Barty Blows By Serena, Kvitova in 2019 Wimbledon Odds, Now the Outright Favorite

• French Open champion Ashleigh Barty is now the favorite to be the Wimbledon Women’s Singles champion
• Barty’s average odds halved from +900 to +450
• The Australian pulled out of this week’s Eastbourne International following the flare up of an existing arm injury

Ashleigh Barty is charging up the Wimbledon ladder like a group of giddy Brits racing back across the border from Calais with their cache of French spirits.

Barty’s spirits were also lifted by a successful turn in the French Open. She’s won over the oddsmakers. They see the Aussie bringing her dominance of the clay courts at Roland-Garros to the grass courts of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club.

2019 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Odds

Odds taken on 06/22/19. 

With Wimbledon fast approaching, Barty currently averages out as the Women’s Singles favorite across a number of leading sportsbooks. Her 2019 Wimbledon odds have shortened from +900 to +450. She’s currently the betting choice to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish as champion.

Wimbledon is slated for July 1-14, 2019.

Barty’s Injury Concern

The 23-year-old Australian pulled out of this week’s Eastbourne International due to injury. She was experiencing pain from bone stress in her serving (right) arm.

It’s an ailment she’s dealt with since she was a teenager. It often flares up when she increases her workload.

#NatureValleyInternational update #NatureValleyClassic Champion Ashleigh Barty, Julia Goerges and Anastasia Sevastova have withdrawn with injury or illness pic.twitter.com/zqhkjAuBej

— LTA (@the_LTA) June 24, 2019

Last week, Barty played five singles matches in Birmingham as well as three doubles matches.

She remains confident that the problem won’t be an issue heading into Wimbledon.

French-English Conundrum

Winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same season is considered to be among the toughest tests in tennis. In terms of surfaces, the clay of Roland-Garros and the grass of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club are polar opposites.

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— Ash Barty (@ashbarty) June 9, 2019

With the tournaments being so close together, making the adjustment is a demanding challenge.

Six women have managed to turn the feat – Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams.

Williams did it most recently, in 2015.

Should You Bet on Barty?

Her win at Birmingham enabled Barty to push Naomi Osaka off the throne and take over the the WTA’s top-ranked player. She just captured a title on a grass surface. She’s the first Aussie to rank no. 1 since her idol Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1976.

ASHLEIGH #BARTY IS THE NEW WORLD NO. 1!!!

What an effort, what a journey, what a story, what a player!

@ashbar96 beats Julia #Goerges 6-3 7-5 to win the Birmingham title, and with it, secure the world No. 1 ranking! pic.twitter.com/9eZuM4d01t

— Live Tennis (@livetennis) June 23, 2019

Things looked poised for Barty to make a serious run at Wimbledon.

Yes and no.

No Australian player has earned the Women’s Singles title at Wimbledon since Goolagong Cawley won her second title in 1980. Then again, Barty was the fist Aussie woman to win the French Open since Court in 1973.

Her Wimbledon history is not rich with success. Barty made it to the third round last year. It’s the first time she’d ever won a match there.

1 day until #Wimbledon

In this moment, 22 was the greatest feeling, but ultimately getting to 23 was even better. Never let anyone put a limit on how far you can go. pic.twitter.com/xM8Hj1j8t2

— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) July 1, 2018

Serena Williams needs one victory to tie Court’s all-time record of 24 Grand Slam victories. Call it sentimental, but we think she gets it this year at Wimbledon.