Wimbledon Outsiders 2025: Six Each-Way Chances From The All England Club

The grass-court season is in full swing as attention turns to Wimbledon which starts on Monday.

Carlos Alcaraz is bidding to join Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras and Bjorn Borg in winning at the All England Club three years in a row during the Open era.

The Spaniard won the Queen’s title for a second time last week and is 6/4 favourite on betting sites to win the men’s singles at Wimbledon once more.

Women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka has never won the Wimbledon singles title, but she is the clear 29/10 favourite to win this year, having fallen at the semi-final stage in her last couple of visits to SW19.

There have been surprising winners in the women’s event in the last couple of years, so could that be the case again?

Gambling.com takes a look at some of the Wimbledon outsiders and each-way tips that could cause a stir in the men’s and women’s championships over the fortnight.  

Wimbledon Each-Way Bets: Draper Can Draw On Home Support

British number one Jack Draper could take over the mantle from two-time champion Andy Murray at Wimbledon over the next two weeks.

Draper moved up to fourth in the world rankings with his deep run at Queen’s where a bout of tonsillitis ruined his chances of beating Jiri Lehecka in the semi-finals.

The 23-year-old Londoner has never made it beyond the second round in three attempts at Wimbledon, where he took a set off Novak Djokovic on his 2021 debut, but he has taken one notable scalp on grass.

Last year, he defeated Alcaraz in straight sets at Queen’s a week after winning his first grass-court title in Stuttgart where he beat the likes of Frances Tiafoe, Brandon Nakashima and Matteo Berrettini.  

Alcaraz and Sinner may have won the last six grand slam titles between them, but with the crowd on his side, hard-hitting Draper is capable of going deep into the tournament and looks a threat at 12/1 on tennis betting sites.

Wimbledon Outsiders: Bublik On Upward Trajectory

Alexander Bublik revealed he was considering quitting the sport after last year’s third-round exit at Wimbledon, but the Kazakh is back to his best.

Bublik moved into the world’s top 30 when he won the grass-court event at Halle for a second time with his first victory over Daniil Medvedev in seven attempts.

That win guaranteed Bublik will be seeded at Wimbledon so he could avoid some of the big guns in the opening couple of rounds.

He will need to get lucky with the draw, but after his triumph in Halle, the French Open quarter-finalist said: “I had such tough months since last Wimbledon to probably this summer.

“I was close to calling it quits after Wimbledon, because I was not enjoying it anymore.”

Bublik is a temperamental player, but he’s on a hot streak and looks an interesting dark horse at 40/1 with betting apps.

Wimbledon Dark Horses: Fritz Fits The Bill 

The best value of the three players to win the Wimbledon men’s title surely has to be Taylor Fritz, who has twice reached the quarter-finals in the previous three years.

The American has also won the Eastbourne title three times and earlier this month added a fourth grass-court trophy to his cabinet in Stuttgart.

The world number four is gunning for a fourth title on the south coast this week as part of his preparations for SW19.

He said: “I play well here. I think it’s great prep for Wimbledon - the courts are very similar. I think it is the closest court you are going to find in the grass-court season to Wimbledon.”

Fritz can be backed at 40/1 with Unibet and may also be worth chancing to win his quarter when the draw is made.

Wimbledon Women’s Outsiders: Gauff Eyes Back-To-Back Slams

Coco Gauff was one of Gambling.com’s outsiders for the French Open, if she can be called that, and duly obliged at 7/1.

The American is priced slightly higher at 8/1 with BetMGM to add a maiden Wimbledon title to the one she won at Roland Garros.

Those odds might be explained by her straight-sets defeat to world number 49 Wang Xinyu in Berlin in her first match since her spectacular triumph in Paris.

Gauff has yet to make it to the quarter-finals in five attempts at Wimbledon, but she has reached the fourth round on three occasions, most recently last year when she was eliminated by Emma Navarro.

It’s slightly concerning Gauff is not playing at either Eastbourne or Bad Homburg this week which means she will be slightly undercooked in her bid for a third major title.

In an Instagram post, she admitted struggling with the “quick turnaround” from clay to grass, but is “excited to get more practices in to be ready for Wimbledon”.

Wimbledon Each-Way Chances: Vondrousova Back In Business

It’s been a frustrating 12 months for Marketa Vondrousova, who in 2023 became the first unseeded player to win the women’s singles at Wimbledon.

Last summer, though, she started to struggle with a shoulder injury.

The Czech underwent surgery after Wimbledon which forced her to miss the rest of the season and although she returned to action in January, a thigh injury forced her to miss the Australian Open.

The Czech made her comeback at this year’s French Open where she took third seed Jessica Pegula to three sets in the third round.

Remarkably, she then beat Madison Keys, Diana Shnaider and world number one Aryna Sabalenka en route to winning the title in Berlin last week.

The former world number six will be unseeded once again at Wimbledon and is a dangerous floater at 20/1 with SpreadEx.

Wimbledon Dark Horses: Paolini A Crowd Favourite

Italian Jasmine Paolini wowed Wimbledon with her stunning run to last year’s final just a few weeks after reaching the French Open showpiece.

In Paris, she was swept aside by the ‘Queen of Clay’ Iga Swiatek, but last year she had a realistic chance of winning her first grand slam when she came up against Barbora Krejcikova.

Centre Court was fully behind the energetic Italian when she took the final to a deciding set, but it was the Czech who prevailed.

The 2024 Olympic doubles gold medallist delighted her home fans by winning the biggest tournament of her career last month when she beat Gauff in the Italian Open final.

Despite her stature (she is just 5ft 4in), Paolini has a big heart and her aggressive style will trouble the world’s best.

The world number four won the only meeting with Sabalenka on grass, so she has that in her favour and she looks a livewire at 28/1 with Betfred.