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2027 Wimbledon
The Wimbledon tournament gets underway on Monday, the 28th of June, where Jannik Sinner will be looking to defend his title once again and look for a third on the bounce.
He defeated Alexander Zverev 3-1 in the final, a player who was looking for his first Wimbledon success in his first Wimbledon final but came up short.
On the ladies' side of the tournament, Linda Nosková won her first-ever Wimbledon title in the first-ever ladies' all-Czech final, which means that four of the last six ladies' finals have now featured a Czech player.
She defeated her fellow countrywoman Karolína Muchová 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to become the third Czech winner at the last four tournaments following success from Markéta Vondroušová (2023) and Barbora Krejčíková (2024).
In this blog, we will be looking at some statistics for the tournament. We also have a 2027 Wimbledon Preview blog packed full of information, which you will find useful.
Below, we are going to look at how underdogs fare as the rounds go on, when it is worth backing them and which correct set scores appear most during the tournament.
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Early Rounds Favs vs Dogs
How often does an underdog win in the early rounds of Wimbledon?
In the opening round of Wimbledon, the underdog has been more successful on the women's side than the men's side.
- Men's 1st Round Underdog: 141-619 (22.78%)
- Women's 1st Round Underdog: 177-625 (28.32%)
For the opening three rounds, it remains fairly consistent on the men's side, whilst, despite a slight drop in the second round, the underdogs pass the 30% mark in the third round on the women's side.
Later Rounds Favs vs Dogs
When does the underdog record improve during Wimbledon?
As you would expect, the matches get more closely matched as the tournament advances into the latter stages. In round four on the women's side, the underdogs' win percentage continues to rise, with 39.47% before dropping to 35% for the quarter-finals.
On the men's side of things, the favourites start to dominate: only 23% of the underdogs are successful in round four, then 21% in the quarter-finals, and just 10.53% in the semi-finals!
Wimbledon Correct Set Betting
What is the most common winning set score at Wimbledon?
This will differ on both sides, with the men's being best of five and the women's being best of three, and there does seem to be more clear-cut matches on the women's side.
A 2-0 win over the last ten years has occurred in 66.99% of the matches (836), whilst a 2-1 win has made up the other 33.01% of the matches (412). The best round for 2-0 wins is the first round, which has seen 68% of matches end in whitewashes.
On the men's side, a whitewash happens much less often, with just 46.78% (574) of the wins being 3-0, with the Round 3 matches having the biggest percentage of matches finishing 3-0, with 52.23% of them, the only round which is over 50%.
The other matches have seen 33.09% of them finishing with a 3-1 score (406), and the remaining 20.13% have been closer with 3-2 scores (247).
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James's in-depth knowledge of tennis betting makes him a trusted authority in the world of tennis betting, and he produces and manages the tennis content on OLBG, including this for Wimbledon. Andy Powell is the man for collecting data to be used in blogs, including this one, and he maintains those in this article.
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