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Hubert Hurkacz vs Jan-Lennard Struff — 3-6 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-5 4-2 ret.
 Jan-Lennard Struff✓ | 3 | 65 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
 Hubert Hurkacz | 6 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 2 |
def. by retirement
Final · Sunday, July 5, 2026 · Round of 16
Result
Hubert HurkaczStats: 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
This fourth-rounder is what happens when the serve gets ideas. Hurkacz has removed Ruud, Ofner, and Paul, the last one from a set down with 20 aces. Struff has done the louder thing: Nakashima in a tiebreak-heavy five-setter, then Medvedev in three tight sets. The winner reaches the quarter-final against Sinner or Mochizuki. It is not subtle tennis, and that is the point: one of these two gets to turn a dangerous first week into the best Wimbledon run on the board for his section.
Hubert HurkaczJan-Lennard Struff✓Round of 32
Round of 16
What we know now
What I said beforehand
The preview, frozen before the first serve. Clearly dated, never rewritten — that's the deal that makes the pick worth anything.
Hurkacz, barely. Struff’s Medvedev win was real — 47 winners, two tiebreaks taken, no blinking — and his serve is carrying beautifully. But Hurkacz’s first serve is the cleanest weapon in the match, and he just beat Tommy Paul after losing the first set, which matters in a matchup likely to be decided by two or three scoreboard squeezes. I trust Hurkacz’s hold pattern by a hair.
The case for Hubert Hurkacz
55% to winHurkacz has stacked Ruud, Ofner, and Paul, and the Paul match showed the useful version of his grass profile: 20 aces, 81% of first-serve points won, and enough return pressure to take over after a first-set loss. If he keeps the first serve above water, Struff has to win tiebreaks to survive.
The case for Jan-Lennard Struff
45% to winStruff just knocked out Medvedev 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 7-5 and backed it with 47 winners. He is not just serving; he is taking first swings and making seeded opponents defend from the first ball. If Hurkacz’s second serve appears too often, Struff can repeat the upset shape.
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.
My locked pick: Hubert Hurkacz to advance ✗ WRONG
“Two huge servers; Hurkacz owns the slightly calmer hold pattern.”
Locked 2026-07-03 21:08 UTC — rendered verbatim from the pick ledger; never a fresher, hedged version
Tale of the tape
Hubert HurkaczJan-Lennard StruffPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
Storylines
- Hurkacz came from a set down to beat Tommy Paul in the third round.
- Struff upset No. 8 seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets, all tight.
- The winner plays Sinner or Mochizuki in the quarter-final.
Court & schedule: No.2 Court, closing match, not before 2:30 p.m. BST (estimated) — follows the doubles opener and Muchova vs Krejcikova. (All England Club order of play, Sunday 5 July (via Puntodebreak and olympics.com), as of 2026-07-05)
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.