And just like that, clay is in the rear vision mirror and the ATP Tour turns its attention to grass court tennis. It’s been the better part of 11 months since we last saw the world’s best compete on this surface. Given the stark contrast between grass and clay, who comes into this swing as the players to watch in 2026?
I’ve dug into all the nitty gritty stats in an attempt to objectively answer this question. My 2026 grass power rankings are based on recent form, last year’s grass results, and a player’s overall body of work on the surface.
To be clear: these aren’t my predictions for who will win on grass this season. They’re simply who the numbers say should be the best right now.
1. Jannik Sinner
2026 form: 37-3
2025 grass results: 8-1
Overall grass record: 29-10 (74%)
Best Wimbledon result: Champion x1
Sinner had a quiet Roland-Garros, but just because he hasn’t been in the headlines for a week or two doesn’t mean we should forget about him. He’s the unequivocal favorite heading into the 2026 grass season, for good reason.
The Italian won Wimbledon last year, going 8-1 overall on grass in 2026 after a surprise loss to Alexander Bublik in his Halle warm up. His Wimbledon run was dominant though, beating Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz en route to the title. It wasn’t his first strong performance in London either, having made the quarters or better the previous three editions. Overall he’s got a 74% win rate on grass, with two trophies.
Prior to his slip up in Paris, Sinner had been having an all-time season. The 24-year-old is 37-3 for the year, having strung together 30 straight wins between Indian Wells and the Roland-Garros second round.
The things that Sinner does well are largely magnified on grass. He’s already got insane power and a ruthless serve – the fast bounce off the ground makes both of these weapons even more damaging. Want to know more about Jannik Sinner’s racquet?
2. Novak Djokovic
2026 form: 9-4
2025 grass results: 5-1
Overall grass record: 125-21 (86%)
Best Wimbledon result: Champion x7
Looking at Djokovic’s 2026 form, there’s not a lot to write home about on paper. The Serbian made the Australian Open final, beating Sinner en route to a four-set loss to Alcaraz. Since then, he’s been meek, stacking losses and bowing out of the French Open early.
However, he is leagues ahead of any other player on the ATP Tour when it comes to grass pedigree. The man has an incredible 86% win rate on the surface (only two others on this list even crack the 70s), with a whopping seven Wimbledon titles to his name.
Last year he only played at SW19, making a run to the semi-finals before losing to Sinner. Prior to that, he’d been utterly dominant at the event, winning four straight titles from 2018 to 2022, then making the final in 2023 and 2024.
At the ripe old age of 39, grass is Djokovic’s best surface. The 24-time Grand Slam champion prefers to play aggressive tennis to minimize the physicality of rallies, which is exactly what grass allows him to do – he gets more pay on his serve and forehand, and can come to the net more too.
3. Daniil Medvedev
2026 form: 24-9
2025 grass results: 5-3
Overall grass record: 51-25 (67%)
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-finalist x2
It may be a surprise to see Medvedev sitting this high in my grass power rankings, but outside of Sinner and Djokovic – who are genuine grass-court powerhouses – and with no Alcaraz in the draw, the contenders quickly drop down a notch.
That’s not to say Medvedev is a mug on grass, though. The Russian has made the final four here twice, and holds a very respectable 67% win rate on grass, a figure which jumps to 71% if you look at Wimbledon alone.
Last season he looked to be a title contender after making the final of Halle, only to suffer a shock loss in the opening round of Wimbledon. The two years prior he was in the mix, however, hitting back-to-back semi-finals in London, losing to Alcaraz in each.
This year he’s had a resurgence of sorts, after dipping the past 18 months. He’s at 24-9, with titles in Brisbane and Dubai plus a run to the final of Indian Wells. His Roland-Garros was another first-round stinker, but ahead of that he’d looked in good nick, pushing Sinner to three sets in the Rome semis.
4. Matteo Berrettini
2026 form: 12-10
2025 grass results: 0-1
Overall grass record: 42-12 (78%)
Best Wimbledon result: Finalist x1
Two weeks ago, I wouldn’t have been having Berrettini this high in my grass power rankings – he probably would’ve only been an honorable mention. However, the Italian’s deep run at Roland-Garros last week proved that he’s still got game, and on grass is where it thrives.
Berrettini boasts an impressive 42-12 grass record, with his 78% win rate the best outside of Djokovic’s among players on this list. He went all the way to the championship match of Wimbledon in 2021, stopped only by Djokovic himself in the final.
The reason why Berrettini has had so much success on grass is because he hits his forehand so flat. This naturally causes it to stay low and be a lethal weapon on the surface. This, paired with his hammer of a serve, set up points brilliantly. His weaker backhand is also protected well, as he’s able to slice much more, turning what is a weakness on other surfaces into a strength.
Obviously with Berrettini, injury is a big factor. Last year, he played just the one match on grass, and this year, his season has been heavily impacted by injury too – including a withdrawal midway through his French Open quarter-final. However, he’s just announced that he’s back training and expects to compete on grass this season. A fit and healthy Berrettini is a force to reckon with.
5. Taylor Fritz
2026 form: 12-10
2025 grass results: 13-2
Overall grass record: 46-25 (65%)
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-finalist x1
The last two years, Fritz has proven himself to be a world-class grass court player.
In 2024, he made the quarters of Queen’s, won Eastbourne, then lost a five-setter in the Wimbledon quarter-finals. In 2025, he went even better, winning Stuttgart, defending his Eastbourne title, then narrowly losing to eventual champion Alcaraz in the Wimbledon semi-finals. This was no flash in the pan, either – he’d had his breakout grass season in 2022, winning Eastbourne for the first time and making the Wimbledon quarters.
That’s a serious grass resume – 65% win rate overall, with four titles and a Wimbledon semi.
The reason Fritz isn’t higher on these power rankings is because his season so far this year has been a real non-event. He played through the hardcourt swing for a middling 12-8 return, then took most of the clay off in order to rehab his knee. Upon return, he lost first round in Geneva and Paris.
This is obviously a factor, which is why Fritz is down at No 5 and not pushing for the No 3 spot in this list. However, there’s a positive spin to this as well: taking time off was something that Fritz needed to do to fix his knee, and could actually work in his favor coming into the surface he’s had the most success on.
6. Alexander Zverev
2026 form: 35-9
2025 grass results: 6-3
Overall grass record: 45-23 (66%)
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 x3
Grass is Zverev’s worst surface. But he’s still good enough on it to take the No 6 spot in my grass power rankings.
The German hits the grass off the back of his maiden Grand Slam title, a win that pushes him to 35-9 for the season and gets an enormous monkey off his back. He’s been brilliantly consistent this season, making the semi-finals or better in seven of the nine events he’s contested. Of his nine losses in 2026, five have come at the hands of Sinner and Alcaraz.
The elephant in the room is Zverev’s inability to make a deep run at Wimbledon. His overall grass record of 45-23 (66%) isn’t bad at all, and he’s even beaten Roger Federer on the surface in 2016. But at SW19, despite playing nine times so far in his career, his best result is the fourth round. Last year, Zverev fell early, bundled out first-round by Arthur Rinderknech in an epic five-setter.
Still, he’s in form, and should be playing pressure-free tennis off the back of his recent French Open success.
7. Flavio Cobolli
2026 form: 23-13
2025 grass results: 6-3
Overall grass record: 9-7 (56%)
Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-finalist x1
Speaking of players who performed well in Paris, Cobolli takes the No 7 spot on this list. The Italian just made a career-best run at Roland-Garros, pushing Zverev to five sets in his maiden Grand Slam final.
This run takes him to a sharp 23-13 in 2026, a record that’s dragged down by four first-round losses in the opening month of the season. He won an ATP 500 in Acapulco, and has also gone deep in Munich and Madrid, beating the likes of Frances Tiafoe and Zverev along the way.
On grass, Cobolli’s career is nascent, with just 16 Tour-level matches played on the surface. Nine of these came last year, where he made runs to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon and Halle. However, the 24-year-old’s natural athleticism and speed already has him moving well on the surface.
With red-hot form right now and a proven track record on grass, Cobolli has what it takes to go deep again this year.
8. Alexander Bublik
2026 form: 18-12
2025 grass results: 5-1
Overall grass record: 38-20 (66%)
Best Wimbledon result: Round of 16 x1
Last year, Bublik entered Wimbledon as a genuine contender to win the title. He’d just made the Roland-Garros quarter-finals then backed that up by winning Halle, beating four straight top-25 players – including world No 1 Sinner – en route to the title.
However, he was underwhelming in London, crashing out first round to Jaume Munar.
This year, Bublik’s form has cooled somewhat. He’s lost his last two matches – including a first-round exit in Paris – and is just 18-12 for the year. Considering he began the year by winning a title in Hong Kong, it’s safe to say he’s dropped off.
Still, the Kazakh’s big, booming first serve, nifty slices and adept netplay make him a natural grass courter. He’s one of the few players on tour whose game is best suited to this surface.
I don’t trust him as much as I did four months ago, but the numbers are still there. He was a threat last season, he’s at 66% overall on grass, and has the weapons to do damage.
9. Alex de Minaur
2026 form: 19-11
2025 grass results: 3-2
Overall grass record: 35-19 (65%)
Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-finalist x1
Another player in underwhelming 2026 form is De Minaur. The Aussie has been a bastion of consistency the past four or five years, but has hit something of a slump so far this season, going 8-9 in his last 17 matches for an overall record of 19-11 in 2026.
Last grass season was nothing to write home about either, with a first-round loss in Queen’s followed by a run to the fourth round in Wimbledon.
However, previous seasons have been better. In 2024, De Minaur won s Hertogenbosch and was looking good at Wimbledon until he had to give a walkover in the quarter-finals due to a hip injury. The year before that he made the Queen’s final, in 2022 he semi-finaled in Eastbourne, and in 2021 he won Eastbourne and made the Queen’s semis.
Bottom line, there’s a case to be made that if De Minaur can leave his tough form behind him in the clay season, the Aussie has real grass skills and can make deep runs here.
10. Lorenzo Musetti
2026 form: 13-7
2025 grass results: 0-1
Overall grass record: 18-11 (62%)
Best Wimbledon result: Semi-finalist x1
This No 10 spot was a tough one. As you’ll see below, there are another 15 men knocking on the door to be included here. I’ve given this final spot on my power rankings to Musetti, but the case is shaky.
Wind back the clock two years, and Musetti was one of the best grass-courters in the world. He made the semi-finals in Stuttgart, final in Queen’s, then semi-finals at Wimbledon. The man’s movement on the natural surfaces is a feat to below, and his one-handed backhand got more pay on the slick grass than on other courts.
Last year, injury forced him to play just the one grass match. This year, he’s also been battling injury, largely sidelined from the end of the Australian Open (where he retired two sets to love up on Djokovic) to the start of the clay season. It’s been a tough road back since then, with Musetti going 6-4 on the clay before withdrawing before Roland-Garros.
Still, if the Italian is healthy – and all signs are pointing towards him competing on grass this season – then his past performances on grass merit his inclusion at No 10.
Honorable mentions
- Hubert Hurkacz – 13-13, 1-0, 26-14 (65%), semi-finalist x1
- Felix Auger-Aliassime – 23-11, 6-4, 28-17 (62%), quarter-finalist x1
- Andrey Rublev – 21-11, 4-2, 23-12 (66%), quarter-finalist x1
- Ben Shelton – 19-9, 6-4, 12-11 (52%), quarter-finalist x1
- Holger Rune – 0-0, 2-2, 12-9 (57%), quarter-finalist x1
- Arthur Fils – 22-7, 0-0, 10-5 (67%), round of 16 x1
- Joao Fonseca – 14-10, 3-3, 3-4 (43%), third round x1
- Jack Draper – 5-4, 4-2, 19-9 (68%), second round x3
- Marin Cilic – 11-10, 3-1, 83-33 (72%), finalist x1
- Nick Kyrgios – 0-1, 0-0, 36-19 (65%), finalist x1
- Jakub Mensik – 23-10, 4-3, 6-7 (46%), third round x1
- Jiri Lehecka – 17-10, 7-3, 12-8 (60%), round-of-16 x1
- Frances Tiafoe – 22-11, 1-2, 24-20 (55%), round-of-16 x1
- Tommy Paul – 26-11, 1-2, 25-14 (64%), quarter-finalist x1
- Ugo Humbert – 16-14, 4-4, 29-23 (56%), round of 16 x2
Where to begin with this lot? I considered 15 others seriously for my grass power rankings, but couldn’t get there with any of them.
The likes of Hurkacz, Cilic, and Kyrgios were wicked grass players in their prime, but simply haven’t been winning enough recently. Mensik and Fonseca have potential, but don’t have the body of work yet to merit inclusion.
Paul, Humbert, Tiafoe, Lehecka, Auger-Aliassime, Shelton, and Rublev are all strong grass courters, but none have been further than the last eight at Wimbledon and haven’t set the world on fire this year – or in the previous grass season.
Then there’s Draper, Fils and Rune. These guys are genuine contenders, but are all doubts whether they’ll even compete. They’ve got scant form to go on due to injury, and I simply can’t put them in my power rankings based on vibes alone.