Tennis’s second Grand Slam event of the 12 months will see two acquainted names atop every of the boys’s and ladies’s oddsboards, although the order and odds accompanying these names could possibly be considerably uncommon.
On the boys’s facet, reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz (+105) and Jannik Sinner (+220) are simply the favorites to win the French Open, with three-time champion Novak Djokovic (+1100) a distant third on the board, in keeping with ESPN BET odds. On the ladies’s facet, Aryna Sabalenka (+230) is the favourite to seize her first Roland Garros title, with Iga Swiatek (+340), winner of 4 of the previous 5 French Opens, a decently shut second.
Swiatek’s historical past on the clay in Paris is about the one factor conserving her considerably tight with Sabalenka: Since profitable the event final June, Swiatek has not reached a Grand Slam remaining and has but to win a singles title in 2025. On the Olympics, performed at Roland Garros, the 23-year-old got here dwelling with a bronze medal.
Nonetheless, bettors are counting on her familiarity with the taking part in floor, somewhat than her latest type, to information them to victory, as she has taken a number one 21.8% of deal with to win the event at BetMGM. Swiatek’s worth has drifted to the mid-300s following an unfavorable draw revealed this week, making her all that extra interesting to the betting public.
“At that worth they’re betting her,” DraftKings sportsbook director Johnny Avello advised ESPN. “They do not care about latest type; they only really feel like she’s the horse for the course right here. So she has been taking cash, and I feel she’ll proceed to take cash.”
Sabalenka is seeing some monetary respect in her personal proper, attracting probably the most cash at ESPN BET and the second-most wagers at BetMGM.
Alcaraz and Sinner are primarily alone atop the boys’s odds and for good cause, as they’ve gained the entire Grand Slam titles for the reason that 2024 Australian Open. Bettors are following go well with in backing them, as ESPN BET stories the pair mixed garnering practically 50% of all event winner wagers, with Alcaraz alone attracting an eye-popping 85.9% of the cash.
The Spanish sensation’s odds to win the event shortened barely upon the discharge of the boys’s draw this week, whereas Sinner’s lengthened a bit given the doubtless robust slate of matches, together with a possible collision course with Djokovic within the semifinal.
In the meantime, American bettors, at all times desirous to help the hometown heroes, are throwing cash behind Coco Gauff (+500) on the ladies’s facet and Tommy Paul (+6600) on the boys’s. BetMGM identifies each gamers as main liabilities, whereas Avello emphasised the DraftKings’ hazard on Paul specifically.
On the whole, tennis is certainly one of sports activities betting’s extra widespread niches, with ESPN BET vp of sportsbook technique and development Adam Landeka calling it “some of the widespread sports activities by way of deal with.” He and Avello each notice that the French Open, specifically, is routinely the second-most-bet tennis event of the 12 months, trailing solely the US Open, which enjoys prime-time viewing in a slower time of the sports activities calendar.