Wimbledon 2023: Men’s and Women’s Draw Preview and Analysis

The very best players in professional tennis– names like Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek– will be looking to capitalize on an improved but circumstantially weakened Wimbledon draw.

The Russians have been allowed back into the Wimbledon draw in 2023, but other factors are dragging several contenders down. Grass court stars like Nick Kyrgios, Matteo Berrettini and women’s defending champ Elena Rybakina are all battling injuries and/or illness. In addition, let’s be real: The number 4 seed is a fantastic pole position to have at Wimbledon, but Casper Ruud has done little preparation on grass to take advantage of it.

All of this portends well for 23-time Grand Slam Champion Novak Djokovic, who has blistered the field at the All England Club 4 years running. He’s crushing the GOAT debate as well. Who can stop him? Alcaraz? A 2023 Wimbledon draw preview and analysis unfolds below.

Wimbledon 2023: Alcaraz Quarter

What has Alcaraz received for thieving away with the world number one ranking after winning Queens last week? Not an easy draw. Considering gifted servers, who generally do well at Wimbledon, and players who are trending up on grass, Alcaraz got a bit unlucky.

He should be ok for a round or two. Then it gets tricky. Standouts in this quarter include: Arthur Rinderknech (a talented server), Nicolas Jarry (currently ranked as the 4th best server in men’s tennis), a resurgent Alexander Zverev, grass court mover-and-shaker Alex De Minaur and quality players Francis Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov. Oh, and Holger Rune sits at the bottom of this quarter. I’m sure the Alcaraz team would rather have drawn Stefanos Tsitsipas in that spot. More on Stef below.

The truth is, despite an impressive run at Queen’s Club, Alcaraz is still unproven on grass. He’s in the process of figuring it out. Almost half of his entire tour-level grass court body of work was at Queen’s last week. Rinderknech almost picked him off in the first round…