Serena Williams. Muguruza’s first Slam title was the 2016 French Open, where she beat Serena. The Spaniard suffered a slump in form after winning that French Open with the added expectation levels stifling her usual free-flowing attacking style.

“It’s a special situation to come back to the Grand Slam that you won last year. You’re very emotional and happy,” Muguruza said of her return. “But it just doesn’t really matter what happened in 2017. It’s just about this year.”

The 6-foot Muguruza is unusual in that she appears equally at home on clay courts and grass courts – she hits booming groundstrokes. Muguruza’s coach Sam Sumyk said they had kept talk of Wimbledon to a minimum in the weeks leading up to the tournament in which the Spaniard played only two matches on grass, losing to Barbora Strycova the second round in Birmingham.

“Sometimes, if you think too much too early about a Grand Slam, you can have bad energy. So it’s about making sure you don’t use too much emotional energy too soon,” Sumyk said.

Muguruza beat Broady in their only meeting way back in 2011. Broady, from England, is one of the bigger players on tour at 6-foot-2. She’s ranked 70th in the world and has never won a WTA title. She’s 15-16 in matches this year. Broady has spent much of her season playing second-tier tournaments in obscure parts of China and Japan.

Wimbledon tradition states that the defending women’s champion leads off the schedule on the first Tuesday, which will make this the most prestigious occasion of Broady’s career as she debuts on Centre Court.

“It’s obviously a difficult one playing the defending champion in the first round,” said Broady. “But I have had quite a few people coming up to me to say, ‘If you’re going to get her, you want her in the first round, straight off the bat.’”

Expert Predictions

Halep in three sets and Muguruza in two.

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Wimbledon started Monday at the All England Club in London, but the English faithful already has lost their Tennis Betting favorite to win the tournament as Andy Murray, a two-time winner of the grass-court major, had to pull out. He’s still recovering from hip surgery and has barely played since Wimbledon last year. Here’s a look at a couple of first-round matches odds scheduled for Tuesday.

2018 Wimbledon Men’s First Round Tennis Betting Prediction

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Kyle Edmund vs. Alex Bolt

With Murray sidelined for so long, the top-ranked British men’s player in the world is Kyle Edmund, who is ranked 17th in the world. He’s a -430 favorite against Alex Bolt (+345). Bolt is an Aussie ranked 204th in the world so it shouldn’t be much trouble for Edmund. Bolt has never won a singles title and will be making his first appearance in this tournament. Bolt beat three opponents in qualifying for the tournament.

Edmund, meanwhile, became British No. 1 in March and was the 21st seed in the men’s draw – Wimbledon doesn’t necessarily seed by world ranking. The 23-year-old beat Murray in straight sets at Eastbourne last week in a warm-up tournament and Murray clearly wasn’t feeling 100 percent. In doing so, Edmund became the first Brit to beat the two-time Wimbledon champion since Tim Henman in 2006. Murray had been the British No. 1 at every Wimbledon since 2008.

Edmund has made some nice progress this year, beating Grigor Dimitrov to make his first Grand Slam semifinal at the Australian Open and overcoming former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Open in May. Assuming Edmund wins, he would play either Yuichi Sugita or Bradley Klahn in the second round with a likely clash with 12th seed and three-time champion Djokovic in the third round.

Edmund is still to win any career titles (apart from the Estoril Open doubles with Cameron Norrie in May) but reached the Marrakech final this year. Hall of Famer John McEnroe says Edmund has “Top 10 potential” but that him winning a slam would take more work. McEnroe believes Edmund lacks the killer instinct right now.

After solid tune-ups at Queen’s Club and Eastbourne, Edmund said this even though he lost to world No. 90 Mikhail Kukushkin in the next round after beating Murray: “I have played my best grass court tennis this year. But I don’t want to get ahead of myself.”

Last year at Wimbledon, Edmund lost against Gaël Monfils in three sets, his fifth defeat in six matches in the main draw since his debut in 2013.

Jack Sock vs. Matteo Berrettini

American men’s tennis has been pretty much a disaster since Andy Roddick retired and no U.S. male has won Wimbledon since Pete Sampras won his then-record seventh title (since surpassed by Roger Federer) in 2000. It’s rather unlikely that drought changes this summer, but maybe Jack Sock can surprise people. He’s the 18th seed for this tournament but just a -120 favorite against Matteo Berrettini in Tuesday’s first-round match.

Sock has won four singles titles in his ATP career but none this year. In fact, he’s an awful 5-12 overall in 2018 matches. It seems as if grass and Sock’s game is a terrible fit. The slumping Sock lost a week ago to world No. 316 Daniel Brands at Eastbourne. Berrettini, ranked 81st in the world, had never played a professional match on grass prior to June 2018. These two have never met.

Rafael Nadal vs. Dudi Sela

Nadal is a two-time Wimbledon champion but has struggled here the past few years and is seeded second this year despite being No. 1 in the world. He’s a massive -3300 favorite against Dudi Sela. I think we all want to see Nadal face Roger Federer in the final – the played maybe the greatest Wimbledon final ever 10 years ago. About possibly playing the final against Federer, Nadal said that it would be good news because he would be in a Wimbledon final for the first time in seven years.

“Now it’s impossible to think about it,” he added. “I come with a short preparation, I have to think day by day and not about Federer who is in the other side of the draw. I hope to meet him.”

It’s not clear if Nadal is fully healthy even though he not long ago won a record 11th French Open title – he’s clearly the best clay-court player ever. Nadal’s only grass-court preparation ahead of Wimbledon was an exhibition event at Hurlingham. Nadal pulled out of the Fever-Tree Championships at Queen’s Club, saying he overexerted himself in winning the French Open.

“Of course, it wasn’t positive for me not to play Queen’s. I was sad not to have the chance to be there. On the other hand, the reason I didn’t play there was because I had played a lot on clay, so I was very happy,” he said. “I decided not to play Queen’s because I’d had a long clay-court season. The body needed a rest and a slow adaptation to adapt to the grass. That’s what I did.”

Sela is an Israeli ranked 127th in the world. Not a very big guy at 5-foot-9, 144 pounds. Sela, whose career-high ranking was 29th in 2009, has never won an ATP Tour title and is 5-7 this year. He has lost both career matches vs. Nadal. They last met in Miami in 2017 and Nadal won in straight sets.

Expert Predictions

No reason not to back all three favorites here, although I could see Nadal losing a set as he might be rusty.

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With the start of the 2017 Wimbledon Championship’s getting underway in earnest on Monday, it’s time for a quartet of expert first round picks on four WTA matchups that all have the look of virtual locks.

Since haste makes waste and the second round will be getting underway in no time at all, let’s get started.

A Closer Look At The Wimbledon 2017 Women’s First Round Predictions(Monday, July 3rd)

Kki Bertens +110 +110
Sorana Cristea -130

Analysis: There’s not a whole lot to dislike about Kki Bertens seeing as how the blossoming the 25-year-old has gone 22-17 with one title in singles and another in doubles this year.

Unfortunately, Sorana Cristea has pretty much owned Bertens by going 3-0 in three career meetings, including a 6-4, 6-2 smackdown in Linz, Australia in their last meeting a year ago.

Consequently, one win could be luck, two in a row is kind of a trend and three straight victories means Cristea is the pick to win and advance.

Pick: Sorana Cristea in three sets

Monica Puig +180 Timea Bacsinszky -220

Analysis: Puig and Bacsinszky have never met before, but Monica Puig is a modest 12-13 on the year while Timea Bacsinszky is a robust 16-9.

More importantly, Bacsinszky has beaten Venus Williams in two straight French Opens and is simply the more consistent hitter and better thinker n the court.

In addition, Monica Puig is more athletic and stronger, but this match will be decided by the more consistent hitter and more experienced pro in big matches. Timea Bacsinszky gets the win in three hard-fought sets.

Pick: Timea Bacsinszky in Three Sets

Kristina Mladenovic -1580 Pauline Parmentier +920

Analysis: Kristina Mladenovic is 1-0 in the only career meeting between these two titles’ hopefuls, having beating Pauline Parmentier in three sets at Strasbourg in 2015.

Furthremore, we have Mladenovic who is a blistering 36-14 on the year with one title while Parmentier is just 12-15 with no titles. I’ll be stunned if Kristina Mladenovic doesn’t win in straight sets.

Pick: Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets.

Agnieszka Radwanska -255 Jelena Jankovic +205

Analysis: I like Jelena Jankovic a whole lot more than I ever liked Agnieszka Radwanska, but the fact of the matter is that Radwanska absolutely owns Jankovic as evidenced by her career 7-2 mark in head-to-head meetings.

Moreover, Radwanska has recorded five of her seven career wins over Jankovic in straight sets including the last two meetings and will take their first round meeting about Wimbledon in three sets.

Pick: Agnieszka Radwanska in Three Sets

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World No.5 Roger Federer may be the prohibitive odds on favorite to win the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, but before we get to the second week of action, you should know that there are numerous matches offering a ton of value, starting with the trio of first round tennis picks I have for you right here.

It’s three up and three down thanks to the trio of first round picks that you’re about to get right now. Let’s get started.

Analyzing The Wimbledon 2017 Men’s First Round Favorites(Monday, July 3rd)

Juan Martin Del Potro -360 Thanasi Kokkinakis +220

Analysis: With just six matches under his belt this year (2-4) talented 21-year-old Thanasi Kokkinakis just won’t have the match play he needs in order to beat ‘Mr. 1–=mile-per-hour’ forehand Juan Martin Del Potro. Del Po is a modest 13-7 on the year, but he’s the pick to win and advance based on his nearly incomparable firepower off the ground.

Pick: Juan Martin Del Potro in 4 Sets

Richard Gasquet -600 David Ferrer +450

Analysis: The Pit bull, David Ferrer is 9-3 in a dozen career matches against the once, baby Federer, but he’s also lost two of the last three meetings against the Frenchman, though he did win in straight sets the last time they met in Rome in 2015. Ferrer also won their only career meeting on grass way back in 2004, but I’m feeling an upset this time around, even though Gasquet is favored. Gasquet gets the win in a thrilling five-setter.

Pick: Richard Gasquet in 5 Sets

Borna Coric -165 Ryan Harrison +140

Analysis: the 20-year-old Coric and 25-year-old Harrison have never met, but I like the favorite in this matchup seeing as how Coric has gone 14-15 on the year and Harrison 10-13. Both players have one title on the year, but it is Borna Coric that has the far bigger upside not only in this match, but moving forward in both of their respective careers. I say back the young Croatian to win in four sets.

Pick: Borna Coric in 4 Sets

Nicolas Mahut -190

Analysis: Frenchman Nicolas Mahut is the favorite and for good reasons seeing as how he’s the only one in this match to have played in the longest tennis match of all-time, which, by the way happened at Wimbledon a few years back.

Nevertheless, I’m going with Mikhail Youzhny to get the win, simply because anytime a tennis player can bust his own head wide open with his own racket in order to refocus – and then go on to get the win – is m kind of player.

Besides, Youzhny is 3-0 in three career meetings against Mahut with two of those victories coming in straight sets.

Pick: Mikhail Youzhny in 5 Sets