Wimbledon 2026 Day Five Summary

Day five of Wimbledon 2026 confirmed the first half of the fourth round, with Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic both going through, while multiple seeds crashed out in a day full of momentum swings.

Djokovic overcame a spirited challenge from Arthur Rinderknech to record his 105th match win at Wimbledon, equaling Roger Federer’s all-time men’s record at the Championships.

Meanwhile, Sinner produced another controlled display against Jenson Brooksby to continue his title defense.

Elsewhere, Jan-Lennard Struff pulled off the biggest upset of the day, stunning eighth seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets despite trailing in all three sets, while Hubert Hurkacz ended Tommy Paul’s run to keep his own grass court hopes alive.

Full summary below.

Day five Wimbledon 2026 round of 32 results

Winner	Loser	Do
Jannik Sinner [1]	Jenson Brooksby	6-4, 6-3, 6-4
Shintaro Mochizuki	Rafael Jodar [23]	1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4
Hubert Hurkacz	Tommy Paul [21]	4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2
Jan-Lennard Struff	Daniel Medvedev [8]	7-6(4), 7-6(5), 7-5
Happy Auger-Also [3]	Michael Zheng (Q)	7-6(1) 6-2 6-1
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [22]	Marton Fucsovics	7-6(3), 6-2, 6-3
Roman Safiullin	João Fonseca [24]	6-3, 6-3, 6-3
Novak Djokovic [7]	Arthur Rinderknecht [25]	7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)

Key Match Recap

Novak Djokovic [7] def. Arthur Rinderknecht [25] 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)

Novak Djokovic battled through a tough four-set match to equal Roger Federer’s record for men’s singles matches won at Wimbledon (105).

After a strong start, he dropped the third set but was resilient in the fourth, winning a tense tie-break with some typical clutch play.

Rinderknech’s aggressive style of play was always going to be dangerous, as we saw on the same court 12 months ago against world No 3 Alexander Zverev, but Djokovic’s reliability and ability to read the moment came to the fore:

Rinderkench: 67 winners, 25 unforced errors, 82% first serve points won, 117 points won

Djokovic: 40 winners, 16 unforced errors, 73% first serve points won, 108 points won

To make history in this sport is a great honor and a great privilege. Especially here, it has always been a dream childhood tournament for me. I’m not thinking about whether it’s going to be 105 or 106, I’m just thinking about trying to win that game on a certain day. Today I was quite stressed. There was more tension than usual. I knew it would be a very challenging match for me. I’m just happy to overcome this. A little luck, a little skill, in the end. Pretty much flawless tie-break on my part. I did everything I could… It was a really tiring, really close game. I am glad to overcome it. Novak on his win and 105 wins at Wimbledon.

Djokovic faces Roman Safiullin next.

Jannik Sinner [1] def. Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 (2h 13m)

Sinner looked more comfortable and efficient than in previous rounds, and while he’s yet to hit top gear, he’s producing in the big spots.

Sinner committed 26 unforced errors and was broken serving for 5-3 in the third set, struggling to time the ball cleanly as Brooksby mixed up his game.

But when it came down to it, Sinner went into lockdown mode to claim his third win of the week and set up a fourth-round match against Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki.

Hubert Hurkacz def. Tommy Paul [21] 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2

Hurkacz came back from a set down in a serve-dominated encounter with 30 consecutive holds of serve.

Paul broke the pole for the first and only time in the third game of the first set and looked solid on his own serve until the second set tie-break.

But when he led 5-3, he lost two consecutive serves, and his metrics dropped significantly as Hubi took charge from then on.

I had Shelton and Paul as unlikely, but potential winners at SW19, and both are now gone in the first week. Nice!

Jan-Lennard Struff did. Daniel Medvedev [8] 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 7-5

Struff delivered a major upset, beating the two-time semi-finalist in straight sets with strong serving and connecting play in the tie-breaks.

The scoreline would have you think this was two guys holding serve until the tie-breaks, where the big-serving Struff came alive, but it was actually breakfast.

Meddy had a 3-1 lead in the first set, a 5-2 lead in the second and another 5-2 lead in the third, but somehow lost all three.

All told, the Russian lost serve 5 times and hit 10 double faults, so he really only has himself to blame, with a total of 4 points separating them.

Other notable matches

Roman Safiullin def. João Fonseca [24] 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Safiullin was almost flawless and will face Djokovic next. I had mistakenly thought that Fonseca was playing well on grass after the win over retiree Bautista Agut, but as soon as he ran into someone as capable as Safiullin, he was completely at sea.

Super forehand, sure, but I don’t really like the way he moves on this surface, and he has a long way to go; otherwise he will take Casper Ruud’s approach to grass.

Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) def. Rafael Jodar [23] 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4

The Japanese qualifier recovered from a set down to reach the fourth round of a major for the first time.

I thought Jodar was one to watch on grass because he doesn’t have the typical Spanish style of play, but after breaking Mochizuki in the first set, his game disappeared.

Partly because of how well Mochizuki played after that, he won the 2019 Juniors at Wimbledon and got through qualifying, which counts for a lot, so he knows his way around it, as the 6-3 6-0 6-0 score in his first-round win shows; you don’t see that on grass too often.