{"id":2032831,"date":"2026-07-08T12:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032831"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:40:17","slug":"coco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-the-wimbledon-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2032831","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova? Sabine Lisicki predicts the Wimbledon champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova? Sabine Lisicki predicts the Wimbledon champion<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"08 Jul 2026 1:40 PM\" data-ps-date=\"08 Jul 2026 1:40 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1783514417\"><br \/>\n                            08 Jul 2026 1:40 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 dark:hidden h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-wimbledon-champion\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-news%2Fcoco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-wimbledon-champion\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to twitter\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-news%2Fcoco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-wimbledon-champion\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to linkedin\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/send\/?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-news%2Fcoco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-wimbledon-champion\" aria-label=\"Share to whatsapp\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/share.flipboard.com\/bookmarklet\/popout?v=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-news%2Fcoco-gauff-karolina-muchova-sabine-lisicki-predicts-wimbledon-champion\" aria-label=\"Share to flipboard\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"sm:hidden flex items-center space-x-5\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 hidden dark:block h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_dark.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mx-auto !my-0 dark:hidden h-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/content\/themes\/tennis365-sportsui\/img\/png\/preferred_source_badge_light.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"76\" height=\"24\"><br \/>\n                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <button id=\"t365-article-share-btn-hidden\" class=\"mr-2 hidden h-6 w-6 appearance-none border-none !text-share-icon outline-none hover:!text-share-icon-active sm:hidden\" data-title=\"Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova? Sabine Lisicki predicts the Wimbledon champion\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/d2me2qg8dfiw8u.cloudfront.net\/content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Karolina-Muchova-Coco-Gauff-Sabine-Lisicki-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Karolina Muchova, Coco Gauff and Sabine Lisicki\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Karolina Muchova and Coco Gauff with Sabine Lisicki inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki has told Tennis365 who she thinks will win the women\u2019s singles title at the 2026 Championships.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a new women\u2019s singles champion at Wimbledon for the ninth consecutive edition of the grass-court Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Barbora Krejcikova and Serena Williams were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wimbledon\">Wimbledon<\/a> champions in the draw, but none of this quartet reached the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/coco-gauff\">Coco Gauff<\/a>, a champion at the US Open in 2023 and the French Open in 2025, is the only Grand Slam winner left in the event.<\/p>\n<p>No 7 seed Gauff will face 10th seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/karolina-muchova\">Karolina Muchova<\/a> \u2014 a 2023 French Open finalist \u2014 in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Marta Kostyuk, Jasmine Paolini, Linda Noskova and Elise Mertens will contest the quarter-finals in the bottom half of the draw.<\/p>\n<h2>Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/live-wta-rankings-coco-gauff-return-no-3-karolina-muchova-breaks-new-ground\"><strong>Live WTA Rankings: Coco Gauff on course to return to No 3, Karolina Muchova breaks new ground<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/coco-gauff-wimbledon-win-semi-final-belief\"><strong>Coco Gauff\u2019s Wimbledon win threw up so many familiar questions \u2013 and gave one big answer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively to Tennis365 at Wimbledon before Tuesday\u2019s quarter-final matches had concluded, Lisicki predicted that the champion would come from the Muchova-Osaka clash \u2014 which the Czech won 7-6(4), 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the tournament, I actually said it\u2019s going to be two very interesting weeks, because I didn\u2019t see a clear favourite this time in the women\u2019s draw, and exactly that is happening,\u201d said the German, who was a runner-up at Wimbledon in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaomi Osaka is looking great. Muchova is also playing amazingly on the grass, she\u2019s playing a totally different game, a lot of touch, slice, and she\u2019s using the whole court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say the winner of that match will win [Wimbledon].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Muchova, who has won just one of her seven meetings with Gauff, was asked what makes the American such a difficult opponent for her ahead of the pair\u2019s last four showdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, she is just, like, great athlete overall. One of the best in the world, in our sport. It was tough to play against her,\u201d said the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy we have 0-0 on the grass. That\u2019s a bit better balance for me there. Yeah, I mean, she gives you a lot of balls back. She has a lot of weapons. She is big fighter, which as well gives a lot of, yeah, things to her game to make it awkward for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-told-copy-novak-djokovic-expert-spots-key-change-unlock-grand-slam-dream\">Alex Eala told to copy Novak Djokovic as expert spots key change to unlock Grand Slam dream<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coco Gauff, Karolina Muchova? Sabine Lisicki predicts the Wimbledon champion Ewan West 08 Jul 2026 1:40 PM Karolina Muchova and Coco Gauff with Sabine Lisicki inset Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki has told Tennis365 who she thinks will win the women\u2019s singles title at the 2026 Championships. 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