Serena’s nearest competitor, according to the betting market, is Belarusian Victoria Azarenka at 8-to-1 odds. That’s a huge gap in prices between the top two favorites and indicative of the younger Williams sister’s dominance.
Some other notables on the women’s U.S. Open oddsboard (there’s a full list below) – Maria Sharapova 10/1 – Madison Keys 30/1 – Ana Ivanovic 50/1 – Venus Williams 60/1 – Coco Vandeweghe 80/1
NOTE: Maria Sharapova withdrew from the open on Sunday, citing a leg injury
The men’s tournament figures to be more competitive. While there’s a clear favorite – Novak Djokovic at 11-to-10 (+110) – Andy Murray and Roger Federer are both priced in the single digits.
ODDS TO WIN MEN’S U.S. OPEN SINGLES:
NOVAK DJOKOVIC 11/10 ANDY MURRAY 7/2 ROGER FEDERER 5/1 STAN WAWRINKA 12/1 RAFAEL NADAL 15/1 KEI NISHIKORI 15/1 MARIN CILIC 30/1 GRIGOR DIMITROV 30/1 TOMAS BERDYCH 40/1 MILOS RAONIC 40/1 JO-WILFRIED TSONGA 60/1 NICK KYRGIOS 100/1 GAEL MONFILS 100/1 JOHN ISNER 100/1 ERNESTS GULBIS 100/1 ALEXANDR DOLGOPOLOV 100/1 DAVID FERRER 125/1 RICHARD GASQUET 150/1 KEVIN ANDERSON 150/1 BERNARD TOMIC 150/1 DOMINIC THIEM 150/1 DAVID GOFFIN 150/1 GILLES SIMON 200/1 JERZY JANOWICZ 200/1 FERNANDO VERDASCO 300/1
ODDS TO WIN WOMEN’S U.S. OPEN SINGLES:
SERENA WILLIAMS 2/3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 8/1 MARIA SHARAPOVA 10/1 SIMONA HALEP 10/1 PETRA KVITOVA 20/1 GARBINE MUGURUZA 20/1 CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 25/1 BELINDA BENCIC 25/1 MADISON KEYS 30/1 AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 30/1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 40/1 LUCIE SAFAROVA 50/1 EUGENIE BOUCHARD 60/1 SLOANE STEPHENS 50/1 ANA IVANOVIC 50/1 VENUS WILLIAMS 60/1 EKATERINA MAKAROVA 60/1 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 80/1 COCO VANDEWEGHE 80/1 TIMEA BACSINSZKY 80/1 SABINE LISICKI 100/1 CAROLINE GARCIA 125/1 SAM STOSUR 125/1 FLAVIA PENNETTA 150/1 ANDREA PETKOVIC 150/1 JELENA JANKOVIC 150/1
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