2011 Australian Open Tennis Odds: Federer-Nadal, Clijsters the Betting Favorites

According to Melbourne’s TAB Sportsbet, tennis greats Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are tied as the betting favorites to win the 2011 Australian Open. For the women it’s Kim Clijsters who leads her field as the clear choice to win a first Australian Open crown. ADHEREL

The former champions Nadal and Federer are each listed at $2.75 to win. They are then followed by Novak Djokovic ($9), Andy Murray ($10), Robin Soderling ($14), Andy Roddick ($34) and Nikolay Davydenko ($41).

In the ladies draw, Clijsters leads the odds paying out $2.60. In second place is her countrywoman Justine Henin ($5) followed by Caroline Wozniacki ($8), Sam Stosur/Vera Zvonareva ($13), Viktoria Azarenka/Maria Sharapova ($15) and Venus Williams ($18).

In pairs betting, Federer-Clijsters and Nadal-Clijsters are top oddsmakers’ favorites at $7.25. Then is Federer-Henin, Nadal-Henin at $14.

You can also bet the “Big 4” men (Nadal, Federer, Djokovic, Murray) vs. the field. The Big is pays out just $1.10 while picking the field yields $6.20.

The Australian Open starts on Monday.

Australian Open Men’s Odds:
FEDERER Roger 2.75
NADAL Rafael 2.75
DJOKOVIC Novak 9
MURRAY Andy 10
SODERLING Robin 14
RODDICK Andy 34
DAVYDENKO Nikolay 41
BERDYCH Tomas 51
NALBANDIAN David 51
DEL POTRO Juan Martin 67
MONFILS Gael 67
TSONGA Jo-Wilfried 67
WAWRINKA Stanislas 67
FERRER David 81
BAGHDATIS Marcos 101
VERDASCO Fernando 101
CILIC Marin 126
YOUZHNY Mikhail 126
GASQUET Ricard 151
GULBIS Ernests 151
HEWITT Lleyton 151
MELZER Jurgen 151
QUERREY Sam 151
ISNER John 201
KOHLSCHREIBER Philipp 201
SIMON Gilles 201
TIPSAREVIC Janko 201

Australian Open Women’s Odds:
CLIJSTERS Kim 2.6
HENIN Justine 5
WOZNIACKI Caroline 8
STOSUR Samantha 13
ZVONAREVA Vera 13
AZARENKA Victoria 15
SHARAPOVA Maria 15
WILLIAMS Venus 18
IVANOVIC Ana 26
LI Na 26
KUZNETSOVA Svetlana 31
KVITOVA Petra 41
JANKOVIC Jelena 51
KLEYBANOVA Alisa 51
PETKOVIC Andrea 51
REZAI Aravane 51
PENNETTA Flavia 61
BARTOLI Marion 67
KANEPI Kaia 67
WICKMAYER Yanina 67
PEER Shahar 81
KIRILENKO Maria 101
PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia 101
PETROVA Nadia 101
SAFINA Dinara 101
SCHIAVONE Francesca 101