For the longest time, Rafael Nadal has dominated the courts of Roland Garros. However, the defending French Open champion has been dealing with a myriad of injuries and has seen his play take a huge dip for the worse. Is Nadal still seen as the favorite to win the 2023 French Open, or are there new top contenders for the Coupe des Mousquetaires?Nitrobetting is ready to volley the latest tennis news, odds, and updates all year round. This time, let’s look at a handful of favorites, sleepers, and longshots to win the 2023 French Open men’s singles tournament and their respective odds of winning the annual Grand Slam event in Roland Garros.
There’s a new hot ticket in the tennis world, as 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz has been on quite the tear on the ATP Tour. Although Alcaraz was forced to miss this year’s Australian Open due to a hamstring injury (and losing his World No. 1 status shortly after), the reigning US Open champion didn’t miss a step upon his return. Since February, Alcaraz has picked up four wins in five appearances and with two of them being ATP Masters events to make him a surefire favorite to win his second Grand Slam title.
It comes as no surprise that living tennis legend Novak Djokovic is still a heavy front-runner to win it all in Roland Garros. After all, the two-time French Open champion is still the top dog in the ATP Tour, having won the most recent installments of Wimbledon and the Aussie Open. Many would even argue that Alcaraz’s win at the US Open was because of Djoker’s absence from Flushing Meadows due to his ongoing issues with his vaccination status. That being said, and with Rafael Nadal in the twilight of his career, Djokovic retains his favorite status to become a three-time winner in Roland Garros and add another Grand Slam title under his belt.
Not many tennis players can claim to have made the French Open men’s singles final on more than one occasion during the Nadal-Djokovic era that got into high gear at the start of the previous decade. Since 2021, only Djokovic and Austria’s Dominic Thiem has finished as a runner-up in Roland Garros, with Thiem losing to Nadal both in 2018 and 2019. The former US Open winner has not made it past the opening round in each of his last four trips to a Grand Slam event, though, which is why Thiem is seen as no more than a decent sleeper pick to win his first Grand Slam title since late 2020.
Bettors looking for more spice with their sleeper bets at the French Open need to look no further than rising 21-year-old Lorenzo Musetti, who makes up for his lack of Grand Slam experience with huge momentum. The Italian tennis prodigy cracked the top 20 of the world rankings in January and even dealt a massive upset against none other than Novak Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters a few weeks ago. In turn, Musetti could be the next underdog to cheer for in the ATP, and his odds as a dark horse pick to win the 2023 French Open aren’t too shabby, either.
Ever since his dazzling semifinal run in Wimbledon last year, England’s very own Cameron Norrie hasn’t found consistent success outside of his headline-making performance in his home country. Norrie’s lone win on the ATP Tour also dates back to the 2021 Indian Wells Masters, and has only a pair of semifinal appearances in ATP Masters events or better since that win, including his breakout in Wimby. That being said, Norrie is quite the longshot to stun the men’s singles draw in Roland Garros this month even with his win at the ATP 500 event Rio Open in February taken into consideration.
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