Coco Gauff among the Australian Open favorites after Pliskova, Kvitova. Naomi Osaka leading

Cori Gauff is just 16-year-old but she is already considered among the favorites to win the Australian Open. According to bet365, Naomi Osaka (9.00) and Serena Williams (9.00) are in pole position to win the first slam of the year. However, behind them, there is an interesting group of players.

While Coco is not in the “first tier” of the Australian Open favorites, it is difficult not to notice that according to the renowned betting platform, her chances to conquer the title in Melbourne (21.00) are slightly less than the ones of some other top players such as Karolina Pliskova (17.00), Petra Kvitova (17.00) and Vika Azarenka (17.00), to name a few.

Last year, Coco Gauff upset the defending champion Naomi Osaka 6-3 6-4 in the 3rd round.

Here the latest updated list of the top favorites

Naomi Osaka 9.00
Serena Williams 9.00
Ashleigh Barty 10.00
Simona Halep 11.00
Sofia Kenin 11.00
Bianca Andreescu 11.00
Garbine Muguruza 13.00
Iga Swiatek 13.00
Petra Kvitova 17.00
Karolina Pliskova 17.00
Elina Svitolina 17.00
Victoria Azarenka 17.00
Aryna Sabalenka 17.00
Madison Keys 21.00
Cori Gauff 21.00

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Cori Gauff in 2021

Ranked world no.48, the American played her last match on the 22^nd of October 2020 when she lost to Aryna Sabalenka 1-6 7-5 7-6² in the 2^nd round in Ostrava (draw).

Karolina Pliskova in 2021

Now ranked no.6, the Czech played her last match on the 22^nd of October 2020 when she lost to Veronika Kudermetova 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Ostrava (draw).

Cori Gauff and Karolina Pliskova have never clashed against each other.

Petra Kvitova in 2021

At the moment ranked no.8, Kvitova played her last match on the 8^th of October 2020 when she surrendered to Sofia Kenin 6-4 7-5 in the semifinal of the French Open (draw).

Naomi Osaka in 2021

Now ranked no.3, Naomi played her last match on the 12^th of September 2020 when she defeated Victoria Azarenka 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the final of the U.S. Open to win her 6^th career title.

This season Osaka has a 0-0 match record.

Petra Kvitova and Naomi Osaka played each other twice. The head to head is 2-0 for Osaka. The last time they played, Naomi Osaka won 7-6¹ 4-6 6-4 in the round robin in Shenzhen (WTA Finals) in October 2019.

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