The action is on at Roland Garros for 2017 as Novak Djokovic sets out to defend his title. After a year of struggles by his very own standards, in which he has claimed just the one title this year (his season opener at the Qatar Open) the pressure is on Djokovic in Paris. He has made a change of coach and will be looking for much better fortunes. It is Rafael Nadal though who has been carrying the strong form through the clay swing of the ATP season and with his phenomenal record at Roland Garros, he will be looking to get his hands back on the title after a two-year gap. They are the frontrunners in the French Open Betting 2017 with Andy Murray, the current world number one, out of form (much like Djokovic is) and with no great track record at the French Open. It is a wide open and competitive field at the French Open this year.
French Open betting 2017 Odds
| Player | Betting Odds |
|---|---|
| Rafael Nadal | 5/6 |
| Novak Djokovic | 4/1 |
| Stan Wawrinka | 10/1 |
| Andy Murray | 11/1 |
| Dominic Thiem | 11/1 |
| Alexander Zverev | 14/1 |
| Kei Nishikori | 33/1 |
| bar | 50/1 |
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French Open 2017 Draw
It is all important to go and look at the Men’s draw for the French Open Betting 2017 because you need to kind of plot a route through to the business of the competition for them. Andy Murray is the top seed for the draw and that puts him right at the top of the draw, but there is a tricky quarter there for him with Juan Martin del Potro a potential third round opponent, while Tomas Berdych could be knocking around as a fourth round opponent. Then there is young Alexander Zverev, who could be in the quarter there to oppose him, or perhaps Kei Nishikori. Not the most comfortable of draws for the Brit and may be worth opposing with the likes of young Alexander Zverev who has performed well on clay recently.
Player to win 1st quarter odds
Andy Murray 2/1, Alexander Zverev 3/1, Kei Nishikori 5/1, Juan Martin Del Potro 8/1, Tomas Berdych 11/1, Pablo Cuevas 16/1, bar 28/1
The second quarter is headed up by Stan Wawrinka, the 2015 French Open champion. He looks to have received a pretty easy quarter with French opposition in Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga coming down the line. Clay expert David Ferrer is in there as well but isn’t running particularly hot right now, which leaves seventh seed Marin Cilic as the strongest opposition to Wawrinka in that quarter. There’s a really good opportunity for one of those to come through the pack and land something special.
Player to win 2nd quarter odds
Stan Wawrinka 6/4, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 15/2, Nick Kyrgios 6/1, Gael Monfils 15/2, Fabio Fognini 11/1, Marin Cilic 14/1, Richard Gasquet 14/1, David Ferrer 18/1, bar 33/1
The third quarter is being headed up by Rafael Nadal and it would be a surprise if he didn’t get all the way through it, to be honest. There’s not much genuine opposition in there aside from fifth seed Milos Raonic, who’s not likely to be too much opposition in the latter stages if he meets Nadal in the quarter-finals. This should be a fairly routine run through to the last eight for the Spaniard who has been in cracking clay form this year and is the one to beat.
Player to win 3rd quarter odds
Rafael Nadal 1/5, Milos Raonic 11/1, Grigor Dimitrov 14/1, bar 25/1
This is Novak Djokovic’s quarter of the draw as he goes off as the second seed. Of course what this means in that we could be in store for an epic Djokovic v Nadal showdown at the semi-final stage. Djokovic hasn’t been at his best this season at all and could face a tricky early opponent in Mischa Zverev in round 3. There isn’t too much to trouble Djokovic in his quarter, fortunately, which should give him time to find his feet. But Dominic Thiem, who is running red-hot at the moment is the biggest opposition who Djokovic could face in the quarter-finals.
Player to win 4th quarter
Novak Djokovic 4/6, Dominic Thiem 5/2, David Goffin 9/1, Lucas Pouille 18/1, bar 25/1
Main Contenders in French Open 2017 Tennis Betting
Rafael Nadal 5/6
The Spaniard has swept his way to three titles this season and all of them on clay. He has come very good over the summer and will a firm favourite to go and dominate Roland Garros once again. This season his wins at Monte Carlo, Madrid and in Barcelona, places at which he has won many, many times before shows that he can go and perform. Of course, the road to the French Open is going to be a little tougher as he goes in search of his tenth title at the event. He has had his setbacks there recently because of injury but looks prime to make another very strong run at the title this year. His big game is going to be the potential semi-final against Djokovic.
Novak Djokovic 4/1
Big odds on the Serbian here who won the title for the first time last season. He beat out Andy Murray last term in the showcase match, but he may have to go through both Nadal and Murray to get there this time. Djokovic has a 20-6 win/loss record for the season going into Roland Garros and is 8-3 on clay. He did lose to Nadal in the Madrid Open semi-finals recently and went better when he went to the final in Rome in the following event. He lost there to Alexander Zverev which raises the stock of the young German and casts more doubts on Djokovic. Will the change of coach to Andre Agassi be enough to raise a title defence? It’s a big gamble on Djokovic at Bet365 this time around
Andy Murray 11/1
The world number one has been going through some struggles this season and has just the one title to his name this term when he beat Fernando Verdasco in the Dubai Final. Murray found himself in the final of the French Open for the first time last season and after taking the first set against Djokovic, couldn’t hold on. His lack of success at the French Open (in contrast, Djokovic had been to three of the four previous finals before he won it last year) in getting to the final doesn’t offer a lot of value for him to not only get there but get his hands on the title. He isn’t running in form as it is and if he were to get to the final, he would likely meet either Nadal or Djokovic there.
Stan Wawrinka 10/1
He can’t totally be counted out. Although his consistency is a huge problem for him, he either looks very average or brilliant on his day, he made an impact here two years ago and is one of the better clay players around. He grabbed a little form in a warm-up tournament, taking the Geneva Open final over Mischa Zverev which will give him a confidence boost ahead of Paris. He actually doesn’t have a bad draw ahead of him and should easily be in the quarter-finals and from there, you just never know with him. Probably better dark horse value than Murray is anyway.
Dominic Thiem 11/1
The Young Austrian is playing some very good stuff now and has been to the final in two of his last three tournaments (and hit the semi-final in the other). He beat Andy Murray on his way to the Barcelona Open final where he was brushed aside by Rafael Nadal and then he was denied against by Rafael when they met in the Madrid Open. That didn’t really slow down Thiem though as in his next tournament he got the better of Nadal in a quarter-final match up in Rome, before losing in the semi-finals against Djokovic. This is the guy who ran all the way to the semifinals of the French Open last year where he was taken out by eventual winner Novak Djokovic. He is highly competitive right now but as both Djokovic and Nadal potentially stand in his way the best odds on him are to upset Djokovic by winning the fourth quarter at a 5/2 with Bet365.
French Open 2017 Predictions
With the drop in form of both Murray and Djokovic this season, this market the field a lot more interesting. Rafael Nadal has to be worth a punt at Bet365 because of the form that he has been carrying this season and while Dominic Thiem’s stock is super high right now, it may be a bridge too far for him to come through what could be a tough draw at the business end of the tournament. It pretty much leaves Stan Wawrinka as not a bad dark horse punt to get close to landing the title because as long as he has his A-game with him, he can take the top half of the draw.
