Last year, Aryna Sabalenka became the first back-to-back Australian Open winner since Victoria Azarenka claimed back-to-back titles in 2012-2013. Sabalenka looks to be the first woman since Martina Hingis from 1997-1999 to win three straight Australian Open titles.
Can anyone stand in the way of a Sabalenka three-peat? Will we get a different Australian Open champion on the Women’s side, just as we did every year from 2014-2022 without any back-to-back champions?
Read on for our top three picks for the 2025 Women’s Australian Open winner.
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2025 Australian Open Odds & Picks: Women’s Best Bets
2025 Women’s Australian Open Winner Odds
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
| PLAYER | ODDS |
| Aryna Sabalenka | +220 |
| Coco Gauff | +400 |
| Iga Swiatek | +600 |
| Elena Rybakina | +1000 |
| Qinwen Zheng | +1500 |
| Karolina Muchova | +2200 |
| Mirra Andreeva | +2500 |
| Naomi Osaka | +3000 |
| Jasmine Paolini | +3500 |
Top 2025 Australian Open Winners Picks: Women
Coco Gauff (+400)
Entering 2023, most players on the men’s side waited for what seemed like Jannik Sinner’s inevitable ascent to the world No. 1 ranking. Based on recent results, it appears Coco Gauff may be on a similar ascent on the women’s side.
Gauff had a perfect record in both singles and doubles at the United Cup last week. Along the way, she earned several confidence-boosting victories, including her second straight win over Iga Swiatek. Gauff also beat other contenders like Leylah Fernandez, Donna Vekic, Zhang Shuai and Karolina Muchova in her United Cup run. Her victory over Swiatek, against whom she went 1-11 in their first 12 career head-to-head matchups, should propel her to new heights over the next two weeks.
To win the Australian Open, Gauff will likely have to defeat Sabalenka at some point. She owns a 5-4 head-to-head advantage over Sabalenka. While she lost to her 7-6, 6-4 in last year’s Australian Open semi-finals, she has proven she can beat her on hard court at a major with the 2023 victory in the US Open final.
Qinwen Zheng (+1500)
Qinwen Zheng is a hard-court specialist, who broke through to two quarter-finals or better in last year’s Majors. She lost to Sabalenka in last year’s final, and again showed her hard-court prowess in a quarter-final run (her second consecutive) at the US Open.
Zheng won Olympic gold in Paris, shrugging off a disappointing first-round loss at Wimbledon to win 12 straight matches on the clay circuit. While she is 0-5 in her career against Sabalenka, perhaps she can either draw something from last year’s experience of losing to her in the final or avoid her altogether. She would not be a severe underdog against many other women in the field given her powerful serve.
Jasmine Paolini (+3500)
What Jasmine Paolini does well on the court does not necessarily suggest she will ever turn into a dominant hard-court player. But what she accomplished last year is too hard to overlook. She is a great longshot bet at +3500 odds entering this tournament.
Paolini entered last year ranked No. 30 and had never advanced beyond the second round in a major. However, she reached the Round of 16 at the Australian Open and was a finalist at both the French Open and Wimbledon. She joined Sabalenka as the only two women to reach two Major finals in 2024. She was also the only woman to qualify for both the singles and doubles events at the WTA Finals.
Paolini is also a great play at +400 odds to advance out of her quarter, where Elena Rybakina is the favorite, but that may be her only true threat, as Madison Keys is not as feared an opponent at this stage in her career.
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