There are several intriguing matches across the different men’s tennis events on Thursday.
The pregame narrative: Three Canadians are in action with Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo all on the schedule. Two of the top players in the world — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz — are also set to play on Thursday.
Check out my top tennis predictions for the June 19 matches.
Tennis predictions: June 19
Best bet: Auger-Aliassime ML (-117)
This is no easy task for the Canadian. His opponent, Karen Khachanov, ranks No. 22 on tour.
But Khachanov isn’t having a great year, holding a 16-14 record.
- He’s 2-1 on grass, but his highest-ranked opponent was another Canadian, Diallo (No. 44). He lost that match in straight sets.
- Auger-Aliassime is 3-1 on grass. Two of the three wins came in straight sets, while the one loss came against Taylor Fritz (No. 4).
On top of that, these two have some history that favours the Canadian.
Key stat: Auger-Aliassime beat Khachanov in straight sets on grass back in 2022 and is 2-1 in the head-to-head matchup.
Canadian tennis predictions
Flavio Cobolli ML (+143): The Italian is in better form than his Shapovalov right now, and I think that gives him value at plus money.
- Cobolli has won eight of his last nine matches and is 1-0 on grass.
- He beat Joao Fonseca, an 18-year-old Brazilian who’s breaking out in 2025 (25-10 record).
- Meanwhile, Shapovalov is 3-7 in his last 10 matches and 1-1 on grass this season.
The Canadian needed all three sets to beat Ugo Humbert in the first round and lost to No. 80-ranked Arthur Rinderknech last week. The latter is 10-20 this season.
Shapovalov has struggled to put consecutive wins together. He hasn’t won back-to-back matches since February. He played 16 matches in that timeframe.
Cobolli’s only loss in his last nine matches came against the world’s No. 3-ranked player, Alexander Zverev.
Diallo/Jiri Lehecka over 23.5 games (-113): This has all the makings of a competitive match between two rising stars.
- Diallo is 6-0 on grass this season, most recently winning the Libema Open.
- Lehecka is 3-1 on grass, coming off a straight-set win over No. 12-ranked Alex De Minaur.
The comforting part about this total is that two close sets would be enough to push this match over.
Between the two players, they held a combined 20 of their 22 service games in the first round of this event.
That tells me break points will be hard to come by in this matchup, which gives this modest over strong value.
Best bet for Alcaraz vs. Jaume Munar
Alcaraz/Munar under 19.5 total games (-127): As good as Alcaraz is on clay, he’s also unmatched on grass.
- He has a 24-3 career record on the playing surface.
- His opponent on Thursday, Munar, is 4-13 in his career on grass.
Alcaraz is coming off a win at the French Open and is 23-1 in his last 24 matches (14-match winning streak).
When these two last met, Alcaraz won the match in straight sets (6-3, 6-3), and it stayed below this total.
Munar is 77-76 since the start of 2023 and doesn’t pose much of a threat to Alcaraz’s winning streak. Use this pick as a way to back the Spaniard.
Best bet for Sinner vs. Alexander Bublik
Sinner/Bublik under 9.5 total games – Set 1 (+125): These two went head-to-head at the French Open, and Sinner jumped out to an early lead and never looked back.
He won in straight sets following a dominant 6-1 win in the first set. That was part of a five-match run where Sinner was only broken twice.
Bublik has a 1-4 record in his career vs. the No. 1-ranked player, and the single win was due to Sinner retiring with an injury.
The Italian should be able to hold his service points early while breaking his counterpart multiple times.
Sinner has seen this over cash in 11 of his 21 matches this season (52.4%).
Tennis predictions made at 1:33 p.m. on 06/18/25
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