WTA Chicago Winner Odds Favor World No6 Svitolina

The first edition of the Chicago Women’s Open is held this week, between the 22nd and 28th of August. The WTA 250 event offers a final opportunity to play before the last Grand Slam of the season, the 2021 US Open. The WTA Chicago winner odds mention Elina Svitolina as the top favorite ahead of Tokyo’s silver medalist, Marketa Vondrousova. 

The top-tier women’s tennis tour is back in Chicago after 1997 when the last tournament was held in the city. Now the 2021 Chicago Women’s Open will host great women tennis players in the WTA 250 event. The tournament is held on outdoor hard courts and offers a chance for last-minute preparation ahead of this year’s US Open. With most top 10 players competing last week in Cincinnati, world No 6 Elina Svitolina is the top seed and the highest-ranked player in the field. But fans can also see Marketa Vondrousova in the competition who played in the final in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And local favorite American Ann Li who is a Pennsylvania native.

WTA Chicago Winner Odds Predict Svitolina’s Victory

Elina Svitolina has won 15 WTA titles so far while she also reached the semi-finals at the 2019 Wimbledon and 2019 US Open. The Ukrainian is currently in 6th place in the world ranking. And she is the top seed of this tournament. Even though Svitolina hasn’t won any event this season, she reached the semi-finals at the Miami and Stuttgart Open. Her best result this year has been reaching the semi-final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and winning the bronze medal at the end. Online sportsbooks in the US offer the smallest odds, +300 for her victory now.

In the semi-final, Svitolina was beaten by Marketa Vondrousova, who is also mentioned in the favorites in the WTA Chicago winner odds. The Czech player won the silver in the Games after losing against Belinda Bencic in the final. It was still a remarkable result from the world No 40 who has one WTA title from 2017. Vondrousova also reached the final of the 2019 French Open, at the age of only 19. After struggling with injuries, the still very young player has returned to the tour this season. She reached the final in doubles along with Kristina Mladenovic in the Italian Open, in her first WTA 1000 event. Her odds to win now is +600 on BetOnline. 

Tennis Betting: Local Favorite Ann Li is Aiming for Her First WTA Title

The 21-year-old Ann Li has won three ITF Circuit titles which is the second-tier women’s tennis tour. Li also reached the final of the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships and the third round of the 2020 US Open. Now she can try to get another good result on home soil after reaching the third round of this year’s Australian Open. Li defeated Alize Cornet in the second round and will face the French player again in the first round. Her odds to win the game are -160.00 while to win the tournament is +1200. 

Another Ukrainian player, Marta Kostyuk is also mentioned in the favorites by online gambling sites in the US. Like Li, Kostyuk also has three ITF titles so far. While her best result in the WTA Tour is reaching the 4th round in the 2021 French Open. The 19-year-old player also got to the semi-finals at the Abu Dhabi Open and the Istanbul Cup this year. She has the odds of +1000.00 to get her first WTA title. Swiss Viktorija Golubic won the doubles silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics playing along with the singles winner, Belinda Bencic. She has one WTA title so far from 2016 but also played in two WTA finals this season. Golubic seems to be in great form after reaching the quarter-final at the 2021 Wimbledon. Her odds to win now are +1400.00.

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