There are 35 Americans across the men’s and women’s draws at the upcoming Wimbledon championships; the most since 1999.
On the men’s side, there are six seeded US players, including the Stuttgart Open champion Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, and Ben Shelton.
The last time an American man won the tournament was in 2000, when Pete Sampras clinched his seventh crown at the All England Club.
It has only been nine years, however, since a woman from the country last emerged victorious at Wimbledon, which was Serena Williams in 2016.
WTA home hopes this year include the Roland Garros winner Coco Gauff, Australian Open champion Madison Keys, and third seed Jessica Pegula.
Ahead of the event, former world number four Brad Gilbert picked the American player from each tour that he thinks has the best chance of going all the way in South West London.
Photo by Cynthia Lum/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesBrad Gilbert picks his American favourites at Wimbledon
Speaking on CBS Sports, Gilbert said: “I think we have a lot of good young men. Learner Tien, 19 years old, from California. Alex Michelsen seeded for the first time in a major at 20 years old.
“Jenson Brooksby and [Ethan] Quinn, four young Americans. But I do think our best hope for a deep run, which we haven’t had an American win the tournament since 1999, is Ben Shelton.
“He’s got a bomb of a serve. I think the warm weather could help him.
“On the women’s side, we’ve won the first two Slams to start the year. We had Keys win in Australia and we had Coco win at the French Open.
“I feel like in the women’s, we definitely have strength in numbers. We have eight seeded players, and a lot on the bottom half of the draw.
“So I wouldn’t be surprised if we had three Americans in the quarters, maybe two in the semis.
“It’s not Coco’s best surface, as she’s struggled on it the last couple of years. I think on the American side, I like the way Jessica Pegula has been playing.
“If somebody is three in the world and under the radar, it could possibly be her.”
Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty ImagesEvery American Grand Slam winner since 2000
Since 2000, only three American men have won a Grand Slam title: Sampras, Andre Agassi, and Andy Roddick.
Agassi picked up three Australian Open titles from 2000 to 2003, while Sampras secured majors number 13 and 14 at Wimbledon in 2000, and at the US Open in 2002.
Roddick’s sole Grand Slam triumph came at the US Open in 2001, when he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final.
On the women’s side, there have been eight separate winners at major events since the beginning of the millennium.
Serena and Venus Williams won 29 between them, while Jennifer Capriati tallied three, two of which came in the same year.
Lindsay Davenport became the first Grand Slam champion of the century, when in 2000, she won her third and final major title at the Australian Open.
Gauff now has two, while one-time winners include Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin, and Keys.