Defending champion Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev in the final, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2), 6–3, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships. It was his second Wimbledon title and fifth major title overall. Zverev was the oldest man in the Open Era to reach the finals of all four majors for the first time, at old.

With his first-round victory, Novak Djokovic continued a 21-year-long streak of having never lost in the opening round of Wimbledon, and became the first player in the Open Era to win more than 80 opening-round matches at the majors. During the tournament, he surpassed Roger Federer's record of Wimbledon men's singles match wins, reaching 107. The quarterfinal match between Djokovic and Félix Auger-Aliassime was the longest quarterfinal in tournament history, at 5 hours and 15 minutes long. At old, Djokovic was the second-oldest Wimbledon semifinalist in the Open Era, only behind Ken Rosewall in 1974 (aged ).

Arthur Fery was the second wildcard to reach the Wimbledon semifinals in the Open Era, after Goran Ivanišević in 2001, the first unseeded British player at Wimbledon and the first British male wildcard at any major to do so in the Open Era. Aged , Jan-Lennard Struff became the oldest first-time major quarterfinalist in the Open Era.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of 22 June 2026. Rankings and points before are as of 29 June 2026.

SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints earned Points afterStatus 1 1 Jannik Sinner‡ 13,450 2,000 2,000 13,450 Champion, defeated Alexander Zverev 2 3 Alexander Zverev† 7,190 10 1,300 8,480 Runner-up, lost to Jannik Sinner 3 4 Félix Auger-Aliassime 4,390 50 400 4,740 4 5 Ben Shelton 4,160 400 10 3,770 First round lost to Otto Virtanen [Q] 5 6 Alex de Minaur 4,110 200 200 4,110 Fourth round lost to Flavio Cobolli 6 8 Taylor Fritz 3,715 800 400 3,315 Quarterfinals lost to Alexander Zverev 7 7 Novak Djokovic 3,760 800 800 3,760 Semifinals lost to Jannik Sinner 8 9 Daniil Medvedev 3,580 10 100 3,670 Third round lost to Jan-Lennard Struff 9 10 Flavio Cobolli 3,460 400 400 3,460 Quarterfinals lost to Arthur Fery [WC] 10 11 Alexander Bublik 2,620 10 200 2,810 Fourth round lost to Taylor Fritz 11 12 Casper Ruud 2,425 0 10 2,435 First round lost to Hubert Hurkacz 12 13 Andrey Rublev 2,420 200 10 2,230 First round lost to Roman Safiullin [Q] 13 14 Jiří Lehečka 2,360 50 200 2,510 Fourth round lost to Alexander Zverev 14 16 Luciano Darderi 2,300 100 10 2,210 First round lost to Ethan Quinn 15 18 Jakub Menšík 2,255 100 50 2,205 16 17 Learner Tien 2,270 50 50 2,270 17 19 Frances Tiafoe 2,180 50 100 2,230 Third round lost to Alexander Bublik 18 21 Francisco Cerúndolo 2,110 10 10 2,110 First round lost to Jaume Munar 19 22 Karen Khachanov 2,080 400 100 1,780 Third round lost to Flavio Cobolli 20 24 Arthur Fils 1,940 0 50 1,990 Second round lost to Matteo Berrettini 21 25 Tommy Paul 1,925 50 100 1,975 Third round lost to Hubert Hurkacz 22 23 2,060 100 200 2,160 23 26 Rafael Jódar 1,839 (12)∆ 100 1,927 24 27 João Fonseca 1,710 100 100 1,710 Third round lost to Roman Safiullin [Q] 25 28 Arthur Rinderknech 1,673 100 100 1,673 Third round lost to Novak Djokovic 26 29 Cameron Norrie 1,595 400 10 1,205 First round lost to Michael Zheng [Q] 27 30 Ugo Humbert 1,575 10 10 1,575 First round lost to Zizou Bergs 28 31 Brandon Nakashima 1,485 100 50 1,435 29 32 Tomás Martín Etcheverry 1,460 10 10 1,460 First round lost to Lorenzo Sonego 30 33 Alejandro Tabilo 1,428 0 10 1,438 First round lost to Kamil Majchrzak 31 34 Ignacio Buse 1,375 (12)∆ 50 1,413 Second round lost to Jenson Brooksby 32 35 Matteo Arnaldi 1,349 10 10 1,349 First round lost to Quentin Halys ∆ The player didn't qualify for the tournament last year. He is defending points from his 18th best result instead.

Withdrawn seeded players The following players would have been seeded, but withdrew before the tournament began. RankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints after Withdrawal reason 2 Carlos Alcaraz 9,460 1,300 8,160 right wrist injury 15 Lorenzo Musetti 2,325 10 2,315 left thigh injury 20 Valentin Vacherot2,138(0)∆2,138 left foot injury ∆ The player didn't qualify for the tournament last year. He is defending points from his 18th best result instead.

Other entry information Wildcards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Withdrawals

‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw

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