Serena Williams has been chasing Margaret Court’s Open Era grand slam record since winning the Australian Open 31 months ago for her 23th career major title.
Williams has struggled through an injury-plagued 2019 that most recently included withdrawing from the Rogers Cup final due to a back injury and then withdrawing from the ensuing event in Cincinnati. She has now scratched from matches in two tournaments this year and retired from two others.
She hasn’t played since, but the 38-year-old Williams is still the betting favorite heading into the start of the U.S. Open next week.
PointsBet lists Williams at +450, while DraftKings has her at +500 in what is considered a wide open women’s draw. Simona Halep, who dominated Williams in the Wimbledon final last month, is +750 by PointsBet and +650 by DraftKings.
Naomi Osaka retired from her semifinal match in Cincinnati due to a left knee injury. The reigning U.S. Open champion is the third betting favorite along with Ashleigh Barty at +800 by PointsBet, while DraftKings has Barty at +800 and Osaka at +1000.
FanDuel also has Williams as the favorite at +490, with Halep and Barty the co-second favorites at +750 and higher odds on Osaka (+1200) than the other two sportsbooks.
Last year, Williams reached the singles final in Flushing Meadow, where she is a six-time champion.
Williams’ sister, Venus, is being offered at +6500 by FanDuel, +8000 by PointsBet and +15000 by DraftKings. She is a two-time U.S. Open winner, with the most recent coming in 2001 in a finals victory over Serena.
Serena Williams: +450 Simona Halep: +750 Naomi Osaka: +800 Ashleigh Barty: +800 Madison Keys: +1200 Karolina Pliskova: +1400 Angelique Kerber: +1600 Sloane Stephens: +1600 Petra Kvitova: +1600 Bianca Andreescu: +1600 Elina Svitolina: +2000 Aryna Sabalenka: +2500 Garbine Muguruza: +3300 Victoria Azarenka: +3300 Kiki Bertens: +3300 Belinda Bencic: +3300 Amanda Anismova: +3300 Caroline Wozniacki: +4000 Maria Sharapova: +4000 Marketa Vondrousova: +4000 Sofia Kenin: +4000 Anastasija Sevastova: +5000 Johanna Konta: +5000 Cori Gauff: +5000 Daria Kasatkina: +6600 Caroline Garcia: +6600 Jelena Ostapenko: +6600 Anett Kontaveit: +6600 Elise Mertens: +6600 Dayana Yastremska: +6600 Iga Swiatek: +6600 Julia Goerges: +8000 Venus Williams: +8000 Petra Martic: +10000 Danielle Collins: +10000 Coco Vandeweghe: +15000 Kristina Mladenovic: +15000 Su-Wei Hsieh: +15000 Maria Sakkari: +15000 Catherine Bellis: +20000 Carla Suarez Navarro: +25000 Camila Giorgi: +25000 Eugenie Bouchard: +25000 Daria Gavrilova: +25000 Sam Stosur: +25000 Katie Boulter: +25000 Kaia Kanepi: +25000 Ajla Tomljanovic: +25000
–Field Level Media (@FieldLevelMedia)
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