Bettingpro's guide to the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, the Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic became the most successful male player in the history of the Australian Open when he rolled over Rafael Nadal in 2019 to become a seven-time champion, ending Roger Federer’s two-year dominance of Down Under.

Of course Djokovic will once again be a front-runner for the male crown in 2020, but the bookies are not ruling out the possibility of Nadal gaining revenge, and they are not writing off the prospect of Federer once again defying father time to win this tournament for a seventh time in his glittering career.

The women’s singles picture looks a lot more wide open, with a whole host of names in contention for 2020 as defending champion Naomi Osaka attempts to become the first female player to successfully retain the Australian Open crown since Serena Williams achieved the feat back in 2009-2010.

Only seven-time winner Serena is shorter than Osaka in the betting, but the pair have several players hot on their heels with the likes of Simona Halep, Ashleigh Barty, Petra Kvitova, Sloan Stephens, Karolina Pliskova, Elina Svitolina, Garbine Muguruza, Madison Keys and 2016 champion Angelique Kerber all considered genuine contenders by the bookies.

 

Australian Open Winners

YEAR	MEN’S CHAMPION	WOMEN’S CHAMPION
1969	Rod Laver	Margaret Court
1970	Arthur Ashe	Margaret Court
1971	Ken Rosewall	Margaret Court
1972	Ken Rosewall	Virginia Wade
1973	John Newcombe	Margaret Court
1974	Jimmy Connors	Evonne Goolagong
1975	John Newcombe	Evonne Goolagong
1976	Mark Edmondson	Evonne Goolagong
1977*	Roscoe Tanner Vitas Gerulaitis	Kerry Melville-Reid Evonne Goolagong
1978	Guillermo Vilas	Chris O’Neil
1979	Guillermo Vilas	Barbara Jordan
1980	Brian Teacher	Hana Mandlikova
1981	Johan Kriek	Martina Navratilova
1982	Johan Kriek	Chris Evert
1983	Mats Wilander	Martina Navratilova
1984	Mats Wilander	Chris Evert
1985	Stefan Edberg	Martina Navratilova
1986**	—	—
1987	Stefan Edberg	Hana Mandlikova
1988	Mats Wilander	Steffi Graf
1989	Ivan Lendl	Steffi Graf
1990	Ivan Lendl	Steffi Graf
1991	Boris Becker	Monica Seles
1992	Jim Courier	Monica Seles
1993	Jim Courier	Monica Seles
1994	Pete Sampras	Steffi Graf
1995	Andre Agassi	Mary Pierce
1996	Boris Becker	Monica Seles
1997	Pete Sampras	Martina Hingis
1998	Petr Korda	Martina Hingis
1999	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martina Hingis
2000	Andre Agassi	Lindsay Davenport
2001	Andre Agassi	Jennifer Capriati
2002	Thomas Johansson	Jennifer Capriati
2003	Andre Agassi	Serena Williams
2004	Roger Federer	Justine Henin
2005	Marat Safin	Serena Williams
2006	Roger Federer	Amelie Mauresmo
2007	Roger Federer	Serena Williams
2008	Novak Djokovic	Maria Sharapova
2009	Rafael Nadal	Serena Williams
2010	Roger Federer	Serena Williams
2011	Novak Djokovic	Kim Clijsters
2012	Novak Djokovic	Victoria Azarenka
2013	Novak Djokovic	Victoria Azarenka
2014	Stan Wawrinka	Li Na
2015	Novak Djokovic	Serena Williams
2016	Novak Djokovic	Angelique Kerber
2017	Roger Federer	Serena Williams
2018	Roger Federer	Carolina Wozniacki
2019	Novak Djokovic	Naomi Osaka