Two-time defending champion and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is the betting favorite to become the first three-peat winner of the Australian Open women’s singles title since the late 1990s. Her win in Melbourne in 2023 was the first major title for Sabalenka and she followed with two more major singles titles in 2024, repeating at the Australian Open and defeating Jessica Pegula in straight sets in the final of the US Open. Sabalenka closed 2024 as the WTA’s No. 1 ranked player and began 2025 with a win at the Brisbane International for her 18th career singles title.
There are some familiar names behind Sabalenka on the odds board. No. 3 ranked Coco Gauff emerged as the second favorite slightly ahead of former No. 1 Iga Swiatek. Elena Rybakina, who lost to Sabalenka in the 2023 final, is positioned as the fourth favorite. The field is top-heavy with the four favorites all boasting odds shorter than 8/1. The remainder of the field, other than No. 5 ranked Qinwen Zheng, who was runner-up in 2024, have odds longer than 20/1.
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Odds to win 2025 Women’s Australian Open
Aryna Sabalenka +190
Coco Gauff +400
Iga Swiatek +450
Elena Rybakina +701
Qinwen Zheng +1401
Naomi Osaka +2002
Karolina Muchova +2002
Mirra Andreeva +2002
Jessica Pegula +4004
Madison Keys +4004
Emma Navarro +4004
Paula Badosa +4505
Barbora Krejcikova +5005
Diana Shnaider +5506
Katie Boulter +5506
Outside of the top 5 favorites I don’t see much happening. Sabalenka is clearly the class of the field right now having risen to No. 1 in the world rankings and winning in Brisbane earlier this year for her 18th career singles title. She’s also been good on hard court surfaces with two straight AO titles and the championship at last year’s US Open. I said last year that history wasn’t on her side since it had been a decade since we last had a repeat winner here. Sabalenka went out and didn’t lose a set claiming the title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Zheng.
The last player to win three straight AO singles titles was Martina Hingis in 1999, so again history isn’t on the side of Sabalenka. But she bucked that trend last year and is in solid form entering the first Grand Slam event of 2025.
Former world No. 1 Iga Swiatek bowed out in the third round last year and is still searching for success in this tournament. She has a career singles record of 346-76 and recently led her native Poland to the finals of the United Cup. She has five Grand Slam titles but only one on a hard court, at the US Open in 2022. Surprisingly, Swiatek has never made it to the finals at the AO going as far as the semifinals in 2022.
The recent play of Coco Gauff has lifted her in the outright singles market. The second favorite is playing well having won in Saudi Arabia at the end of last year beating Sabalenka in the semis and Zheng in three sets in the final. Gauff also went undefeated at the United Cup helping the USA to a victory. She won all five matches in straight sets, including a triumph over Swiatek.
I feel as though Zheng and Osaka are wildcards in this event. It always seems like the top players are battling for the biggest prizes, though there are exceptions. Zheng reached her first Grand Slam final here last year and went on to have the best season of her young career, including a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. After taking all of 2023 off Osaka is back determined to return to form. She’s also a two-time AO winner but has a tough road as an unseeded player.
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Her recent struggles on hard courts in general and at this tournament in particular have me fading Swiatek. Sabalenka is the obvious choice as she’s in peak form heading into this tournament. She swept every opponent en route to her second straight Australian Open title. With a bit longer odds and holding plenty of value I like the way Gauff has played, and she’s beaten some of the best in her most recent outings.
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