Carlos Alcaraz is the bookmakers’ favourite to win this year’s US Open while Coco Gauff is the defending champion in the women’s draw, but a supercomputer has them as outsiders for the titles at the final Grand Slam of the year.
Alcaraz has won two of the three majors in 2024, lifting trophies at the French Open and Wimbledon, while he also finished runner-up at the Paris Olympics.
Jannik Sinner won the season-opening Grand Slam at Melbourne Park, the Australian Open, while Novak Djokovic won singles gold at Paris 2024.
Sinner will be the top seed at Flushing Meadows as he leads the ATP Rankings. The Italian has also won the most titles (4) and has the best win-loss record as he is 44-5 for the year. Alcaraz is 38-7 with three titles while Djokovic is 29-7 with only one title.
Many bookmakers have Alcaraz down as the man to beat at the US Open but, according to Sportsbook Review’s supercomputer, Sinner will be the last man standing as they have him just ahead of Djokovic.
The supercomputer has the Italian at 38.7% to win the title with defending champion Djokovic at 36.8%. Alcaraz – who won his maiden Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows when he lifted the trophy in 2022 – is a distant third with 18.2% while 2021 US Open winner Daniil Medvedev is an outsider at 5.8%.
