We’re only a few hours away from the start of the 2016 US Open and excitement is definitely building for the year’s final Grand Slam tournament. All eyes will be on Novak Djokovic as he attempts to win his second consecutive US Open title. Read on below as we break down his first-round matchup with Jerzy Janowicz, as well as the much-anticipated opening-round showdown between Wimbledon champion Andy Murray and Lukas Rosol.
While you’re at it, you can check out our top picks for the 2016 US Open Men’s and Women’s Singles tennis tournaments.
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2016 US Open Round One Men’s Singles Predictions
When: August 29-30, 2016
Where: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows, NY
Surface: Hard
Lines: view all US Open Men’s Singles lines here
TV Broadcast: ESPN
Novak Djokovic (-10,000) vs. Jerzy Janowicz (+3,500)
Djokovic has now admitted that private issues were to blame for his recent struggles. We’ll find out this coming Monday if Djokovic has gotten over those personal issues when he takes on unseeded Jerzy Janowicz in the first round. This will be the first meeting between Djokovic and Janowicz in the ATP Tour. Janowicz is just 4-6 in his last 10 matches.
Writer’s Prediction: Djokovic (–10,000) makes short work of Janowicz to reach the second round.
Andy Murray (-8,000) vs. Lukas Rosol (+3,000)
If there’s one player in the field who can stop Djokovic here in New York, it’s got to be Andy Murray. The world no. 2 has been playing some excellent tennis of late, winning 22 of his last 23 matches. After suffering a gut-wrenching French Open finals defeat to Djokovic, Murray went on a hot streak, capturing not only the Queens and Wimbledon titles but also his second consecutive Olympic gold medal.
He will begin his quest for a second US Open crown this coming Tuesday when he takes on Lukas Rosol. Murray will fancy his chances in this first-round clash as he has fared extremely well against Rosol in the past. Murray is 2-0 in his career against Rosol. The Czech star will take comfort in the fact, however, that he has taken the opening set against Murray in each of those two matches.
Writer’s Prediction: Murray (-8,000) destroys Rosol in straight sets.
Rafael Nadal (-1,000) vs. Denis Istomin (+600)
Rafael Nadal will head to the US Open with momentum on his side after his spectacular showing in the Rio Olympics. Nadal and Spanish teammate Marc Lopez captured the gold medal in the Men’s Doubles tournament, beating Romania in an epic three-setter in the final. It was a morale-boosting result for Nadal who was out for around two months because of a left wrist injury. The Spaniard will open his 12th US Open against Uzbekistan’s Denis Istomin, who reached the fourth round at Flushing Meadows in 2012 but is just 7-20 this season. Nadal leads their head-to-head matchup, 4-0.
Writer’s Prediction: Nadal (-1,000) preserves his unbeaten record against Istomin with a comfortable straight-sets win.
Complete Listing of 2016 US Open Men’s Singles First Round Matchups
| Matchup | Pick |
|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic (-10,000) vs. Jerzy Janowicz (+3,500) | Djokovic |
| Rafael Nadal (-1,000) vs. Denis Istomin (+600) | Nadal |
| Andy Murray (-8,000) vs. Lukas Rosol (+3,000) | Murray |
| Jiri Vesely (-320) vs. Saketh Myneni (+240) | Vesely |
| Bjorn Fratangelo (-140) vs. Guido Pella (+110) | Fratangelo |
| Mikhail Youzhny (+115) vs. Martin Klizan (-145) | Youzhny |
| John Isner (-1,200) vs. Frances Tiafoe (+700) | Isner |
| Jordan Thompson (+180) vs. Steve Darcis (-240) | Darcis |
| Lukáš Lacko (-135) vs. Ernesto Escobedo (+105) | Lacko |
| Kyle Edmund (+300) vs. Richard Gasquet (-400) | Gasquet |
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (-2,000) vs. Guido Andreozzi (+1,000) | Tsonga |
| James Duckworth (-105) vs. Robin Haase (-125) | Haase |
| Vasek Pospisil (-160) vs. Jozef Kovalík (+130) | Pospisil |
| Yoshihito Nishioka (+300) vs. Kevin Anderson (-400) | Anderson |
| Jack Sock (-320) vs. Taylor Fritz (+240) | Sock |
| Mischa Zverev (-125) vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (-105) | Herbert |
| Sergiy Stakhovsky (-150) vs. Gastão Elias (+120) | Stakhovsky |
| Rogério Dutra Silva (+2,000) vs. Marin Cilic (-5,000) | Cilic |
| Stéphane Robert (+160) vs. Andreas Seppi (-200) | Seppi |
| Thomaz Bellucci (+120) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (-150) | Bellucci |
| Julien Benneteau (+115) vs. Albert Ramos-Viñolas (-145) | Benneteau |
| Lucas Pouille (-400) vs. Mikhail Kukushkin (+300) | Pouille |
| Guilherme Clezar (-110) vs. Marco Chiudinelli (-120) | Clezar |
| Brian Baker (EVEN) vs. Federico Delbonis (-130) | Baker |
| Guillermo García-López (+400) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (-600) | Bautista Agut |
| Gael Monfils (-400) vs. Gilles Müller (+300) | Monfils |
| Jan Šátral (-165) vs. Mackenzie McDonald (+135) | McDonald |
| Márton Fucsovics (+165) vs. Nicolás Almagro (-210) | Almagro |
| Dudi Sela (+290) vs. Pablo Cuevas (-380) | Cuevas |
| Benoît Paire (-210) vs. Dušan Lajović (+165) | Lajovic |
| Marcos Baghdatis (-2,000) vs. Facundo Bagnis (+1,000) | Baghdatis |
| Adrian Mannarino (+135) vs. Ryan Harrison (-165) | Harrison |
| Dustin Brown (+1,200) vs. Milos Raonic (-2,500) | Raonic |
| Dominic Thiem (-400) vs. John Millman (+300) | Thiem |
| Ričardas Berankis (+220) vs. Malek Jaziri (-300) | Jaziri |
| Janko Tipsarević (+350) vs. Sam Querrey (-500) | Querrey |
| Steve Johnson (-700) vs. Evgeny Donskoy (+450) | Johnson |
| Juan Martin Del Potro (-1,200) vs. Diego Schwartzman (+700) | Del Potro |
| Teymuraz Gabashvili (+240) vs. Fabio Fognini (-320) | Fognini |
| Alexandr Dolgopolov (+240) vs. David Ferrer (-320) | Ferrer |
| Nick Kyrgios (-1,400) vs. Aljaž Bedene (+750) | Kyrgios |
| Horacio Zeballos (+200) vs. Florian Mayer (-260) | Mayer |
| Ivan Dodig (EVEN) vs. Illya Marchenko (-130) | Marchenko |
| Damir Džumhur (+650) vs. Bernard Tomic (-1,100) | Tomic |
| Alexander Zverev (-600) vs. Daniel Brands (+400) | Zverev |
| Daniel Evans (-200) vs. Rajeev Ram (+160) | Evans |
| Denis Kudla (-200) vs. Alessandro Giannessi (+160) | Kudla |
| Fernando Verdasco (+240) vs. Stan Wawrinka (-320) | Wawrinka |
| Kei Nishikori (-5,000) vs. Benjamin Becker (+2,000) | Nishikori |
| Karen Khachanov (-240) vs. Thomas Fabbiano (+180) | Fabbiano |
| Christian Harrison (+240) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (-320) | Harrison |
| Nicolas Mahut (+130) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (-160) | Mahut |
| Ivo Karlovic (-200) vs. Yen-hsun Lu (+160) | Karlovic |
| Donald Young (-260) vs. Jan-Lennard Struff (+200) | Young |
| Viktor Troicki (-500) vs. Radu Albot (+350) | Troicki |
| Jared Donaldson (+450) vs. David Goffin (-700) | Goffin |
| Feliciano López (-155) vs. Borna Ćorić (+125) | Lopez |
| Víctor Estrella Burgos (+220) vs. Joao Sousa (-300) | Sousa |
| Michael Mmoh (+700) vs. Jeremy Chardy (-1,200) | Chardy |
| Íñigo Cervantes (+800) vs. Grigor Dimitrov (-1,500) | Dimitrov |
| Gilles Simon (-150) vs. Radek Stepanek (+120) | Stepanek |
| Carlos Berlocq (+150) vs. Paolo Lorenzi (-180) | Berlocq |
| Marcel Granollers (-155) vs. Juan Monaco (+125) | Granollers |
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