By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Saturday July 12, 2024
As we put together for Sunday’s blockbuster Wimbledon ultimate between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz, we’re crunching the important thing numbers to try to make sense of the magnitude of this epic contest.
Will it Djokovic, the Grand Slam king, including one other chapter to his mind-blowing legacy, or will Alcaraz stay good in main finals and go away the good Serbian on the surface wanting in?
Be a part of us for a by the numbers take a look at what’s at Stake on Sunday:
9 – As Djokovic and Alcaraz put together to satisfy within the Wimbledon ultimate for the second consecutive season, they develop into the ninth pair of Open Period gamers to satisfy within the ultimate in back-to-back years. The final tandem to do it? Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, who performed one another within the 2014 and 2015 finals at SW19.
25 – For the primary time in his profession, Novak Djokovic is a single victory from turning into the primary participant – male or feminine – to win 25 main singles titles. Djokovic is 24-12 lifetime in main finals, and 7-2 lifetime in Wimbledon finals.
Grand Slam titles, Open Period (20 or extra):
Djokovic, 24
Court docket, 24
Serena Williams, 23
Graf, 22
Nadal, 22
Federer, 20
Djokovic can also be bidding to tie Roger Federer on the all-time Wimbledon males’s singles title checklist with eight. Talking of eight, Djokovic is bidding to develop into the primary participant in historical past to win eight or extra titles at two totally different Grand Slam occasions. He has 10 Australian Open titles. Solely Martina Navratilova (9) has extra Open Period Wimbledon singles titles than Federer.
3-0 – Alcaraz is ideal in main finals to this date, and on Sunday he’ll try and develop into the second participant in Open Period historical past to win his first 4 main finals performed. Solely Roger Federer has beforehand achieved the feat, although six different gamers – William Renshaw, Anthony Wilding, Jack Crawford, Fred Perry, Tony Trabert and Manuel Santana – achieved the feat previous to the graduation of the Open Period.
5 – Djokovic isn’t simply the Grand Slam king. He’s additionally the King of profitable majors past the age of 30. The Serbian legend is bidding for his fifth main title after turning 35, which might prolong a document he already holds. He would additionally win his thirteenth main title after turning 30, extending one other document he holds – by fairly a ways.
Beneath, see the gamers with probably the most main titles gained after turning 30:
Novak Djokovic, 12 Serena Williams, 10 Rafael Nadal, 8 Roger Federer, 4 Rod Laver, 4 Ken Rosewall, 4
37 – Djokovic is bidding to develop into the oldest Wimbledon males’s singles champion in Open Period historical past on Sunday. Roger Federer, who gained the title at age 35 in 2017, presently holds the excellence.
21 – On the flip slide of Djokovic, who’s 15 years 348 days older than his opponent in Sunday’s ultimate, is Alcaraz. At 21 years 70 days, Alcaraz is bidding to develop into the third participant within the Open Period to win a number of Wimbledon males’s singles titles aged 21 or beneath – after Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg.
Alcaraz can also be bidding to win his 4th Grand Slam title and equal the Open Period document for many Grand Slam males’s singles titles gained aged 21 or beneath. He would tie Becker, Bork and Wilander, and would nonetheless play two extra majors, on the 2024 US Open and 2025 Australian Open, on the age of 21.
98 – Djokovic hopes to attain his 98th Wimbledon match win on Sunday. If he does, he’ll tie Serena Williams on the all-time Wimbledon win checklist. Solely Martina Navratilova (120) and Roger Federer (105) have extra. He’s additionally bidding for his 99th profession title.
3-2 – Djokovic’s document towards Alcaraz of their lifetime head-to-head. They’ve cut up their two conferences on the majors, and Djokovic has gained the pair’s final two conferences, at Cincinnati and the ATP Finals in 2023. 1 – Djokovic has solely misplaced after profitable the primary set at Wimbledon in his profession. It occurred final 12 months within the ultimate towards Alcaraz.
38-1 – Djokovic has gained all however certainly one of his final 39 matches performed on Wimbledon’s Centre Court docket, with the one loss coming final 12 months towards Alcaraz within the ultimate.
