Tomas Machac vs Damir Dzumhur

ATP Wimbledon – 1st Round
Tomas Machac vs Damir Dzumhur

🧠 Form & Context

• Tomas Machac
  📈 Reached career-high Top 25 in 2025, bolstered by strong ATP runs in Acapulco (Final) and Miami (R16).
  🌱 Grass-court breakthrough: Reached QF in Halle, beating De Jong and Marozsan before falling to Bublik.
  🛑 Injury watch: Retired mid-match in Miami, Geneva, and Roland Garros. Health remains a variable.
  💪 Slam credentials: Known for gritty five-set matches, including a Wimbledon comeback win vs Goffin in 2024.
  ✅ Fresh & favored: Comes in healthy and with a soft draw to begin his campaign.
• Damir Dzumhur
  🌀 Late-career resurgence: Strong Challenger form and an upset over Bautista Agut at Indian Wells.
  🧱 Grass struggles: Winless on grass since 2018, with back-to-back losses this season to Herbert and Rinderknech.
  🕰️ Long time coming: First Wimbledon main draw since 2019; has failed to qualify multiple times since.
  🎩 Veteran guile: Still capable of extending rallies and punishing sloppy opponents, but limited tools on fast surfaces.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Machac brings a blend of youthful energy, clean timing, and growing confidence to this matchup. His backhand return and ability to take the ball early translate beautifully to grass. If his body holds up, his movement and variety will frustrate Dzumhur—whose game is ill-suited for this surface.

Dzumhur thrives on slower courts and rhythm-building exchanges, but Wimbledon’s pace shortens rallies and punishes passive second serves. The Bosnian will need to disrupt Machac’s tempo early and hope for physical lapses. Otherwise, the Czech should dictate most exchanges and attack any short replies with conviction.

🔮 Prediction

Prediction: Machac in 3 sets. His athleticism, superior grass prep, and baseline dominance should be too much for Dzumhur to handle—barring another injury twist.