Who are the favourites for the Australian Open?

Party Poopers

Alexander Zverev can finally prove he is more than a young pretender in Melbourne. The 21-year-old served up a surprise by winning the ATP World Tour Finals in November 2018.

But at 8/1 he looks like the best of the rest having beaten Federer and Djokovic in London.

Marin Cilic and hotshot Karen Khachanov at 20s and 25/1 respectively could be worth a look.

Murray may just be taking one game at a time right now, but the former Olympic champion is 28/1 to net a huge victory.

In the women’s draw it could be a real scrap for supremacy.

Top of the pile

Will Serena Williams regain her stranglehold on the women’s game this year? The 37-year-old is 9/2 to win her eighth major title in Australia.

Williams hasn’t been the favourite for a major since this tournament last year. But she was runner-up at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2018 and is still a force to be reckoned with.

Angelique Kerber is a real contender too. We’ve got her at 8/1. The 2016 Australian Open champ beat Williams in the final at Wimbledon last year.

Osaka to conquer Australia?

Naomi Osaka was a name not many had heard of before September last year. She was only 20-years-old when she beat childhood hero Serena Williams at Flushing Meadows and stardom awaited.

Before her triumph, the furthest she’d gone in a major was round four in Melbourne and had only 2 WTA wins to her name.

She’s now ranked fourth in the world and 9/1 to win a second major in her burgeoning career.

World number-one to cause an upset?

If you look a little further down then you come across the current world number one Simona Halep.

She’s 12/1 to win down under and follow up her maiden grand-slam victory at Roland Garros in 2018.

It’s odd that the current best-player in the women’s game is such a long-shot.  But after five-straight losses in the lead up to the tournament she will need to get into her stride quickly.

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