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Arthur Rinderknech vs Martin Damm — 6-4 7-6(1) 6-3
 Arthur Rinderknech✓ | 6 | 7 | 6 |
 Martin Damm | 4 | 61 | 3 |
Final · Wednesday, July 1, 2026 · Round of 64
Result
No. 25 seed Arthur Rinderknech beat Martin Damm 6-4 7-6(1) 6-3 on Court 15 in 2h 02m to reach the third round. The big-serving Frenchman fired 19 aces to Damm's 10 and won 83% of his first-serve points, keeping his unforced errors to just 12 against the American's 30. Rinderknech took the second set in a lopsided tiebreak and never faced a break point he could not answer, finishing ahead 106 points to 84. The result avenged a clay-court loss to Damm at a Bordeaux Challenger earlier in 2026.
Arthur RinderknechStats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09
Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
Martin Damm had beaten Arthur Rinderknech the only time they had met — on clay at a Bordeaux Challenger earlier in 2026 — and arrived off a four-tiebreak epic against Marco Trungelliti (7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)), a top-100 debut riding on the outcome. Rinderknech, the No. 25 seed who had needed four hours and 33 aces to see off Oliver Tarvet in round one, made the revenge look routine: 6-4 7-6(1) 6-3. Grass, it turns out, is a different conversation from clay. The Frenchman's prize is the kind you read twice on a draw sheet — a last-32 meeting with No. 7 seed Novak Djokovic.
Arthur Rinderknech✓Martin DammRound of 128
Round of 64
What we know now
Court: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
Match length: 2:03
Tale of the tape
Arthur RinderknechMartin DammPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Arthur Rinderknech, the No. 25 seed, had survived a four-hour first-round epic against British qualifier Oliver Tarvet, serving 33 aces.
- Martin Damm, ranked just outside the top 100, could have moved into the top 100 with a win in his Wimbledon main-draw debut.
- Damm held the only prior head-to-head win, on clay at a Bordeaux Challenger earlier in the season.
Head to head
Damm led their head-to-head 1–0, from a 6-4 7-6 win on clay at a Bordeaux Challenger in 2026.
Source: ATP head-to-head · as of 2026-07-01.
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.