Serena Williams 9/2 odds to win the 2019 Australian Open

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Serena Williams Australian Open 2019 Preview

She is already a legend. Serena Williams sits with an epic 24 Grand Slam titles in her pocket. She is the joint all-time leading great alongside Margaret Court in terms of Majors won. But Serena Williams is still playing, she is still hungry and she is going as the 9/2 favourite to win the 2019 Australian Open* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 10th, 2019 at 4:25 pm).

2019 Women’s Australian Open Odds*

Serena Williams 9/2
Angelique Kerber 8/1
Aryna Sabalenka 11/1
Naomi Osaka 12/1
Elina Svitolina 14/1
Karolina Pliskova 14/1
Ashleigh Barty 16/1
Petra Kvitova 16/1
Sloane Stephens 20/1
Simona Halep 20/1
Kiki Bertens 25/1
Caroline Wozniacki 25/1
Garbine Muguruza 28/1
Madison Keys 28/1
Julia Goerges 40/1
Victoria Azarenka 40/1
50/1 bar
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 10th, 2019 at 4:25 pm)

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Missed Chances

Williams has had chances in the last two Grand Slams to break the record. She lost the final of Wimbledon 2018 to Angelique Kerber. That at the US Open 2018 she had that infamous meltdown in the final against Naomi Osaka to end up losing back in September. So there have been chances gone begging for 37-year-old. It would be something if Williams did break the record at the Australian Open, which is the home Slam of Australia’s Margaret Court.

Can she deliver at Melbourne Park?

She skipped the 2018 edition of the Australian Open following the birth of her first child Olympia (born in September 2017). Williams is a seven-time champion at the Australian Open, her first title happening in 2003 and her most recent in 2017. Williams has been to the final in each of her last three attempts at the Australian Open (W2 L1).

Even in the advancing years, she keeps on trucking. She has reached the final of eight of the last ten Grand Slams she has appeared in. The other two in that sequence were semi finals. It’s a record that no-one can come close to matching.

Anyone who is in line to meet her is going to being writing Williams off at their own peril. Speaking of which, it is a good time to go and have a look at the draw and what lies ahead because there’s not an easy path for Serena to get number 24.

Top Quarter Draw

This is a tough section for Serena Williams. For starters she has been drawn into the same section as current world number one Simona Halep, last year’s runner up in Melbourne. However, there could well be a window for Williams because Halep is just getting back from injury so has to be a little rusty. The Romanian lost her opening match of the new year in Sydney.

Williams will face Tatjana Maria in the first round and Williams is a powerful 1/10 odds on favourite to win that match* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 10th, 2019 at 4:25 pm). It’s unlikely that her missing out on breaking the record is going to be because of a first-round loss. In the second round Williams would meet either Eugenie Bouchard or Shuai Peng. The third round opponent of the highest rank she should meet is Carla Suarez Navarro (23).

1st Quarter Winner Odds*

Serena Williams 7/4
Karolina Pliskova 5/1
Simona HAlep 13/2
Garbine Muguruza 7/1
Johanna Konta 18/1
22/1 bar
* (betting odds taken from bet365 on January 10th, 2019 at 4:25 pm)

4th Round is where it gets tough

But then comes the fourth round where she could face Simona Halep. As mentioned though if Halep isn’t as sharp as she needs to be after injury the draw should open up instead for Williams. But there’s not likely to be an escape or avoidance of top players from there on. Likely quarter finals could be anyone from Garbine Mugurua, Johanna Konta or Karolina Pliskova.

Beyond that, of course, you are looking at major variables them. But a potential rematch against Osaka could be waiting in the semifinals for her, or maybe Elina Svitolina. If Williams were to power through to the final there is the high prospect of her facing another final against Kerber, who beat her in last year’s Wimbledon final. In the last eight Women’s Grand Slams there have been eight different winners.

Can Williams get her name carved onto the trophy for the eighth time and create even bigger history in the process?