Australian Open 2027 Odds: the Favourites to Win

Carlos Alcaraz tops the Australian Open odds for 2027 at evens, 1/1, at both of our sites that had opened the market on 9 November 2026. Jannik Sinner is 5/4, and nobody else is shorter than 7/1. In the women’s draw Aryna Sabalenka leads at 5/2, ahead of the defending champion Elena Rybakina at 7/2. These are the odds to win the Australian Open more than two months before the first ball, so they will move with form, injuries and the draw.

Australian Open Men’s Odds: Alcaraz, Sinner and Zverev

Men’s winner odds at LegionBet and Odin Fortune, 9 November 2026 (the same at both)
PlayerFractionalDecimalImplied chance
Carlos Alcaraz1/12.0050%
Jannik Sinner5/42.2544%
Alexander Zverev7/18.0013%
Novak Djokovic16/117.006%
Ben Shelton16/117.006%
Rafael Jodar20/121.005%
Taylor Fritz28/129.003%
Daniil Medvedev33/134.003%
Arthur Fils40/141.002%

The record supports the front of the market: a top-four seed has won eight of the last ten men’s titles. Djokovic, a ten-time champion here and the 2026 runner-up, is 16/1, and for British fans LegionBet has Jack Draper at 66/1 and Cameron Norrie at 200/1.

Odin Fortune Grand Slam page showing the Australian Open winner market with Alcaraz at 1/1, Sinner 5/4, Zverev 7/1, Djokovic and Shelton 16/1, and a menu of Grand Slam outrights
The Australian Open 2027 winner market at Odin Fortune, UK visit, 9 November 2026.

Australian Open Women’s Odds: Sabalenka, Rybakina and Swiatek

Women’s winner odds, 9 November 2026
PlayerFractionalDecimalImplied chance
Aryna Sabalenka5/23.5029%
Elena Rybakina7/24.5022%
Iga Swiatek28/5 Odin Fortune, 11/2 LegionBet6.60 or 6.5015%
Coco Gauff9/110.0010%
Mirra Andreeva14/115.007%
Linda Noskova18/119.005%
Amanda Anisimova20/121.005%
Naomi Osaka20/121.005%
Qinwen Zheng20/121.005%

The women’s market is more open, and the record backs that up. Sabalenka has reached the last four finals in Melbourne, winning in 2023 and 2024 and losing in 2025 and 2026, yet the top seed has won the women’s title only once in ten years, Ashleigh Barty in 2022. Sofia Kenin in 2020 and Madison Keys in 2025 won as the 14th and 19th seeds. Emma Raducanu is 100/1 at LegionBet.

Odin Fortune Grand Slam page showing the Australian Open women’s winner market with Sabalenka at 5/2, Rybakina 7/2, Swiatek 28/5 and Gauff 9/1
The women’s winner market at Odin Fortune, UK visit, 9 November 2026.

Best Aus Open Betting Odds Across Our Six Sites

Only two of our six sites had opened Australian Open betting on 9 November: LegionBet and Odin Fortune. Their prices matched on the top nine names in each draw, the ones we compared, except Iga Swiatek, at 28/5 with Odin Fortune against 11/2 with LegionBet. Zizobet and Cosmobet, which share one price feed, returned no Australian Open market in their sportsbook search, Wildies showed no outright tab on its tennis page, and BetFoxx, whose sportsbook was back after an outage that began on 6 November, listed no tennis outrights when we checked on 11 November. So for now the best Aus Open betting odds are the same wherever you look among these sites. We’ll update the table below as the others open their markets.

Best price for the leading players, UK visit, 9 November 2026
PlayerLegionBetOdin FortuneBest price
Carlos Alcaraz1/11/1Same at both
Jannik Sinner5/45/4Same at both
Alexander Zverev7/17/1Same at both
Novak Djokovic16/116/1Same at both
Aryna Sabalenka5/25/2Same at both
Elena Rybakina7/27/2Same at both
Iga Swiatek11/228/5Odin Fortune
Coco Gauff9/19/1Same at both

Value at the Australian Open: Reading the Implied Chance

Implied chance is 1 divided by the decimal odds, so evens is 50% and 5/4 is 44%: together the prices give Alcaraz and Sinner a 94% chance between them. Across LegionBet’s full lists, the implied chances add up to about 174% for the 63 men and 162% for the 69 women, and everything over 100% is the bookmaker’s margin. On the tennis matches we priced at Cosmobet the median margin was 8.8%, so Australian Open tennis odds this far out cost far more to bet into than a single match. A value bet is one where your own estimate of a player’s chance is higher than the price implies. The record is a fair starting point for that kind of tennis betting strategy: in the last ten years the top seed won four men’s titles and one women’s title, whoever ends up seeded first in January. This isn’t a tip, just how to read the prices.

Australian Open Tennis Betting Odds in Fractions and Decimals

Both sites showed their Australian Open betting odds in fractions to a UK visitor by default, with a setting to switch to decimals. Evens, 1/1, is 2.00 in decimals and returns £2 for a £1 stake; 5/4 is 2.25, 7/2 is 4.50 and 16/1 is 17.00. Decimal odds include the stake, which makes offer minimums easier to check: 1.30, the floor for the Zizobet and Cosmobet bonus, is 3/10 in fractions, and 1.80 is 4/5.

Australian Open Tennis Betting Sites: Where to Bet

For now the winner markets are the only Australian Open betting at our sites: first-round match markets open once the draw is made, shortly before the main draw starts on 17 January. The table shows where each site stands and how its welcome offer treats a bet on the tournament winner. None of the six holds a UK Gambling Commission licence, and each review explains what that means. To compare them on everything else, use our table of tennis betting sites.

Checked 9 November 2026; BetFoxx on 11 November
Site2027 winner marketsWelcome offer on a winner bet
ZizobetNo market foundExcluded: outrights don’t count
CosmobetNo market foundExcluded: outrights don’t count
LegionBetMen and womenCounts at 1.50 or more, free bets after it settles
Odin FortuneMen and womenNot stated in its offer terms
WildiesNo outright tabNo winner market to bet on
BetFoxxNo market foundOnly settled bets count, within 7 days

Each site has a full review: Zizobet, Cosmobet, LegionBet, Odin Fortune, Wildies and BetFoxx.

Aus Open Betting Offers and Tennis Free Bets: Which Bets Count

Welcome and sign-up offers were written for match bets, and week one of a Grand Slam tests them, because favourites are often short. At Cosmobet on Monday 9 November, the favourite was priced below 1.30 in 11 of the 35 matches we checked. Zizobet and Cosmobet count only accas of three or more selections at 1.30 a leg, so a favourite at 1.20 can’t go in a qualifying acca at all. LegionBet’s qualifying bet needs 1.50 and its free bets last three days. Odin Fortune needs 1.75, Wildies 1.80 on a single, and BetFoxx sets no minimum but gives you 7 days to wager deposit and bonus 10 times. Our offers comparison runs the same tennis bets through every offer.

Welcome Offers and Australian Open Outright Bets

The bet most people search for, the tournament winner, is the hardest one to use with a welcome offer. Zizobet and Cosmobet exclude outrights from their bonuses. At LegionBet a winner bet at 1.50 or more does count as the qualifying bet, because the offer accepts any outcome, but the free bets arrive only once it settles, which for the Australian Open means the final weekend. At BetFoxx only settled bets count towards the wagering, which has to be done within 7 days, so a winner bet placed in November can’t help. Odin Fortune’s offer cards and bonus policy don’t mention outrights. In practice, back the winner with your own money and use an offer on match bets once the draw is out.

How to Bet on the Australian Open

Betting on the Australian Open comes in four shapes: the tournament winner, single matches and their side markets, live bets during play, and the finals. Only the first is open now, at two of our sites; the rest follow the draw.

Australian Open Winner Odds and Tennis Outright Betting

An Australian Open bet on the winner pays only if your player lifts the trophy, so the price reflects seven rounds of risk. Both sites showed a single Winner market for each draw, with no each-way terms on the pages we read. LegionBet’s tennis rules make outright betting non-runner no-bet: if your player withdraws before the tournament, your stake comes back, and winning bets on others may be reduced under Rule 4. The rules we read at Odin Fortune don’t cover withdrawals, so ask before you bet early on a player with an injury doubt.

Match, Set and Handicap Bets at Melbourne Park

Men play best of five sets at the Australian Open, women best of three, and that changes the side markets. In a men’s match a set handicap of -2.5 means winning in straight sets, and total games lines run far higher than in a women’s match. Expect tennis handicap betting on games and sets, set betting and correct scores on the main matches: in November Cosmobet listed 39 to 63 extra markets on each ATP match we checked, Wildies 57 on the one we opened and Odin Fortune 10. We’ll add first-round odds once the draw is out.

Australian Open Live Betting: In-Play Tennis Overnight in the UK

Australian Open live betting happens largely while the UK sleeps, so in-play tennis betting on the big matches means a late night or an early start. According to the LTA, play starts at midnight UK time on the outside courts and at 1am on the show courts, and the night sessions start at 8am. That suits early risers: the night session’s big matches land around breakfast. Live lists at our sites swing with the hour, and Zizobet counted 80 live tennis events on 4 November, so check the live tab rather than relying on a count. Our live tennis betting guide covers streams, cash out and in-play rules.

Australian Open Final Betting: Men’s and Women’s Final Odds

The singles finals are on 30 and 31 January 2027. Odin Fortune’s winner markets close on 30 January for the women and 31 January for the men, which fits the usual order of the women’s final on the Saturday and the men’s on the Sunday. Final odds appear once the finalists are known. History gives one warning against leaning on records: Djokovic had won all ten of his Australian Open finals before Alcaraz beat him from a set down in 2026.

Australian Open Retirements: Tennis Betting Rules at Our Sites

Retirements decide bets at every Grand Slam, and Melbourne had two notable ones in 2026: Lorenzo Musetti retired against Djokovic in the quarter-finals after winning the first two sets, and the seventh seed, Felix Auger-Aliassime, retired in the first round. How a match bet settles then depends on the site, not the tournament.

The Heat Policy and Why Players Retire in Melbourne

January in Melbourne can be very hot, and the tournament has its own rules for it. The AO Heat Stress Scale, introduced in 2019 with researchers at the University of Sydney, rates conditions from 1 to 5 using air temperature, radiant heat, humidity and wind speed, measured around the site. At 5, play is suspended on the outside courts while the show courts can close their roofs. It was triggered on 24 January 2026, when Sinner’s match was briefly held up and resumed under a closed roof, and heat measures were brought back on 27 January. Heat isn’t the only reason players retire, but it is one more reason to know your site’s rule.

Tennis Retirement Rules Site by Site

From each site’s rules, read for our reviews in November 2026
SiteIf a player retires mid-matchLive streaming
ZizobetCompleted markets stand; the rest are refunded after a disqualification or refusal to playStream tab on some matches
CosmobetSame rule as ZizobetMatch tracker; no stream tab seen
LegionBetAll bets void if the match isn’t completed; decided markets standVideo filter; no stream seen logged out
BetFoxxIncomplete match refunded; decided bets standNone seen
Odin FortuneBets stay open until an official winner, so a bet may standNone seen
WildiesNot covered in its terms or FAQNone seen

So the same retirement can be settled differently at two sites. LegionBet and BetFoxx void or refund match bets that aren’t completed. Zizobet and Cosmobet refund undecided bets after a “refusal to play”, which may cover a retirement but doesn’t say so. Under the Odin Fortune wording, a bet on the player who advances may be paid. Wildies doesn’t say, so ask support before a long match on a hot day. Our tennis retirement rules guide compares these with the UK bookmakers.

Australian Open 2027 Tennis Predictions and Betting Tips

Our view below comes from the record and the market, not a staking plan, and the draw will change it: a hard quarter can turn a favourite into a lay. Once the AO 2027 draw is made, we’ll add free tennis betting tips for the opening rounds: a preview of each quarter of the draw, our tennis betting predictions for the leading players’ first matches, and which of those prices fit each site’s offer.

Men’s Singles Betting Preview

Alcaraz arrives as champion, after beating Djokovic in the 2026 final to complete the career Grand Slam. Sinner won in 2024 and 2025 and lost the 2026 semi-final to Djokovic in five sets. Since 2017, only two men have won from outside the top four seeds: Roger Federer as the 17th seed in 2017 and Rafael Nadal as the sixth in 2022. On that record the market’s two-man picture is fair, and the case for anyone else rests on an injury or a kind draw. Zverev, runner-up in 2025 and a semi-finalist in 2026, is the closest outsider at 7/1.

Women’s Singles Betting Preview

Sabalenka is the most consistent player in Melbourne, with four straight finals, but the last two went to Keys and Rybakina. Rybakina won in 2026 as the fifth seed and lost the 2023 final to Sabalenka. With one top-seeded champion in ten years and two winners from outside the top ten seeds, the women’s draw has rewarded looking past the favourite more often than the men’s.

Australian Open Winners List and Betting Trends

Singles champions and their seeds, 2017 to 2026
YearMen’s champion (seed)Women’s champion (seed)
2026Carlos Alcaraz (1)Elena Rybakina (5)
2025Jannik Sinner (1)Madison Keys (19)
2024Jannik Sinner (4)Aryna Sabalenka (2)
2023Novak Djokovic (4)Aryna Sabalenka (5)
2022Rafael Nadal (6)Ashleigh Barty (1)
2021Novak Djokovic (1)Naomi Osaka (3)
2020Novak Djokovic (2)Sofia Kenin (14)
2019Novak Djokovic (1)Naomi Osaka (4)
2018Roger Federer (2)Caroline Wozniacki (2)
2017Roger Federer (17)Serena Williams (2)

Three trends stand out from the Australian Open winners list. The men’s title went to a top-four seed eight times in ten years, and to the top seed four times. The women’s title went to the top seed once, and to a player seeded outside the top ten twice. And defending a title is hard: Sinner in 2025 and Sabalenka in 2024 each defended once, then lost the following year. After Melbourne come the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open; our tournaments page has their dates and each betting page as it opens.

Australian Open 2027 Dates: Start, Draw, Final and UK Times

When is the Australian Open 2027? The tournament runs from Monday 11 to Sunday 31 January 2027 at Melbourne Park, according to the tournament’s own announcement. Qualifying fills Opening Week, from 11 to 16 January, and the main draw starts on Sunday 17 January, the fourth year running that it begins on a Sunday. The singles finals are on 30 and 31 January. The day-by-day schedule and the draw date haven’t been published yet; we’ll add them when they are. Waiting for the draw? Warm up with a free game of tennis against the computer.

From ausopen.com and the LTA; Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of the UK in January
StageDatesUK time
Qualifying (Opening Week)Monday 11 to Saturday 16 JanuaryNot yet published
Main drawSunday 17 to Sunday 31 JanuaryFrom midnight
Day sessionsEvery main-draw dayMidnight (outside courts), 1am (show courts)
Night sessionsEvery main-draw day8am
Singles finalsSaturday 30 and Sunday 31 JanuaryNot yet published

Where to Watch the Australian Open in the UK

The LTA says the 2027 Australian Open will be shown live on TNT Sports and discovery+ in the UK. Betting sites are no substitute: of our six, only Zizobet showed a Live Stream tab, on some matches, and we didn’t play one. If you bet during the night, set a budget and a stop time first; our responsible gambling guide has the tools. See how we review for the checks behind this page.

Australian Open Betting FAQ

Who is the favourite to win the Australian Open 2027?

Carlos Alcaraz, at evens (1/1) at LegionBet and Odin Fortune on 9 November 2026, with Jannik Sinner at 5/4. In the women’s draw Aryna Sabalenka is favourite at 5/2, ahead of the defending champion Elena Rybakina at 7/2.

Do welcome offers count on Australian Open outright bets?

Rarely. Zizobet and Cosmobet exclude outrights. LegionBet counts a winner bet at 1.50 or more as its qualifying bet, but the free bets arrive only when it settles at the end of January. BetFoxx counts only settled bets within 7 days.

When does the Australian Open 2027 start?

Qualifying starts on Monday 11 January 2027 and the main draw on Sunday 17 January. The singles finals are on 30 and 31 January, and play ends on 31 January.

What happens to my bet if a player retires at the Australian Open?

It depends on the site. LegionBet and BetFoxx void or refund match bets that aren’t completed, Zizobet and Cosmobet refund undecided bets after a refusal to play, Odin Fortune keeps bets open until an official winner, and Wildies doesn’t say.

What time are Australian Open matches in the UK?

Play starts at midnight UK time on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts, and the night sessions start at 8am, according to the LTA. Melbourne is 11 hours ahead of the UK in January.

Who won the Australian Open in 2026?

Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s title, beating Novak Djokovic 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5, and Elena Rybakina won the women’s, beating Aryna Sabalenka 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

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