Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

He’s won four of the past five Grand Slams, he’s world number one and he’s Wimbledon’s defending champion, so Novak’s the man to beat right now and my favourite for the title. But he does have three guys, in Federer, Nadal and Murray, snapping at his heels. His only problem - one that Federer suffered from before – is that if you set the bar that high, there’s only one way to go. In the early part of this season, he hadn’t lost, and he won both the Australian Open and a Masters series, so I don’t think there are any issues with his game. He looks incredibly fit, refreshed and ready to win more majors.

Age: 25
World Ranking: 1
Grand Slam titles: 5
Best Wimbledon: Champion 2011

Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Given Roger’s grass court record, including winning Wimbledon six times, he’ll be very confident and comfortable in those surroundings and Roger’s best on grass is better than anyone else’s. He’s not quite as consistent these days, but his record since the US Open last year is phenomenal. He’s won seven titles, including big tournaments such as the World Tour finals, and despite suffering defeat to Tommy Haas in the Halle final, he’s lost very few matches this year. Because he’s been around so long, people are quick to write him off, but everyone in the draw will wish they were playing at his level. He’s my second favourite for the title.

Age: 30
World Ranking: 3
Grand Slam titles: 16
Best Wimbledon: Champion 2003/4/5/6/7/9

Rafael Nadal (Spain)
Rafa’s a close third favourite for me. He’s so good on clay, but comfortably makes the transition to grass, and he’s won Wimbledon before. Grass is a good surface for him as it doesn’t put a lot of stress on his knees, so he’ll fancy his chances. He’s actually had a very good year, but it was amazing how Djokovic dominated him in the big tournaments, so he’ll be even more motivated to put the record straight at Wimbledon. He was able to do that by winning in Monte Carlo and Rome, and now coming off his victory in the French Open, his best tournament with seven wins from eight finals, he’s right where he wants to be.

Age: 26 
World Ranking: 2
Grand Slam titles: 11
Best Wimbledon: Champion 2008/10

Andy Murray (Great Britain)
Andy’s played unbelievably well to be a consistent Grand Slam semi-finalist, but he just has to find that extra gear to break through and make his first Wimbledon final and then win it. Remember, he’s beaten Djokovic, Federer and Nadal before, including Nadal in a major. Andy’s got such a good grass-court game: he moves well, he serves well and he’s more offensive from the baseline now. Even in the semis last year, he was dominating Nadal, up a set and 2-1 up in the second set, but he missed a forehand when Nadal was 15-30 down on his serve and it was amazing how quickly the match turned around in Nadal’s favour. Andy’s problem is that the seeding means he can’t play the top players until the semi-finals, and he’ll most likely end up playing Nadal again. Andy’s game matches up pretty well to Rafa’s on grass, but sometimes you’d like to play the top players in the first round, when they haven’t properly settled into their game – by the semis, players will have won five matches and they’ll be right on their game, so that makes it even harder. But I think having Ivan Lendl in his corner as coach is a great addition to Andy’s team, so he’ll be highly motivated to break that Grand Slam duck.

Age: 25
World Ranking: 4
Grand Slam titles: 0
Best Wimbledon: Semi-final 2009/10/11

Milos Raonic (Canada)
He’s my outsider tip this year. Raonic has a huge serve, 150mph most of the time, and he’s really maturing and improving his game. He’s relatively inexperienced on grass, but he backs up that serve with a very strong baseline game, and grass tennis is a lot to do with baseline play nowadays. Plus grass is still the surface you want to be offensive on, and that kind of serve really sets you up well for the rally. He was injured at Wimbledon last year and had to retire, so he will be keen to come back and do some damage.

Age: 21
World Ranking: 21
Grand Slam titles: 0
Best Wimbledon: Still to come