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Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz: preview, numbers, data of Wimbledon final

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Who will win the Wimbledon final between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic? The two tennis players will compete for the second consecutive year on the most famous lawn in the world. For Djokovic it will be the 37th Slam final and he will be chasing success number 25 in the Majors, as well as the 8th title at the Championships. Carlitos is in his 4th Slam final and, up to this point, he has won all the ones he has played. The Spaniard will also try to make the Roland Garros-Wimbledon double in the same season.

Djokovic, beating Lorenzo Musetti as mentioned, has obtained the 37th Slam final. The Serbian has played at least 10 finals in three Majors: Australian Open, Wimbledon (with this one tomorrow - ed.) and US Open. Nole has played 7 finals at Roland Garros. Nole is at his 6th consecutive Wimbledon final, the last final on the London lawns in which he was not present was Roger Federer vs Marin Cilic in 2017. The Serbian will also equal Ken Rosewall with 6 Slam finals reached after the age of 35.

As I said, Djokovic will go hunting for his 8th Wimbledon title tomorrow, which would allow him to equal Roger Federer's record of successes, the last great record of the Swiss.

Carlos Alcaraz will play for the second year in a row at Wimbledon against the Serbian champion. In the Open era the record is three finals in a row between the same two players. It has happened on two occasions: Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg played three finals in a row between 1988 and 1990 and Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did the same between 2006 and 2008.

Carlitos is playing his 4th career Slam final: he has already won the US Open, Wimbledon and Roland Garros once, and is aiming to win 4 out of 4 Major finals played. He is also the second Spaniard in history after Rafael Nadal to reach the Wimbledon final on at least 2 occasions. Alcaraz has joined Manuel Santana in second place in the ranking of Spanish tennis players with the most Slam finals played. Finally, in the ranking of the youngest players at the time they qualified for their fourth Slam final in the Open era, Alcaraz is in fourth place. Ahead of him are only Bjorn Borg, Mats Wilander and Rafael Nadal.

Carlos Alcaraz & Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon 2024 Carlos Alcaraz & Novak Djokovic, Wimbledon 2024© Clive Brunskill / Staff - Getty Images Sport  

What kind of final will it be? Alcaraz is favored to win the final, despite some problems during the London fortnight, which cost him more than one set. However, he will have two advantages. He comes from a period of great confidence after the triumph at Roland Garros. Furthermore, it is obviously to be understood what the real physical condition of the Serbian champion is, a month after surgery on the meniscus of his right knee. Djokovic has found rhythm and confidence, he will also arrive in the final more rested, after having missed the quarterfinal match against Alex De Minaur. The Serbian showed glimpses of his robotic tennis in the semifinal against Lorenzo Musetti. He will have extra motivation, with all the records at stake; will he give us a new page of tennis history?



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