Wimbledon Betting 2017 Women’s Winner Odds & Predictions

Pliskova to star at Wimbledon

Tennis Betting

With no Serena Williams to try and oust from the tournament this season, the rest of the participants in the women’s draw will be looking forward to grasping a chance of success. Recently at the French Open, we saw a stunning title win for young Jelena Ostapenko who came from absolutely nowhere to sweep to the title, taking down favourite Simona Halep in the final itself. The women’s draw looks wide open so we will have to go digging down through the outright winner market to find a success or will it be one of the big guns that wins out at SW19?

Heading up the market as the favourite is former champion Petra Kvitova at 5/1. Her stock was raised with a grass court title at Birmingham recently and it was her first success back after her terrible stabbing ordeal. So perhaps the big left handed Czech is back in form enough to be a serious challenger again in London, but right there at 9/2 behind her in the outright winner market is Karolina Pliskova who will carry a lot of backing into the tournament because of her solid form.

Confederations Wimbledon Women 2017 Infographic

Then there is home hope Johanna Konta who will be taking a big boost from the support of the home crowds as she goes in search of her first ever Grand Slam title. This would be a tremendous place to go and make that happen of course. But the field stretches much deeper with former Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza starting to show well on the grass again and there is top seed Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Venus Williams and of course the young Ostapenko who now will be feeling the pressure of expectation after her success at Roland Garros.

It’s a big two weeks of top tennis action to come once again from Wimbledon in what is the third Grand Slam of the year. Who will be walking away with the crown? Whatever the outcome, we can be assured of some great tennis betting opportunities and top quality action to come from SW19.

Wimbledon Tennis 2017 Women’s Outright Winner Odds

Tennis Player Betting Odds
Petra Kvitova 5/1
Karolina Pliskova 9/2
Johanna Konta 12/1
Garbine Muguruza 12/1
Venus Williams 12/1
Jelena Ostapenko 14/1
Angelique Kerber 14/1
Victoria Azarenka 16/1
Coco Vandeweghe 16/1
Simona Halep 20/1
Madison Keys 22/1
Elina Svitolina 25/1
Kristina Mladenovic 25/1
bar 33/1

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Wimbledon Tennis 2017 Women’s Betting Preview

What a two weeks of tennis betting action we should have here. It promises to be good with such a wide open field. Serena Williams, who has won the last two editions of the Grand Slam skips the tournament because of her pregnancy and so this is a great opportunity for someone to come through and take the title.

Women’s Wimbledon 2017 Seedings

1. Angelique Kerber (GER)
2. Simona Halep (ROU)
3. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
4. Elina Svitolina (UKR)
5. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
6. Johanna Konta (GBR)
7. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)
8. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
9. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)
10. Venus Williams (USA)
11. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
12. Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
13. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
14. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
15. Elena Vesnina (RUS)

The grass court tennis can take a lot of adjustment for players. It is only a short swing of the season and the pace of the ball off the surface is a lot quicker than that of the clay courts that the season has transitioned from. That is because the surface is harder, so the ball skids through without as much bounce compared to the high-bounce that you get on the clay surfaces. So that is why you will see high seeded players a little bit down the pecking order in the betting market. The grass courts can be hard to tame and since 2007 only four different players have won at Wimbledon (Venus Williams 2, Serena Williams 5, Petra Kvitova 2 and Marion Bartoli 1). So let’s look at this year’s main contenders by odds instead of seeding.

Petra Kvitova 5/1

A two time Wimbledon winner and that is part of why she is at the top of the betting. She is ranked down in 12th in the world at the moment after having missed action due to a stabbing during a home invasion. The French Open was her first tournament back and she lost in the second round, but back on grass she raced to the Birmingham title recently and there was a notable win over Kristina Mladenovic in there in the quarter finals. So that win will have done Kvitova’s confidence the power of good and she is one of the more natural grass players on the Tour at the highest level. Apart from the last two appearances at SW19, she has a very strong record at Wimbledon with a semi final, two wins and two quarter finals in five of the last seven appearances. She has to be a contender but may fall short simply due to the lack of competitive action.

Karolina Pliskova 9/2

Kvitova’s Czech counterpart Pliskova is a grinder and is on top of her game at the moment. She ran to the semi finals of the French Open and the quarter finals of the Australian Open this season so is gaining Grand Slam momentum. She has a massive serve as a weapon and the courts will suit her at Wimbledon and also there will be an added incentive for the Czech because she could claim the number one ranking in the world after this. A good week at Eastbourne in preparations for this one will see her as a very serious contender so it’s worth jumping on the 9/2 price at bet365 now on her. No-one will be wanting to meet her power in the draw.

Johanna Konta 12/1

Ah, the expectations of being the home star. That is what is in front of Konta as she heads to Wimbledon. She actually only has a previous second round best at Wimbledon before so that’s nothing to write home about. Her grass court preparations have been a bit mixed, surprisingly losing the final of Nottingham to Donna Vekic before being hounded out of Nottingham by Coco Vandeweghe. So like Pliskova, Konta will need a strong performance at Eastbourne to raise her confidence ahead of stepping out on the big stage. She did battle her way past both Ostapenko and world numer one Angelique Kerber on a busy Thursday of action on the south coast for her. The talent is there and she has the mentality. Will she be as strong as grass as she is on the hard courts though? Maybe an each way bet at best with bet365 for the home hope.

Garbine Muguruza 12/1

The Spaniard, who lost the 2015 Final to Serena Williams hasn’t had a bad season, but a title seems to be a bit of a stretch for her at the moment. She did reach the semi-finals of Birmingham recently when she lost out against Ashleigh Barty. She has never really built on that performance at Wimbledon 2015 and at this price is probably going to warrant nothing more than an ambitious each way punt. Her form is just too hit and miss.

Jelena Ostapenko 14/1

The surprise winner of the French Open who went into the tournament as a 100/1 shot now has some huge pressure of expectation upon her. She goes into SW19 at just 14/1 now and that price is solely on what she achieved at Roland Garros. She doesn’t have any record of note on the grass with just a 9-7 career record on the green stuff. The 20 year old showed grit and bravery at Roland Garros and that never-say-die attitude carried her all the way. Doubling up with back to back Grand Slam wins would be just out of this world and it’s not likely to happen. She remains an unknown quantity despite her French Open success and isn’t going to be touched with a barge pole in Wimbledon 2017 betting.

Angelique Kerber 14/1

The world number one hasn’t been having the greatest of a season it has to be said but she has a solid skill set on the grass. She is without a title on the Tour this season and has a 19-13 year to date record, which isn’t great. She has had some highly disappointing results lately at the Rome Open and the French Open and needed a huge week at Eastbourne just to get herself a bit of momentum but fell in the quarter finals to Konta there. It is hard to get a read on the German at the moment, especially after the French Open capitulation. She’s not running at her best but is more than capable of a deep run.

The Best of the Rest

Coco Vandeweghe as long as her injury at Birmingham doesn’t pan out to be anything serious, could make a good run at SW19. She went to the semi finals of the Australian Open and has a decent record on grass. She was a quarter finalist at Wimbledon in 2015. Not a bad each way bet if she is fit. Simona Halep just continues to frustrate on the big stage and was heavy odds on at the French Open final against Ostapenko and still couldn’t deliver. She does have a quarter final and a semi final in two of her last three appearances at Wimbledon though and actually isn’t a bad each way punt at 20/1 with bet365 pre-tournament. But she disappointed in a quarter final loss to Caroline Wozniacki at Eastbourne in her preparations. Elina Svitolina is well down the betting despite her four titles this year. That’s 25/1 price is worth getting a piece of the action of, if she can get through the first couple of rounds, something she hasn’t done before at Wimbledon.

Wimbledon 2017 Tennis Betting Predictions

Our outright winner tip will go on Karolina Pliskova. She has the power and the courts should suit her well. She makes a little more value than Kvitova who just hasn’t had the time on the court to really be expected to win a Grand Slam at the moment. So Pliskova it is for us but there is some massive each way appeal looking down the betting order at both Svitolina and Halep because this field is wide, wide open.