Sports · Wimbledon 2026 · Men's Singles · Round of 16
Félix Auger-Aliassimevs
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Sunday, July 5, 2026 · Round of 16
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My pick: Félix Auger-Aliassime to advance · locked 2026-07-03 21:08 UTCPrediction
Auger-Aliassime. Davidovich Fokina is exactly the sort of player who can turn a neat draw into a drawer full of loose cables, and he has earned the chance by winning three matches without letting the last two become epics. But Auger-Aliassime has not dropped a set, won 91% of first-serve points against Zheng, and has the bigger serve in a match where scoreboard pressure matters. He will have to tolerate mess; I think he does.
The case for Félix Auger-Aliassime
63% to winAuger-Aliassime has come through three rounds without dropping a set, and the Zheng match showed the ceiling: 38 winners, 10 aces, and no breaks conceded. On grass, that first serve lets him reset any weird patch before it becomes a crisis.
The case for Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
37% to winDavidovich Fokina has already beaten Cerúndolo, Marozsán, and Fucsovics, and he generated 15 break chances in the third round. His case is variety and disruption: make Auger-Aliassime hit one more awkward ball, then test whether the forehand stays calm.
Both cases written 2026-07-03, before the first ball — frozen into the record exactly as written, whatever the result. The percentages are mine, quoted to a decimal because false precision is funnier — and tennis has no draw to hide the rounding in.
Tale of the tape
Félix Auger-AliassimeAlejandro Davidovich FokinaPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-01.
The briefing
Storylines
- Auger-Aliassime has not dropped a set through three rounds.
- Davidovich Fokina beat Fucsovics 7-6(3) 6-2 6-3 in the third round.
- The winner advances to face Safiullin or Djokovic.
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Court & schedule: Round-of-16 order of play had not yet been posted; this pairing is expected in the Sunday schedule window, with court and exact time to be topped up once the All England Club publishes the order of play. (All England Club order of play (not yet released for the round of 16), as of 2026-07-03)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.
At this Stage
Auger-Aliassime has held his seed line through Shevchenko, Prižmić, and Zheng, dropping no sets and turning the Zheng match into a Centre Court sprint after one tiebreak. Davidovich Fokina’s route has been scruffier but convincing: Cerúndolo, Marozsán, then Fucsovics in straight sets. The winner gets Safiullin or Djokovic in the quarter-final. This is the first time Auger-Aliassime’s section asks for patience as much as power, because Davidovich Fokina is very happy making a clean hitter solve ugly shapes.
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