Wimbledon: Alex de Minaur vs. Flavio Cobolli - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Flavio Cobolli volition anticipation to beryllium third-time fortunate against Alex de Minaur connected Monday, erstwhile some top-10 players look disconnected successful the 4th circular of Wimbledon for a spot successful the quarter-finals.

Despite his small competitory enactment connected the grass, Cobolli has picked up his Grand Slam tally wherever helium near off, having reached the Roland Garros final, but helium faces an hostile helium has ne'er defeated and 1 having a good tally connected the aboveground this year.

Match preview

Sometimes, a affirmative tally successful the tournaments starring up to a Grand Slam ne'er translates into a heavy tally astatine the starring events, but De Minaur has avoided that trap.

The Demon reached the rubric lucifer astatine the Libema Open past month, earlier pursuing it up by reaching the quarter-finals successful Queen's, wherever Brandon Nakashima bushed him.

However, helium has responded to that mini-setback by notching 3 consecutive wins astatine the All England Club, wherever helium is simply a one-time quarter-finalist, aft making the past 8 successful 2024.

Although helium could not lucifer that show 12 months ago, falling to Novak Djokovic successful 4 sets, the satellite No. 6 returns to the past 16 astatine the Championships seeking to close the wrongs of 2025's fourth-round exit.

Entering his 3rd gathering with Cobolli holding an 8-2 grounds connected writer this season, the 27-year-old volition backmost himself for a ninth grass-court occurrence to beforehand to the quarter-final.

Facing his Italian hostile poses a antithetic challenge, particularly aft the ninth seed's caller tally to the rubric lucifer successful Paris.

Even though writer presents its unsocial tests, Cobolli present knows what it takes to spell heavy successful a Grand Slam, undeniably lasting him successful bully stead.

The satellite No 10's content astir apt grew aft past year's tally to the past 8 astatine SW19, having antecedently not gone beyond the 3rd circular of a Major earlier surging to the past 8 astatine the Championships.

This year's situation has been acclimating to the aboveground soon aft facing Alexander Zverev successful the Paris decider, with his lone pre-Wimbledon quality ending aboriginal astatine the hands of Frances Tiafoe successful Halle.

Perhaps that explains the Italian needing to conflict done successful each round, needing to triumph 2 tiebreaks successful his comeback first-round triumph implicit Mariano Navone, doing likewise against James Duckworth successful his 2nd lucifer and recovering from an opening-set bagel and trailing 2 sets to 1 to bushed Karen Khachanov successful five.

Fresh disconnected Saturday's Karen Khachanov 0-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2 third-round success, Cobolli seeks different to lucifer past year's admirable show up of a imaginable quarter-final lucifer against resurgent Grigor Dimitrov oregon location chaotic paper Arthur Fery.

Tournament truthful far

Alex de Minaur:

First round: vs. Roman Andres Burruchaga 7-6(5) 6-1 6-0

Second round: vs. Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-2 6-2

Third round: vs. Zachary Svajda 6-2 5-7 6-2 6-4

Flavio Cobolli:

First round: vs. Mariano Navone 1-6 7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(8)

Second round: vs. James Duckworth 7-6(4) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1

Third round: vs. Karen Khachanov 0-6 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2

Head To Head

Vienna Open (2024) - Round of 16: De Minaur 7-6(2) 3-1 ret.

Australian Open (2024) - Third round: De Minaur 6-3 6-3 6-1

Although De Minaur leads Cobolli 2-0 successful their head-to-head, Monday's lucifer volition people their archetypal grass-court gathering connected the ATP Tour.

The Demon's wins came connected location turf astatine the 2024 Australian Open earlier securing different occurrence implicit the Italian successful indoor conditions successful Vienna aboriginal that year.

Still, Cobolli's level has grown since those 2 matches, with the 24-year-old present a three-time ATP champion, having besides claimed 4 top-10 wins since the commencement of 2025, albeit each person travel connected clay.

We say: De Minaur to triumph successful 4 sets

Even though Cobolli has grown significantly, question marks volition linger until helium defeats a top-10 subordinate connected a antithetic aboveground extracurricular of clay.

While De Minaur admittedly is 1-4 connected writer against the elite, the Demon has 22 victories crossed each surfaces against the tour's starring players.

As such, the Aussie's greater expertise successful navigating these encounters stands him successful bully stead to bushed Cobolli for the 3rd time.