Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep are considered the top favorites to win the Madrid Open according to top betting company Bet365.
It’s worth noticing that Naomi Osaka who is the seed number 2 is only the favorite number 5 to conquer the event in Spain.
Indeed, that can make sense since Ashleigh Barty and the Simona Halep have already demonstrated that they are extremely strong on clay courts. Both are French Open champions. Simona Halep won the French slam in 2018 and Barty the year after. In addition, Simona Halep won the tournament in Madrid in 2016 and 2017. Barty’s best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 2019.
Here the latest quotes.
Ashleigh Barty 5.50
Simona Halep 6.00
Iga Swiatek 6.50
Petra Kvitova 9.50
Naomi Osaka 11.00
Aryna Sabalenka 15.00
Maria Sakkari 26.00
Karolina Pliskova 26.00
Victoria Azarenka 26.00
Elise Mertens 34.00
Veronika Kudermetova 34.00
Ons Jabeur 41.00
Kiki Bertens 41.00
Karolina Muchova 51.00
Anett Kontaveit 51.00
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Barty in Madrid, ranking, and results in 2021
Ranked no.1, Ashleigh achieved an overall 21-3 match record in 2021. The Australian is currently having a run in Madrid where she managed to beat Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1.
Ashleigh Barty will compete against the world no.80 Tamara Zidansek in the 2nd round. In the past, they have never competed against each other up to now in top tournaments.
Barty has won 3 titles in 2021 in Melbourne, in Miami and in Stuttgart.
The Australian won 11 titles in her career: 6 on hard courts, 2 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 2 on grass courts. (See the list of her titles)
Simona Halep in 2021
At the moment ranked no.3, the Romanian played her last match on the 24th of April when she was defeated by world no.7 Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart (draw).
During this season the Romanian has managed to achieve a compiled 9-3 record. Simona Halep’s latest run in Stuttgart was the best achievement of her season.
Ashleigh Barty and Simona Halep faced off 4 times. The head to head is 3-1 for Halep. Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Simona Halep won 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open) in May 2019.
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Currently ranked no.2, Osaka played her last match on the 31st of March when she lost to world no.19 Maria Sakkari 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Miami (draw).
At the moment, during this season Osaka has a 12-1 record. The Japanese has won 1 title at the Australian Open.
