
Australian Open (Women's Singles) - Free Bets, Tips & Insights

As we look ahead to this much-anticipated event, here at betting.bet you’ll find everything you need to know about the competition, including the first round draw, free bet offers and exclusive betting tips as well as the latest outright odds.
The first tennis Grand Slam of the year is just around the corner with the first round of the Australian Open set to get underway on January 12th. As we look ahead to this much-anticipated event, here at betting.bet you’ll find everything you need to know about the competition, including the first round draw, free bet offers and exclusive betting tips as well as the latest outright odds courtesy of our betting partners at BoyleSports.
Where To Watch The Australian Open
The Australian Open will be played at Melbourne Park with the action set to get underway at midnight UK time on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts. Night sessions will start at 8am for UK viewers.
In the UK, live televised coverage is available throughout the Australian Open via Eurosport, the Eurosport app and eurosport.com. You can also stream every match live and on-demand on discovery+ with a £6.99 per month Entertainment & Sport pass.
Women’s Singles Schedule
The tournament takes place every day from midnight (UK time) each day on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts. Night sessions will start at 8am for UK viewers.
First Round - 12th - 14th January
Second Round - 15th - 16th
Third Round - 17th - 18th
Fourth Round - 19th - 20th
Quarter-finals - 21st - 22nd
Semi-finals - 23rd
Final - 25th (8.30am UK time)
The Bookies’ Favourite
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is aiming to become the first female to win three consecutive Australian Open singles titles since Martina Hingis claimed a hat-trick of wins between 1997 and 1999. World number one, Sabalenka ended 2024 by landing a third Grand Slam title with success at the US Open.
The 26-year-old kicked off 2025 in a similarly successful fashion as she won the Brisbane International. Sabalenka lost in last year's Brisbane final to Elena Rybakina but fought back from a set down in this year’s final to defeat Russian qualifier Polina Kudermetova (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the final.
Major Players
Iga Swiatek suffered a shock third round exit at last year’s Australian Open but the five-time Grand Slam winner has to be respected. Whilst the clay at Roland Garros is an obvious favourite for Swiatek, the world number two is more than capable of success on Melbourne’s hard courts. The 23-year-old won both the 2022 US Open and 2023 WTA Finals on hard courts but has only progressed beyond round four of the Australian Open once.
22-year-old Zheng Qinwen was a surprise finalist in Melbourne last year but seemed to go from strength-to-strength in 2024 in returns Down Under with a real chance of going one better. Qinwen won gold at the Olympic Games in Paris before losing out on a tiebreaker in the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia in November.
The WTA Finals were won by world number three Coco Gauff and the American has certainly shown signs of rediscovering the form that saw her win the 2023 US Open as a teenager. Gauff was a losing semi-finalist at last year’s Australian Open but defeated both Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek on her way to victory at the WTA Finals. Gauff has returned this year in superb form, winning five of her singles matches and both of her doubles matches, without losing a set as the United States claimed the United Cup title.
Women's Singles Top Ten Seeds
1. Aryna Sabalenka
2. Iga Swiatek (POL)
3. Coco Gauff (USA)
4. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
5. Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
6. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
7. Jessica Pegula (USA)
8. Emma Navarro (USA)
9. Daria Kasatkina
10. Danielle Collins (USA)
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Australian Open: Women’ Singles Outright Odds
(Courtesy of BoyleSports)
Winner | Odds |
---|---|
Aryna Sabalanka | 21/10 |
Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff | 4/1 |
Elena Rybakina | 15/2 |
Zheng Qinwen | 14/1 |
Karolina Muchova, Mirra Andreeva | 22/1 |
Jessica Pegula, Madison Keys, Jasmine Paolini | 33/1 |
Naomi Osaka, Emma Raducanu | 40/1 |
Paula Badosa, Emma Navarro, Diana Shnaider | 50/1 |
Ons Jabeur | 66/1 |
Elina Svitolina, Daria Kasatkina | 80/1 |
First Round Draw
Top Half
Section 1
A Sabalenka v S Stephens
S Kartal v J Bouzas Maneiro
B Pera v T Maria
C Tauson v L Nosková
M Fręch v P Kudermetova
A Blinkova v D Saville
M Uchijima v M Linette
M Bouzková v M Andreeva
Section 2
D Shnaider v E Cocciaretto
A Tomljanović v A Krueger
M Vondroušová v J Fett
D Parry v D Vekić
A Pavlyuchenkova v Y Yuan
T Zidanšek v A Potapova
L Siegemund v H Baptiste
A Todoni v Q Zheng
Section 3
C Gauff v S Kenin
L Jeanjean v J Burrage
C Bucșa v C Paquet
Y Starodubtseva v L Fernandez
K Muchová v N Podoroska
N Osaka v C Garcia
V Erjavec v S Lamens
B Bencic v J Ostapenko
Section 4
P Badosa v Xin Wang
Z Sönmez v T Gibson
J Niemeier v M Chwalińska
N Hibino v M Kostyuk
L Samsonova v K Rakhimova
A Rus v O Danilović
E Mertens v V Golubic
M Joint v J Pegula
Bottom Half
Section 5
E Rybakina v E Jones
N Párrizas Díaz v I Jovic
D Kovinić v L Sun
M Sherif v D Yastremska
M Keys v A Li
I-C Begu v E-G Ruse
G Minnen v D Aiava
D Snigur v D Collins
Section 6
B Haddad Maia v J Riera
S Zheng v E Andreeva
V Kudermetova v O Gadecki
R Marino v K Boulter
E Svitolina v S Cîrstea
S Bejlek v C Dolehide
T Townsend v R Zarazúa
S Wei v J Paolini
Section 7
E Navarro v P Stearns
Xiy Wang v J Grabher
A Kalinina v O Jabeur
C Osorio v M Sakkari
Y Putintseva v E Avanesyan
S Zhang v M Kessler
A Bondár v Y Wang
V Tomova v D Kasatkina
Section 8
A Kalinskaya v K Birrell
V Gracheva v C McNally
P Martić v J Cristian
L Bronzetti v V Azarenka
E Alexandrova v E Raducanu
ML Carlé v A Anisimova
R Šramková v K Volynets
K Siniaková v I Świątek