10 must watch players ahead of The Championships, Wimbledon 2025
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Wimbledon is just around the corner and the tennis world is gearing up for one of the sporting events of the year.
As we look ahead to this year’s event, we highlight 10 players to keep your eye on at The Championships for 2025.
Carlos Alcaraz
All eyes will be on two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz as he looks to become the fourth player in the Open Era to clinch three or more consecutive titles at the All England Club.
Alcaraz has a dangerous record on grass with just one loss on the surface since his Queen’s debut in 2023 and holds undoubtedly one of the best grass court games we’ve ever seen.
The Spaniard comes in on an 18-match winning streak having added a second Queen’s title to his trophy cabinet with a three-set win over Jiri Lehecka in the final.
The 22-year-old will be fuelled by confidence heading into SW19 following his emphatic comeback victory against world No.1 Jannik Sinner in the Roland Garros final just a couple of weeks ago but will he be able to make it three titles on the bounce? We’ll have to wait and see.
Jannik Sinner
After missing out on the chance to draw level with Alcaraz on major titles, world No.1 Jannik Sinner will be ready to get his revenge in south west London.
Sinner has reached the quarter-finals and semi-finals on his last two appearances at the tournament – losing out to Novak Djokovic in 2023 and Daniil Medvedev in five sets last year.
With 19 ATP Tour-level titles to his name, the Italian has claimed just one on the grass but will be hoping to add a fourth major to his two Australian Open and US Open crowns.
Tatjana Maria
Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Tatjana Maria wrote her name into the history books after coming through two rounds of qualifying on her way to becoming the first women’s champion at the Queen’s Club in 52 years.
The 37-year-old defeated four top 20 players in Karolina Muchova, Elena Rybakina, Madison Keys and Amanda Anisimova on her way to becoming the oldest player to win a WTA 500 tournament.
Maria will be hoping to carry the momentum into the third Grand Slam of the season where she’ll enter as a dark horse in the WTA draw.
Emma Raducanu
Emma Raducanu recently returned to British No.1 status after Katie Boulter held the title for almost two years.
The former US Open champion made her Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon in 2021 – reaching the fourth round at the age of 18, an achievement that she matched last year as well.
Raducanu has a history of success on the grass having also reached the semi-finals in Nottingham last year and making the quarter-finals of the HSBC Championships only a couple of weeks ago.
The 23-year-old has had a consistent season so far, making quarter-finals at the Miami Open and picking up some big wins at a variety of different events. She’ll be hoping it can all build up to a deep run at her home slam.
Jack Draper
A lot has changed for British No.1 Jack Draper since he played at Wimbledon last year – a first Grand Slam semi-final in New York, his first ATP Masters 1000 title in Indian Wells and breaking into the world’s top five.
It means that this year, Draper comes in as the fourth seed, which makes a big difference to his side of the draw. It guarantees that he will avoid Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner until at least the semi-finals, should he manage to replicate his result from the US Open.
Draper is a dangerous player on the grass – his big lefty serve, powerful groundstrokes and solid play at the net gives him all the ingredients to challenge up there with the best at Wimbledon.
He won his first ATP title on grass in Stuttgart last year, made the semi-finals of the HSBC Championships this summer and is the only player to beat Alcaraz on grass in the last three years – could the Briton be set for a strong run at SW19?
Aryna Sabalenka
The world No.1 returns to Wimbledon this summer for the first time in two years, having been forced to withdraw due to injury last summer.
The last time she played at Wimbledon she made the semi-finals, narrowly losing out to Ons Jabeur in three sets. While she’s made the semis twice, Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam where she hasn’t yet played a final.
Sabalenka is a three-time major winner, but this year has finished runner-up at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros in two close finals. Will Wimbledon offer up the first piece of Grand Slam silverware for Sabalenka this year?
Katie Boulter
Grass court season is always Boulter’s favourite time in the calendar and given her past results, it’s easy to see why.
A two-time champion at the Lexus Nottingham Open, Boulter has shown she has the quality on the surface to take down the world’s best on her day. This year she’s reached the second round at Queen’s and the quarter-finals at Nottingham – becoming the first player to reach the last eight on five occasions.
Boulter will be bidding to make it past the third round for the first time in her career for what would be her best Grand Slam performance.
Jacob Fearnley
British No.2 Jacob Fearnley has flown up the rankings in his first full year on tour – starting with a title at Nottingham in his first event out of college last summer, through to breaking the top 50 just a few weeks ago.
Fearnley defeated Spain’s Alejandro Moro Canas on his Wimbledon debut last year and took a set off Djokovic on Centre Court. He’s won his maiden match at all three Grand Slams he’s played.
The 23-year-old is coming into Wimbledon off the back of making his first ATP quarter-final at the HSBC Championships as well as the doubles semi-finals with Cam Norrie.
Coco Gauff
Now a US Open and Roland Garros champion, it’s easy to forget that it was Wimbledon where the world was introduced to a then 15-year-old Coco Gauff as she came through qualifying to the beat five-time champion Venus Williams.
However, Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam where she hasn’t reached the semi-finals. In fact, her best result has been reaching the fourth round on three separate occasions.
With a first Roland Garros title under her belt this year, could that spark the world No.2 to have her best run at The Championships this summer?
Alfie Hewett
In 2024, Alfie Hewett realised a lifelong dream of winning his first Wimbledon singles title – completing the career Grand Slam.
The world No.2 has already won four singles titles this year, including the Australian Open, his 10th Grand Slam singles trophy.
Hewett has developed a keen rivalry with Japan’s Tokito Oda in the last couple of years and both players have one Grand Slam apiece this year. The British No.1 will likely need to beat the world No.1 again if he is to retain his title and bag a second Wimbledon singles trophy.
