Wimbledon 2018: Top 9 contenders for the men's title

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev

Zverev’s best showing at Wimbledon is reaching the fourth round last year. He has not had much grasscourt practice this year, losing in the first round at Halle. But considering the improvements he has shown this year, he can be considered as a dark horse.

Other young players like Dominic Thiem, Denis Shapovalov, Andrey Rublev and Karen Khachanov have not shown much success on grass. Kyle Edmund and Hyeon Chung made great strides at the Australian Open by reaching the semi-finals, but they don't have much experience on grass either.

The youngsters may do well in the early rounds but it is difficult to see them going far in the draw.