Alcaraz hopes to become the first player on the men's tour since Bjorn Borg to complete the French Open-Wimbledon double in consecutive years. Alcaraz is only the third defending Wimbledon champion all-time to be taken to five sets in the first round of the following year's Grand Slam.

Alcaraz's tennis is so often a highlight reel but on grass, he does his most devastating work in the negative spaces of points.

Second-seeded Alcaraz is currently on a career-best 19-match winning streak, but struggled against Fognini who has never been past the third round at Wimbledon.