French Open odds: Leading contenders in the men’s singles

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Tsitsipas went agonisingly close to beating Nadal on clay this month when he had match point in the final of the Barcelona Open, only to eventually lose the deciding set 7-5.

He reached the semi-finals last season here before losing to Djokovic and won the Monte Carlo Masters last month so there are signs he can challenge the top players.

Still only 22, there should still be more to come from the Greek who is 6/1 to win his first grand slam title.

Dominic Thiem

Thiem is on a poor run of form and his French Open odds have drifted as a result, with the Austrian now 9/1 to go one better in Paris having been a beaten finalist in 2018 and 2019.

Last year he won the US Open and reached the final of the Australian Open but he had almost a two-month lay-off after the Dubai Open and has lost three of his seven matches since returning.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was last week’s straight-sets defeat to British number two Cam Norrie at the Lyon Open, where Thiem was the top seed.

Alexander Zverev

Nadal’s short odds mean only four other players are priced at less than 40/1 in the French Open betting and the last of those is 18/1 shot Zverev.

He has enjoyed plenty of previous success on clay, with five of his 14 titles having been won on the red stuff, and the German has consistently reached the latter stages of grand slam events.

The 24-year-old is yet to get past the quarter-finals at the French Open, though, having reached the last eight in 2018 and 2019, so he will need to up his game if he is to go all the way this year.

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