Wimbledon First Round Predictions

There are 64 first round matches so there’s no way I could get through every one in detail but here are my quick selections. The man in bold is my predicted winner. I will edit this post when matches are completed so you can see how many I got right…

Albert Montanes vs Carlos Berlocq – Correct

Alex Bogdanovic vs Simone Bolelli – Bolelli has been on brilliant form this year and his playing style suits grass well. Bogdanovic will try and use his serve to good effect but I think the Italian will prevail here. – Correct

Robby Ginepri vs Fernando Gonzalez – They played in this tournament last year and Gonzalez won in four sets. Gonzalez in three this year. – Correct and in three sets.

Tomas Berdych vs Evgeny Korolev – Correct

Alexander Peya vs Mishca Zverev – Correct

Thomasz Bellucci vs Igot Kunitsyn – Wrong

Florent Sella  vs Yen -Hsun Lu - Correct

Lleyton Hewitt vs Robin Haase – Correct

Dudi Sela vs Olivier Rochus – Wrong

Filipo Volandri  vs Bobby Reynolds – Correct

Marc Gicquel vs Kei Nishikori - Nishikori retired injured

Chris Guccione vs Gael Monfils - Monfils withdrew due to injury

Victor Hanescu vs Alejandro Falla - Correct

Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Fernando Verdasco – A very even match up as both players are known for their flashy shot making. It’s difficult to pick a winner and I wouldn’t be surprised if this went to five sets however the German has been coming into the form as of late and I expect him to use this momentum to drive into the second round. – Wrong

Igor Andreev vs Jiri Vanek – Correct

Sergiy Stakhovsky vs David Ferrer – Correct

Marat Safin vs Fabio Fognini – Correct

Richard Gasquet vs Mardy Fish – Gasquet has not been playing well lately and here he has a massive test against big hitting Fish. The American’s gung ho approach will cause the French number one problems and this match is another I think could go to five sets. – Wrong

Benjamin Becker vs Nikolay Davydenko – Wrong

Viktor Troicki vs Nicolas Lapentti – Lapentti retired injured

Kevin Anderson vs Augustin Calleri – Wrong

Jonas Bjorkman vs Arnaud Clement -A very interesting match. Clement plays a lot more doubles these days and has struggled this year in singles competition. However Bjorkman has also been very much out of form and I favour Clement here on his favourite surface. – Correct

For a full set of results and live scores go to the official Wimbledon website.