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Washington Predictions & Picks — July 27, 2026

By The Maiden Desk · July 27, 2026

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

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6 matches are on Monday's card at Washington, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Ben Shelton against Ethan Quinn in the round of 32. Our calls: Shelton over Quinn, Griekspoor over Tabilo, Fritz over Bergs, Nishikori over Shang, Musetti over Arnaldi, Svajda over Vukic.

The boldest call on the card: Nishikori over Shang — the market disagrees with us there.

Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi

Not gradedThis match ended in a retirement, advancing Lorenzo Musetti. It is excluded from our graded record — no pick is counted as right or wrong.

Pick: Musetti

Win probability: 69% Musetti · Sets: 2 (62%) · most likely score 2-0 (45%)

A spot in the next round is at stake on Monday, when Lorenzo Musetti goes up against Matteo Arnaldi in the Washington round of 32. Lorenzo Musetti is 6-4 across recent matches. Matteo Arnaldi comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.

Lorenzo Musetti leads the head-to-head 3-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On hard specifically it reads 1-0 Musetti — worth more than the overall number this week.

Lorenzo Musetti simply rates much higher on hard, and our number follows from it. The edge belongs to Musetti — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.

Taylor Fritz vs. Zizou Bergs

✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Taylor Fritz at 69% before the match, and Taylor Fritz won 6-3 6-4.

Pick: Fritz

Win probability: 69% Fritz · Sets: 2 (61%) · most likely score 2-0 (44%)

Taylor Fritz and Zizou Bergs meet in the round of 32 at Washington on Monday. Taylor Fritz comes in at 8 wins from the last ten. Zizou Bergs has won 6 of the last 10.

The ledger favors Taylor Fritz, 1-0 across their 1 meetings with Zizou Bergs.

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Fritz.

Ben Shelton vs. Ethan Quinn

Pick: Shelton

Win probability: 64% Shelton · Sets: 2 (62%) · most likely score 2-0 (41%)

Monday's Washington round of 32 pits Ben Shelton against Ethan Quinn on hard. Ben Shelton is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (7 of the last 10). Ethan Quinn comes in at 6 wins from the last ten.

The ledger favors Ben Shelton, 1-0 across their 1 meetings with Ethan Quinn.

Ben Shelton is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Shelton around 64%. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Shelton.

Alejandro Tabilo vs. Tallon Griekspoor

✗ Pick wrongWe got this one wrong. Our final number was 54% on Tallon Griekspoor; Alejandro Tabilo won 7-6 4-6 6-4.

Pick: Griekspoor

Win probability: 54% Griekspoor · Sets: 3 (45%) · most likely score 2-0 (30%)

Monday's Washington round of 32 pits Alejandro Tabilo against Tallon Griekspoor on hard. Tallon Griekspoor limps in on a 3-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10. Alejandro Tabilo limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 4 wins in 10.

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

Neither the serve numbers nor the ratings separate these two by much, which is why our number stays close to even. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Griekspoor fractionally more likely to land the big points.

Juncheng Shang vs. Kei Nishikori

✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Kei Nishikori at 53% before the match, and Kei Nishikori won 6-7 6-3 6-4.

Pick: NishikoriUpset call

Upset call: the market makes Shang the favorite; our numbers say Nishikori.

Win probability: 53% Nishikori · Sets: 2 (59%) · most likely score 2-0 (33%)

A spot in the next round is at stake on Monday, when Juncheng Shang goes up against Kei Nishikori in the Washington round of 32. Kei Nishikori has won 5 of the last 10. Juncheng Shang is searching for form, having lost 2 in a row (5 of the last 10).

Kei Nishikori leads the head-to-head 2-1, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On hard specifically it reads 2-1 Nishikori — worth more than the overall number this week.

There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Nishikori is exactly that — a lean.

Aleksandar Vukic vs. Zachary Svajda

✗ Pick wrongA miss: Zachary Svajda at 56% lost to Aleksandar Vukic (6-3 6-1).

Pick: Svajda

Win probability: 56% Svajda · Sets: 2 (60%) · most likely score 2-0 (34%)

A spot in the next round is at stake on Monday, when Aleksandar Vukic goes up against Zachary Svajda in the Washington round of 32. Zachary Svajda has won 6 of the last 10. Aleksandar Vukic is rolling — 5 straight wins, 6 of 10 in recent play.

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; Svajda gets the nod on the finest of margins.

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Updated Jul 26, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC. Picks are frozen before first serve and graded on the track record page — this page is never edited after the fact.