Ten women that flopped in 2015 Wimbledon ladies’ singles

Denmark’s fifth seed Wozniacki won’t get a better chance to reach the business end of Wimbledon. Her straight sets last 16 loss to Muguruza saw her broken at key times, but Rory McIlroy’s former flame is 20/1 to rebound and win at Flushing Meadows.

Flop factor: 8/10

Anglique Kerber
Here we have another top seed who bit the bust when meeting Muguruza. For Germany’s Kerber, the quarter-finals were here minimum expectation, having reached that stage or better in two of the last three grass seasons. She was scalped by the Spanish representative in round three, but is not alone in that.

Flop factor: 6/10

Sabine Lisicki
Germany’s number two Lisicki is a former SW19 finalist, but won just five games in the round of 39 during a straight sets loss to top Swiss ladyy Timea Bacsinszky.

Flop factor: 6.5/10

Romanian racket star Halep proved really handy on grass last season, and was a semi-finalist here. Her first round loss to unseeded Jana Cepelova of Slovakia 12 months on left all commentators stunned. Halep will want to bounce back on the hard courts of the US Open, where she is a nifty 9/1 to take the Grand Slam crown.

Flop factor: 10/10

Ekaterina Makarova
Seeded eighth, Makraova is Russia’s second-best behind 2004 Wimbledon winner Maria Sharapova, who got battered in the semis by firm odds-on title favourite Serena Williams (1/7). Makraova, meanwhile, succumbed in round two to Magdalena Rybarikova, another Slovakian.

Flop factor: 7.5/10

Canada’s bright young thing Bouchard was runner-up at the All-England Club last year, but fell at the first hurdle to Chinese qualifier Duan Yingying. Her poor form this calendar year meant this was still a shock, but perhaps not as surprising as other early exits.

Flop factor: 9/10

Petra Kvitova
When the defending Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion doesn’t even make the second week, they are rightly disappointed. Nobody saw second seed and top Czech pro Kvitova’s third round loss to Jelena Jankovic coming. Kvitova is a 12/1 chance for the US Open.

Flop factor: 8.5/10