Doug Greenberg covers sport betting for ESPN. He previously covered sports betting, sports business and fantasy sports at Front Office Sports, VSiN and RotoWire. He lives in Chicago after growing up in Boston.
The return of Carlos Alcaraz and the absence of Jannik Sinner has had a significant influence on US Open betting futures. Alcaraz, the reigning US Open champion, is +250 to retain his title as the 2026 tournament gets underway, though that's a significant lengthening from the +140 he had just after Sinner announced his withdrawal due to injury.
That leaves 2026 French Open champion, Alexander Zverev, as the clear second-best option at +300, though bettors have not been backing him heavily, according to bookmakers. Instead, sportsbook customers been looking to fun upstarts in the middle range of pricing like Arthur Fils and Rafael Jodar (both 12-1), as well as popular Americans like Ben Shelton (13-1) and Learner Tien (60-1).
On the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka leads the way at +330 to win the US Open, with Coco Gauff (+450) and Iga Swiatek (+550) just behind. Bettors are backing the American players in even greater force on this side of the tournament, with Gauff, Jessica Pegula (10-1), Amanda Anisimova (16-1) and Madison Keys (50-1) all receiving action across the sportsbook marketplace.
One other name to keep an eye on: Alexandra Eala. The Filipino phenom was over 100-1 to win the US Open two months ago, and she has shortened all the way to 28-1 after capturing her first professional title at the 2026 Washington Open.
Men's and women's odds by DK Sports have been updated and my differ from those stated above.
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