Odds To Win the 2019 U.S. Open: Djokovic and Williams Tabbed As Faves

We may still be digesting the classic Wimbledon tennis finals but it’s time for bettors to move past the All England Club and start setting their sights on Flushing Meadows for the 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Championship, which starts on August 26 in New York City.

Oddsmakers haven’t gone too far off the beaten path with their favorites to win the men’s and women’s draws at the U.S. Open as Novak Djokovic (+110) and Serena Williams (+350) are the chalk picks to emerge victorious.

These two were also tabbed as the faves in last year’s edition of this tourney with Djokovic winning his third U.S. Open title while Serena fell in the final to Naomi Osaka, who had 50-1 odds to win the tournament prior to the start.

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Will Djokovic Continue His Dominance?

Novak Djokovic is the clear-cut favorite to win the 2019 U.S. Open and with the way he’s been playing since the 2018 French Open, it’s hard to dispute that. He’s won four of the last five major tournaments (including the 2018 U.S. Open) and he has played in the men’s final at Flushing Meadows in seven of the last nine years. It’s also worth noting that he didn’t play in 2017 due to injury.

Djokovic has been especially great on the hardcourt. Since 2015, he’s played in six major tournaments on hard surface and won five of them, with his only loss coming to Stan Wawrinka in the 2016 U.S. Open final. Outside of Djokovic, there isn’t really a strong case to be made for any other player except for the likes of Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer.

Don’t Bother Betting on Nadal or Federer

The two remaining players of the tennis men’s “tripod” in Nadal and Federer faced each other in the Wimbledon semifinals, with Federer moving on before falling to Djokovic in a five-hour final. Nadal (+325) is the only man besides Wawrinka who can claim he beat the Joker on a hardcourt in a major, and Djokovic swept Nadal in straight sets at the Australian Open in January.

As for Federer (+600), ever since his stretch of domination from 2004 to 2008 when he won the U.S. Open each year, he hasn’t fared well at Flushing Meadows. Since 2009, he has only made two finals and got bounced in the fourth round last year by John Millman. I think Federer isn’t a great bet when playing on the hardcourt and I would rather take a flyer on Dominic Thiem (+2500) or John Isner (+6600) than bank on Fed to win me money.

Here are the full betting odds for the 2019 U.S. Open men’s draw:

Odds as of August 23 at BetOnline

Serena Tries To Seal The Deal at U.S. Open

Making a major tennis final would usually be the pinnacle of an average women’s player but for Serena Williams (+350), it’s just another stepping stone in her pursuit of greatness. Williams fell short at Wimbledon for the second straight year and since the birth of her child, she has made it to the last match in three finals in six majors but hasn’t been able to close it out. Williams has been the favorite in three of the last four years at the U.S. Open and only missed four in a row because of becoming a new parent.

In the 2018 U.S. Open, Williams made it to the final but it turned into a debacle with the judge and she subsequently lost to Naomi Osaka (+800), who is third on the oddsboard and has been quite good on the hardcourt. On top of winning the U.S. Open in 2018, Osaka also won the Australian Open back in January.

How To Bet The Women’s Draw for the U.S. Open

Naomi Osaka would be my pick to win the tournament but banking on her could be tricky because repeat winners at the U.S. Open are hard to come by. Outside of Serena Williams winning three straight from 2012 to 2014, Flushing Meadows hasn’t seen a player win in back-to-back years since Monica Seles in 1991-92.

There are a few worthy contenders at the top of the list like Wimbledon winner Simona Halep (+700), French Open winner Ashleigh Barty (+900) and Rogers Cup winner Bianca Andreescu (+1400) but it’s such a crapshoot with women’s tennis. You might be better off waiting until the final and just taking the underdog, which is a strategy that has worked in four of the last five major women’s tennis tournaments.

Here are the full betting odds for the 2019 U.S. Open women’s draw:

Odds as of August 23 at BetOnline