Australian Open 2021 Odds, Tips & Predictions

World No.1Novak Djokovic is the bookies favourite to win the Australian Open. The 33-year-old Serbian has already won eight Australian Open titles which is a current record and will be aiming to win his 18th major tournament when the open starts in Melbourne on 8th February.

Djokovic is the current holder of the Open, having beaten the likes of Milos Raonic in the semi-finals, before defeating Dominic Thiem in the final last year.

The Serbian is priced at 5/4 to repeat this feat and to the eight Australian Open titles that he already has.

World No. 3 Thiem comes into the first major of the year on the back of an impressive 2020 that saw him claim the US Open against German player Alexander Zverev at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in September.

The 27-year-old Austrian finished as runner-up in last year’s Australian open to Djokovic, as mentioned above, having knocked out the likes of Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.

Having had the taste of victory in the US late last year, Thiem will be looking to build on what was an excellent 2020, which saw him overtake the likes of Roger Federer in the WTP World Rankings.

Thiem is priced at 9/2 to go one better this year by winning the Australian Open.

Daniil Medvedev is next on the list. The World No.4 had a good 2020 winning the likes of Nitto ATP Finals and the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris.

Last year the 24-year-old Russian had a slightly disappointing Australian Open, being knocked out of the competition in the round of 16 by Stan Wawrinka after beating Francis Tiafoe and Pedro Martinez along the way.

Medvedev is priced at 11/2 to build on the best year of his career yet and to win the Open in Australia.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal is looking to win just his second Australian Open, having last won it all the way back in 2009.

The 34-year-old currently has 20 Grand Slams to his name, which ties him with Roger Federer’s record, so he will be desperate to improve on last year’s showing in Australia where he lost to Thiem in the quarter-finals.

Nadal, who is currently ranked as the second-best player in the world, will be looking to overcome any doubters to win the tournament, and will be looking to bounce back from his most recent defeat against Medvedev in the semi-finals of the Nitto ATP Finals in London in November.

Nadal is priced at 11/2 to win his 21st Grand Slam.

23-year-old German Alexander Zverev comes into the Australian Open looking to claim the first major title of his career.

Zverev has previously been ranked as the third-best player in the world back in 2017, having won tournaments such as the ATP Masters in both Rome and Canada, and also won the ATP Masters in Madrid the following year.

Last year the World No. 7 was beaten by Thiem in the semi-finals of the Australian Open and will be optimistic of his chances in this year’s competition having narrowly lost out to Thiem in the final of the US Open at the tail end of last year.

Zverev is priced at 14/1 to win his first-ever major.

World No.6 Stefanos Tsitsipas will be looking to beat the odds to win the Open. The 22-year-old Greek player alike Zverev is yet to win a major, however, he only turned pro just over four years ago.

Since the start of 2018, Tsitsipas has five career single titles, with two of these coming in Marseille, whilst he also won the Nitto ATP Finals in 2019.

Last year Tsitsipas knocked out German player Philipp Kohlschreiber in the round of 64, before being knocked out by current World No.15 Raonic.

Tsitispas has the odds of 14/1 to win his first-ever Grand Slam.

Andrey Rublev is the second Russian to feature in this list with an outside chance of 25/1 to win.

Rublev won competitions at Vienna, St. Petersburg, Hamburg, Adelaide and Doha last year which has seen the 23-year-old currently ranked as the 8th best player in the world.

The Moscow born player made it to the round of 16 last year where he was knocked out by Zverev and as mentioned above, has the odds of 25/1 to win the open.

Finally, on this list is Australian home favourite is Nick Kyrgios. The 25-year-old has only ever won one singles title on home soil, which came in Brisbane in 2018.

Kyrgios is currently ranked as World No. 47 but did manage to get to the round of 16 in last year’s tournament, only to be beaten by Nadal.

The 25-year-old is looking to become the first Australian to win the men’s open since Mark Edmondson back in 1976.

Kyrgios is priced at 28/1 to end Australia’s 45-year wait to see an Australian win the men’s open.