Australian Open betting means betting on the first Grand Slam of the tennis year, played at Melbourne Park. The markets are match winner, game handicap, set betting, totals and the outright winner. Tennis Australia’s announcement of October 8, 2026 says AO 2027 runs three weeks, January 11 to 31, 2027.
The 2026 titles went to Carlos Alcaraz and Elena Rybakina. Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 on February 1, and Rybakina beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4 on January 31. Both finals were played on Rod Laver Arena.
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When the Australian Open is played
Tennis Australia’s October 8, 2026 announcement on ausopen.com sets AO 2027 at three weeks, January 11 to 31, 2027. Opening Week opens the whole precinct from Monday, January 11, with qualifying in that week. The announcement gives no main-draw start date and no final dates.
For comparison, here is the 2026 calendar on ESPN’s scoreboard, in Melbourne time. Qualifying began on January 12, 2026, and the main draw’s first round on January 18. The women’s final was played on January 31 and the men’s final on February 1. That is one year’s calendar, and one year is all it describes.
Australian Open betting markets
Five markets cover the tournament. Each one prices a different part of the same match, so the same view of a player can be a bet in one market and a pass in another.
- Match winner: the player to win the match, priced as a moneyline.
- Game handicap: a line on total games won. A +3.5 bet wins if your player finishes no more than three games behind across the whole match, whoever wins it.
- Set betting: the exact score in sets. Men play best of five, so there are six possible results; women play best of three, so there are four.
- Totals: over or under a number of games or sets.
- Outrights: who wins the tournament, open well before the draw is made.
Every price is a probability with a margin added. Our guide to reading odds shows how to turn one into the other. A price of +400 implies 20.0%, and -200 implies 66.7%.
The 2026 tournament as the record
The men’s semifinals both went five sets. Alcaraz, the top seed, beat Alexander Zverev 6-4 7-6(7-5) 6-7(3-7) 6-7(4-7) 7-5. Djokovic, seeded fourth, beat the second seed and 2025 champion Jannik Sinner 3-6 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-4. In the final, Djokovic won the first set 6-2 before Alcaraz took the next three.
In the women’s draw, Sabalenka, the top seed, beat Elina Svitolina 6-2 6-3 in one semifinal. Rybakina, seeded fifth, beat Jessica Pegula 6-3 7-6(9-7) in the other, then won the final in three sets. The 2025 women’s champion was Madison Keys, per ESPN.
| Event | 2026 champion | Beat in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s singles | Carlos Alcaraz | Novak Djokovic | 2-6 6-2 6-3 7-5 |
| Women’s singles | Elena Rybakina | Aryna Sabalenka | 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| Men’s doubles | Christian Harrison / Neal Skupski | Jason Kubler / Marc Polmans | 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 |
| Women’s doubles | Elise Mertens / Zhang Shuai | Anna Danilina / Aleksandra Krunic | 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 |
| Mixed doubles | Olivia Gadecki / John Peers | Kristina Mladenovic / Manuel Guinard | 4-6 6-3 10-8 |
Reading form before Melbourne
The Australian Open is the first major of the season, so there is little current form to measure. The last major before it is the US Open. In 2026 Rybakina won both: Melbourne in January, then the New York final over Sabalenka on September 12, 6-4 5-7 6-2.
The ranking is the other measure. ESPN’s update of October 29, 2026, read November 3, has Zverev first in the ATP on 9,550 points, Sinner second on 9,450 and Alcaraz third on 6,100. Zverev and Sinner swapped places in that update: Zverev was second before it, Sinner first. On the WTA side, Rybakina is first on 8,099, Sabalenka second on 6,485 and Mirra Andreeva third on 6,306.
| Rank | ATP | Points | WTA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Zverev | 9,550 | Elena Rybakina | 8,099 |
| 2 | Jannik Sinner | 9,450 | Aryna Sabalenka | 6,485 |
| 3 | Carlos Alcaraz | 6,100 | Mirra Andreeva | 6,306 |
| 4 | Ben Shelton | 4,530 | Coco Gauff | 5,763 |
| 5 | Daniil Medvedev | 3,860 | Jessica Pegula | 5,760 |
Australian Open odds: no board posted yet
ESPN’s futures lists for the 2027 ATP and WTA seasons had no market at 18:25 UTC on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. No price is posted, so there is nothing to measure a player against yet.
When books post outrights, the rule is simple. Each price implies a chance, and a futures bet is worth making only when you rate the player’s chance higher than the price does. At +400 the price says 20.0%; below that in your own number, it is a pass.
For the other majors, see our guides to the US Open, the French Open and Wimbledon, or our tennis betting guide. For paid picks, our handicapper site reviews compare the services.
Sources: Tennis Australia, ausopen.com, AO 2027 announcement dated October 8, 2026; ESPN tennis scoreboards (2025 and 2026 results), ESPN rankings (update of October 29, 2026) and ESPN futures lists, read November 3, 2026, 18:25-18:28 UTC.