Who will win the 2020 French Open? Favorites, odds & bets
Who beats clay court king Rafael Nadal?
At the US Open, which only ended in September, there were not only Novak Djokovic, who is known to have been disqualified but also numerous secret favorites to win the trophy. In the end, the Austrian Dominic Thiem won his first major title. In Roland Garros in Paris, the situation is a bit different. According to the French Open odds, the best bookmakers only realistically trust three athletes to triumph.
On the one hand, there is the clay court king Rafael Nadal, who has almost earned himself the nimbus of unbeatability at the French Open in recent years. The Spaniard triumphed no less than twelve times in Roland Garros. If you want to win the title this year, you have to pass Rafael Nadal.
Otherwise, the betting offices see Novak Djokovic as number one in the world rankings as a possible Paris champion. Dominic Thiem decides the small group of top contenders. It would be a big surprise if you were not successful in betting on one of the top three candidates at the 2020 men’s French Open.
Prize money at the men’s French Open 2020:
Champion: € 1,600,000
Finalist: € 800,000
Semi-finalist: € 425,250
Quarter-finalist: € 283,500
Round of 16: € 189,000
3rd round: € 126,000
2nd round: € 84,000
1st round: € 60,000
If we look at the betting odds at the French Open 2020, then Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Diego Schwartzmann, Stan Wawrinka, and Alexander Zverev are other candidates who can only win if something gets out of hand with the top favorites. We can therefore concentrate on three players overall.
Who will win the French Open 2020 – odds
Betting Prediction: Rafael Nadal
Odds: 2.37
Betting Prediction: Novak Djokovicp
Odds: 2.75
Betting Prediction: Dominic Thiem
Odds: 5.50
Betting Prediction: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Odds: 26.00
Betting Prediction: Diego Schwartzmann
Odds: 29.00
Betting Prediction: Alexander Zverev
Odds: 34.00
Betting Prediction: Daniil Medvedev
Odds: 41.00
Betting Prediction: Stan Wawrinka
Odds: 41.00
The big favorites of the French Open 2020
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Position in the ATP ranking: 1.
Successes at the French Open: Winner 2016
Novak Djokovic is an all-rounder who has already won all the major tournaments on this planet. The Serb is probably the most complete player on the tour. If you can accuse him of minor weaknesses, then it may only be on the sand. Nevertheless, he has already won the French Open in 2016.
Djoker without match failure in 2020
Compared to the successes at the other Grand Slam tournaments, his record at the Stade Roland Garros can still be improved. In 2020, the number one in the world made its supremacy clear in an outstanding manner. His record is 36: 1 win. One defeat comes from the US Open, where he was disqualified for lack of discipline.
This means that Novak Djokovic has not lost a single match this calendar year. Accordingly, he also triumphed at the dress rehearsal in Rome. Against this background, Novak Djokovic is naturally one of the favorites at the 2020 French Open, especially since the Serb wants to rehabilitate himself after the incidents in New York.
Winner French Open 2020?
Betting Prediction: Nadal
Odds: 2.20
Betting Prediction: Djokovic
Odds: 3.00
Rafael Nadal
Position in the WTA ranking: 2nd
Successes at the French Open: Winner 2005-2008, 2010-2014, 2017-2019
Sand is the world of Rafael Nadal. Twelve wins at the French Open made him the absolute king of Roland Garros. In the last 15 years, numerous outstanding players have been desperate for the Spaniard. That is why Rafael Nadal is the bookmakers’ first choice.
Hardly any match practice for Nadal after the forced break
On the one hand, there are the great successes at the French Open, but on the other hand, the 34-year-old, unlike his competitors, did not come to the fore as a frequent player after the forced break. The Spaniard did without the US Open and only recently returned to the action in Rome, where Nadal failed in the quarter-finals to Diego Schwartzmann.
Therefore we do not know exactly what condition the Spaniard is in. One thing seems clear, however, it was seldom easier to prevail against Rafael Nadal at the French Open. That means that we consider the odds on a renewed triumph of Rafael Nadal at the French Open 2020 to be a little too low.
Dominic Thiem
Position in the WTA ranking: 3rd
Successes at the French Open: Finalist 2018 and 2019
If you don’t have Dominic Thiem on your list at the French Open, tennis shouldn’t be one of your favorite sports. The Austrian is one of the absolute top favorites. He has earned this status and absolutely deserves it. After all, he has been in the finals in Paris for the last two years and delivered hot matches to Rafael Nadal.
First Grand Slam title for Thiem a reality
Up to the US Open, his career, although the Austrian is only 27 years old, was considered incomplete. Now Thiem has his first major title under his belt and can approach the big tasks much more relaxed. Quite a few experts are predicting another triumph for Dominic Thiem at the French Open 2020.
Maybe he should have returned to Sand in preparation. After a triumph in a Grand Slam tournament, you have to deal with the hype first and maybe it is better to retire first. The fact is, however, that one or the other match on clay would have been good for the Austrian.
Winner French Open 2020?
Betting Prediction: Thiem
Odds: 4.00
Betting Prediction: Tsitsipas
Odds: 29.00
French Open 2020 – outsiders
We don’t want to claim that the underdogs have no chance at the French Open, but the three favorites presented are pretty much above the field. Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece is still trusted to be involved in this group. After all, he was in the final in Hamburg last week but lost to Andrej Rublev there.
With Stan Wawrinka, we have another veteran up our sleeve who won the French Open in 2015. He was fully focused on the French Open and preferred to hit clay at Challenger tournaments than to travel to the US Open. Perhaps that will now pay off in Paris, although the dress rehearsal in Rome went wrong with the first round.
Zverev only outsiders despite the US Open final
Daniil Medvedev, Diego Schwartzmann, or Alexander Zverev are still being treated as outsiders. If the favorites stumble, then these three gentlemen could have a say in the award of the title. But if the top 3 in the world are in good shape, then there is no need to discuss the outsiders anyway.
Cancellations by top players:
🇨🇭 Roger Federer (SUI): ATP ranking: 4 – injured
🇨🇦 Milos Raonic (CAN): ATP ranking: 21 – injured
🇦🇺 Nick Kyrgios (AUS): ATP ranking: 42 – injured
🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA): ATP ranking: 53 – injured
Prediction & betting base trend – who will win the men’s French Open 2020?
We’ll stay with that. We will report on the supposed outsiders as part of our tennis tips, but we do not assume that Zverev, Schwartzmann, Tsitsipas, Wawrinka, or Medvedev will triumph at the Stade Roland Garros in the end, but that does not mean that these players can’t get far.
We only see Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem, and Novak Djokovic able to win the tournament. The Spaniard is the undisputed king of the clay court and has already triumphed twelve times in Paris. However, Nadal only played a preparatory tournament in Rome, while the competition is full of juice. Perhaps it is therefore not so wise to place bets on the Spaniard’s renewed triumph at the 2020 men’s French Open.
Key Facts – Men’s French Open 2020 – Bets
Rafael Nadal has now won the French Open twelve times.
Djokovic did not lose a single match in 2020.
Dominic Thiem was twice in the final of the French Open and recently won the US Open.
The beneficiaries could be Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem. The Serb has not lost a single match on the court this year. The Austrian recently triumphed at the US Open and was twice in the finals in Paris. We think the Djoker is a bit stronger and that’s why our tendency is that we would allude to a triumph of Novak Djokovic at the men’s French Open 2020.
