Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka will attempt to defend their Australian Open titles when the 2022 tournament takes place in January.
Expert tips, predictions and daily best bets for the 2022 Australian Open, live from Melbourne Park.
Who will win the Australian Open in 2022?
The 2022 Australian Open is scheduled to take place in January when the world’s best players return to Melbourne in search of a coveted Grand Slam title.
Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic are the defending champions.
We will provide daily best bets and multis for the 2022 Australian Open, along with our predictions and tips for the outright winner.
You can read on below for our tipping results from the 2021 tournament.
Daily Best Bets
AUSTRALIAN OPEN TIPS: PREVIOUS RESULTS
MEN ๐
DAY 1: Alex Bolt to beat Norbert Gombos (H2H) @ $1.90ย โ
DAY 2: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Gilles Simon: Total Games over 30.5 @ $1.83 โ
DAY 3: Denis Shapovalov to beat Bernard Tomic 3-0 @ $1.80 โ
DAY 4: Carlos Alcaraz to beat Mikael Ymer (H2H) @ $1.50 โ
DAY 5: Denis Shapovalov (-3.5) to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime @ $1.96 โ
DAY 6: Stefanos Tsitsipas to beat Mikael Ymer 3-0 & Rafael Nadal to beat Cameron Norrie 3-0 @ $1.92 โ
DAY 7: Novak Djokovic (-3.5) to beat Milos Raonic @ $1.96 โ
DAY 8: Andrey Rublev to beat Casper Ruud 3-0 @ $1.80 โ
(Ruud retired down 2-0)
DAY 9: Grigor Dimitrov (-3.5) to beat Aslan Karatsev @ $1.80 โ
DAY 10: Daniil Medvedev (-3.5) to beat Andrey Rublev @ $1.68 โ
DAY 11: Novak Djokovic to beat Aslan Karatsev 3-0 @ $1.70 โ
DAY 12: Daniil Medvedev to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas & both players to win a set @ $2.30 โ
WOMEN ๐
DAY 1: Caroline Garcia to beat Polona Hercog (H2H) @ $1.53 โ
DAY 2: Elise Mertens to beat Leylah Fernandez 2-0 @ $1.70 โ
DAY 3: Veronika Kudermetova to beat Varvara Gracheva 2-0 @ $1.60 โ
DAY 4: Jessica Pegula to beat Sam Stosur, Karolina Muchova to beat Mona Barthel & Elise Mertens to beat Zhu Lin 2-0 @ $1.74 โ
DAY 5: Simona Halep to beat Veronika Kudermetova 2-0 @ $2.20 โ
DAY 6: Jennifer Brady to beat Kaja Juvan 2-0 @ $1.53 โ
DAY 7: Simona Halep to beat Iga Swiatek at $1.72 โ
DAY 8: Jennifer Brady to beat Donna Vekic 2-0 @ $1.80 โ
DAY 9: Serena Williams to beat Simona Halep @ $1.74 โ
DAY 10: Jennifer Brady to beat Jessica Pegula 2-0 @ $2.05 โ
DAY 11: Naomi Osaka to beat Serena Williams (H2H) @ $1.65 โ
DAY 13: Naomi Osaka to beat Jennifer Brady 2-0 @ $1.60 โ
Australian Open Men: Best Bet for Friday February 19
Novak Djokovic vs Daniil Medvedev: Over 38.5 Games @ $1.67 with Sportsbet
Itโs a blockbuster final showdown and a genuine coin flip when Djokovic and Medvedev square off for the Australian Open title on Sunday night – but I am confident this will be a lengthy affair.
Djokovic has seen over 38.5 games in four of his last five matches and five of the seven meetings between the Serbian and Medvedev have gone past straight sets.
These two will engage in long, gruelling baseline rallies and it will be a definite war of attrition out there – and Medvedev is more than capable of making a real match and perhaps even pulling off the victory.
However, itโs extremely tough to back against Djokovic in Australian Open finals – he is an extraordinary 8-0 after all. But, Medvedev brings a 20-match winning streak into this encounter and has won his last 12 matches against top 10 players – including Djokovic himself at the ATP Finals in November.
Itโs shaping as a classic if both bring their best to the court and I think it will be going at least four sets – making the over 38.5 games market an almost certainty.
TOTAL GAMES ODDS with Sportsbet.com.au โ Odds correct at time of writing
Australian Open Women: Best Bet for Saturday February 20
Naomi Osaka to beat Jennifer Brady 2-0 @ $1.60 with Sportsbet
Osaka was my pick at the start of the tournament and I think sheโs set for a routine victory, fourth Grand Slam title and second Australian Open crown on Saturday night.
The World No. 3 is on a 20-match winning streak and playing some unstoppable tennis right now, saving match points to beat Garbine Muguruza before easing past Hsieh Su-Wei and Serena Williams.
Osaka has been serving impeccably and has the experience at this level. Sheโs comfortable in the spotlight and the occasion shouldnโt overwhelm her.
By contrast, Brady has been on a steady decline as the tournament has progressed. The American had an easy draw to make the quarter-finals without dropping a set, but sheโs been heavily tested in three-set wins over Jessica Pegula in the quarters and Karolina Muchova in the semis.
Osaka is an enormous step up in class – and that combined with the pressure of competing in a first major final could see Brady crumble on Saturday night.
Brady has admitted to feeling more nervous as the tournament has gone on and there is a high chance she will be overwhelmed by the combination of playing a slam final and Osakaโs blistering form.
Osaka has swept aside more difficult players in straight sets on her run to the final and should be able to make light work of Brady to secure a fourth major title.
SET BETTING ODDS with Sportsbet.com.au โ Odds correct at time of writing
Daily Multi Tips
Our tennis expert will release his ‘Daily Double’ โก๏ธ, ‘Best Multi’ ๐ and ‘Value Multi’ ๐ฐย for every day of the tournament. We have listed our ‘Best Multi’ below, but be sure to check out and bookmark this page for all our Australian Open multi tipping predictions.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN TIPS: DAILY DOUBLE RESULTS
DAY 1: $2.00 โ
DAY 2: $2.00 โ
DAY 3: $2.06 โ
DAY 4: $2.16 โ
DAY 5: $1.94 โ
DAY 6: $1.92 โ
DAY 7: $2.22 โ
DAY 8: $1.85 โ
DAY 9: $1.95 โ
DAY 10: $1.85 โ
DAY 11: $2.80 โ
AUSTRALIAN OPEN TIPS: BEST MULTI RESULTS
DAY 1: $7.00 โ
DAY 2: $8.00 โ
DAY 3: $7.00 โ
DAY 4: $4.00 โ
DAY 5: $6.45 โ
Day 6: $4.53 โ
DAY 7: $5.41 โ
DAY 8: $5.59 โ
DAY 9: $7.09 โ
DAY 10: $7.50 โ
DAY 11: $4.59 โ
๐ฉ MULTI MAGIC ๐ฉ
- JENNIFER BRADY VS KAROLINA MUCHOVA BRADY WIN $1.54
- NAOMI OSAKA VS SERENA WILLIAMS OSAKA WIN $1.65
- NOVAK DJOKOVIC VS ASLAN KARATSEV DJOKOVIC 3-0 $1.70
$30 CAN RETURN $139 with Sportsbet.com.au โ Odds correct at time of writing
Australian Open Seeds
MEN
1. ๐ท๐ธ Novak Djokovic
2. ๐ช๐ธ Rafael Nadal
3. ๐ฆ๐น Dominic Thiem
4. ๐ท๐บ Daniil Medvedev
5. ๐ฌ๐ท Stefanos Tsitsipas
6. ๐ฉ๐ช Alexander ZvereV
7. ๐ท๐บ Andrey Rublev
8. ๐ฆ๐ท Diego Schwartzman
9. ๐ฎ๐น Matteo Berrettini
10. ๐ซ๐ท Gael Monfils
11. ๐จ๐ฆ Denis Shapovalov
12. ๐ช๐ธ Roberto Bautista Agut
13. ๐ง๐ช David Goffin
14. ๐จ๐ฆ Milos Raonic
15. ๐ช๐ธ Pablo Carreno Busta
16. ๐ฎ๐น Fabio Fognini
17. ๐จ๐ญ Stan Wawrinka
18. ๐ง๐ฌ Grigor Dimitrov
19. ๐ท๐บ Karen Khachanov
20. ๐จ๐ฆ Felix Auger-Aliassime
21. ๐ฆ๐บ Alex de Minaur
22. ๐ญ๐ท Borna Coric
23. ๐ท๐ธ Dusan Lajovic
24. ๐ณ๐ด Casper Ruud
25. ๐ซ๐ท Benoit Paire
26. ๐ต๐ฑ Hubert Hurkacz
27. ๐บ๐ธ Taylor Fritz
28. ๐ท๐ธ Filip Krajinovic
29. ๐ซ๐ท Ugo Humbert
30. ๐ฌ๐ง Dan Evans
31. ๐ฎ๐น Lorenzo Sonego
32. ๐ซ๐ท Adrian Mannarino
WOMEN
1. ๐ฆ๐บ Ash Barty
2. ๐ท๐ด Simona Halep
3. ๐ฏ๐ต Naomi Osaka
4. ๐บ๐ธ Sofia Kenin
5. ๐บ๐ฆ Elina Svitolina
6. ๐จ๐ฟ Karolina Pliskova
7. ๐ง๐พ Aryna Sabalenka
8. ๐จ๐ฆ Bianca Andreescu
9. ๐จ๐ฟ Petra Kvitova
10. ๐บ๐ธ Serena Williams
11. ๐จ๐ญ Belinda Bencic
12. ๐ง๐พ Victoria Azarenka
13. ๐ฌ๐ง Johanna Konta
14. ๐ช๐ธ Garbine Muguruza
15. ๐ต๐ฑ Iga Swiatek
16. ๐ญ๐ท Petra Martic
17. ๐ฐ๐ฟ Elena Rybakina
18. ๐ง๐ช Elise Mertens
19. ๐จ๐ฟ Marketa Vondrousova
20. ๐ฌ๐ท Maria Sakkari
21. ๐ช๐ช Anett Kontaveit
22. ๐บ๐ธ Jennifer Brady
23. ๐ฉ๐ช Angelique Kerber
24. ๐บ๐ธ Alison Riske
25. ๐จ๐ฟ Karolina Muchova
26. ๐ฐ๐ฟ Yulia Putintseva
27. ๐น๐ณ Ons Jabeur
28. ๐ญ๐ท Donna Veki
29. ๐ท๐บ Ekaterina Alexandrova
30. ๐จ๐ณ Wang Qiang
31. ๐จ๐ณ Zhang Shuai
32. ๐ท๐บ Veronika Kudermetova
Australian Open Tips & Predictions (men)
Who will win the men’s Australian Open in 2021?
World No. 1 and now the undisputed greatest Australian Open champion in history, Novak Djokovic will once again be the man to beat as the Serbian returns to Melbourne Park in search of a ninth title.
Djokovic conquered Dominic Thiem in five sets in last seasonโs final, but that would ultimately be the high point in a year like no other, with the 17-time major champion defaulted from the US Open, receiving a straight sets demolition job from Rafael Nadal in the French Open final and suffering a semi-final loss to Thiem at the ATP Finals in November.
Throw in the controversy surrounding the Adria Tour during the middle of the year and it was certainly a roller-coaster season for Djokovic. However, until proven otherwise, he is the main man at Melbourne and he started a deserved favourite to emerge triumphant once again in 2021.
With Nadal never really producing his best tennis in Melbourne and Roger Federer in doubt as he continues to recover from knee surgery, perhaps Thiem – who captured his maiden Grand Slam title at the US Open – will be his fiercest rival once more. The Austrian took advantage of Djokovicโs default in New York to finally get his hands on major silverware, holding off Alexander Zverev in one of the tensest fifth-set tiebreaks you will ever see.
Thiem has improved his hardcourt play considerably over the last two years and is a genuine contender in Melbourne, but can his muscular baseline game hold up over five sets against Djokovicโs brick-wall defence? It didnโt last year and he will have to be operating at the absolute peak of his powers to reverse the result of last yearโs final.
Then thereโs the Next Gen, who are finally starting to make some noise. Stefanos Tsitsipas made his breakthrough in Melbourne two years ago when he beat Federer to reach the semi-finals, Alexander Zverev got the Grand Slam monkey off his back by making the US Open final, Daniil Medvedev advanced to the 2019 US Open final and backed that up with a semi-final run in 2020 and Andrey Rublev was on fire throughout the disrupted 2020 season, leading the tour for the most titles won with five and equalling Djokovic with a tour-leading 41 match wins.
Australian stars Nick Kyrgios and Alex de Minaur are also worth keeping an eye on in their home slam.
In saying that, thereโs still question marks surrounding all of them. Tsitsipas is still far too erratic and unreliable, Zverev has the yips on serve that isnโt showing signs of improving, Medvedev is as temperamental as they come and Rublev has never made it past the quarter-finals of a major tournament. Kyrgios can beat anyone and lose to anyone on any given day and thatโs not conducive to winning seven best-of-five matches over two weeks, while de Minaur still doesnโt have the weapons to beat the very best on the biggest stages.
Djokovic is the overwhelming favourite for me and Thiem is a close second. Nadal can never be discounted, but I donโt like his chances of lifting the trophy in Melbourne. After that, itโs an open field, but out of the young guns, Rublev is my best pick as the smokey.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN OUTRIGHT WINNER ODDS with Sportsbet.com.au โ Odds correct at time of writing
Australian Open Tips & Predictions (women)
Who will win the women’s Australian Open in 2021?
Unlike the menโs field, where there are only a handful of realistic contenders, the womenโs event is much more open – so much so you could make a genuine case for over 20 players to take home the title,
But, while itโs much harder to predict the champion, that means thereโs significantly more value in your return if you can tip the winner – even if you decide to go with the favourites.
Naomi Osaka is currently the favourite with most bookmakers and I think sheโs excellent value at $9.00 with bet365 at the time of writing. The Japanese-Haitian is becoming increasingly more comfortable with her role in the spotlight as a top player and put together a superb 16-2 record in 2020, with her obvious highlight coming at the US Open, where she captured the third major title of her career with a win over Victoria Azarenka in the final.
Osaka has form in Australia after winning the US Open the previous year – she made it back-to-back slams in 2018-19 when she defeated Petra Kvitova in the final and with so much uncertainty surrounding the tour these days, she is as good a bet as any to repeat that feat in 2021.
Ash Barty would be a cinderella story for homegrown fans as the World No. 1 aims to become the first local to win the Australian Open since Evonne Goolagong Cawley, but I donโt like her chances. Barty is the kind of player that needs rhythm and a lot of matches to hit top form and she hasnโt played a single match since last yearโs Australian Open, opting to skip the US Open and her French Open title defence. Add in the pressure of competing at home and itโs an enormous task for the Aussie.
Sofia Kenin – the defending champion who knocked Barty out in the semi-finals – is such a dogged competitor and isnโt the type who will be overawed at the prospect of defending a slam title for the first time. The Americanโs counterpunching game is extremely reliable and it usually takes a very classy performance to beat her. In these uncertain times, Kenin is a player where you know what youโre going to get and you could certainly do worse than backing her to make it shock back-to-back Australian Open titles.
Serena Williams of course can never be ruled out, but the legendary American has struggled to stay fit and produce her best tennis over the space of two weeks at a slam since returning to the tour and itโs only going to get more difficult for her to surpass Margaret Courtโs record as time goes on. Serena is facing a race against the clock, suffering more and more uncharacteristic defeats and is simply not as good as she once was.
Simona Halep, another former champion with Aussie coach Darren Cahill in her corner, is another reliable option and is a proven champion on these shores, but she still remains prone to being overpowered by โin-the-zoneโ flashy players. One of those instances came at the French Open when she was eliminated by Iga Swiatek, who went on to claim a shock first major title. Swiatek is the real deal, but sheโs still a very raw talent at 19 and I canโt see her making it consecutive slam triumphs here.
In closing notes, Garbine Muguruza is always worth keeping an eye on, Karolina Pliskova consistently stumbles at slams, Elina Svitolina continues to struggle inside the major arena and Bianca Andreescu remains a complete unknown quantity having sat out the entire 2020 season. One dark horse to look out for is Elise Mertens, who won tons of matches in 2020 and has been a semi-finalist in Melbourne before.
Osaka won the last hardcourt slam, has emerged victorious in Melbourne before and is a much more experienced player than when she last triumphed at the Australian Open two years ago. Sheโs my favourite for 2021.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN OUTRIGHT WINNER ODDS with Sportsbet.com.au โ Odds correct at time of writing
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