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Lincoln Predictions & Picks — July 14, 2026

By The Maiden Desk · July 14, 2026

Every number below was fixed before the match and graded against the official result.

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2 matches are on Tuesday's card at Lincoln, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Andre Ilagan against Colton Smith in the round of 32. Our calls: Smith over Ilagan, Bertola over Johnson.

Remy Bertola vs. Steve Johnson

✗ Pick wrongMissed it. We had Remy Bertola at 56%, but Steve Johnson won 6-1 6-4.

Pick: Bertola

Win probability: 56% Bertola · Most likely score: 2-0 (33%)

Tuesday's Lincoln round of 32 pits Remy Bertola against Steve Johnson on hard. Remy Bertola has dropped 2 straight and sits at 6-4 over the last ten. Steve Johnson is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (3 of the last 10).

This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.

The underlying stats are tight across the board — this is a matchup decided by a handful of points. Little separates them; Bertola gets the nod on the finest of margins.

Andre Ilagan vs. Colton Smith

✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Colton Smith at 54% before the match, and Colton Smith won 4-6 6-3 7-6.

Pick: Smith

Win probability: 54% Smith · Most likely score: 2-0 (32%)

Tuesday's Lincoln round of 32 pits Andre Ilagan against Colton Smith on hard. Colton Smith is 7-3 across recent matches. Andre Ilagan is 6-4 across recent matches.

Colton Smith has had the better of this rivalry, winning 1 of 1 against Andre Ilagan. On hard specifically it reads 1-0 Smith — worth more than the overall number this week.

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Little separates them; Smith gets the nod on the finest of margins.

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Updated Jul 14, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC. Picks are frozen before first serve and graded on the track record page — this page is never edited after the fact.