Jannik Sinner secured his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open last season, before following up in the US equivalent, and the world number one is favourite to make it a successful title defence.
However, there are plenty of viable dangers with fierce rival Carlos Alcaraz and 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic, who has lifted the Melbourne title on ten occasions, leading the charge.
Last season was dominated by Sinner and Alcaraz, who each won two Grand Slam titles apiece, and that could be a common theme in the years to come with Djokovic evidently a declining force.
Sinner is a worthy favourite and has to be feared but he looks short enough to take on.
Alcaraz’s two Grand Slam successes last season came at the French Open and at Wimbledon but he did win the US Open in 2022 and there is no reason why these hard courts shouldn’t suit the versatile 21-year-old.
The Spanish sensation has yet to go past the quarter-final in Melbourne in four previous attempts but it is only a matter of time until that changes and he looks a big price at 4.50 given he is undoubtedly the most naturally gifted player on the ATP Tour.
Daniil Medvedev, runner-up in three of the last four years, can never be discounted on this surface but he has had poor preparation - he arrived late in Australia due to the birth of his second child.
So that could leave him undercooked and with Djokovic evidently not the force of a few seasons ago, Alexander Zverev may pose the biggest threat to Sinner and Alcaraz at 11.00.
Nobody quite deserves to make their Grand Slam breakthrough like Zverev, who has twice finished runner-up in Majors as well as making six further semi-final appearances.
The German will know that he has only limited time to claim a maiden Grand Slam title and last season offered plenty of hope as he won Masters 1000 titles in Paris and Rome.
Zverev has made the final four at Melbourne Park in 2020 and last season and if the big guns falter then he looks most likely to pick up the pieces.
You have to go way back to 1976 to find the last home winner of the men’s Australian Open, but world number eight Alex De Minaur will be hoping that trend changes this year.
De Minaur, who is 51.00 to claim a first Grand Slam prize on his own patch, made the quarter-final in three of the four majors last season, although he has yet to go beyond round four in Australia in seven previous visits.
The only other Australian contender of note is the charismatic Nick Kyrgios, although the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up has not competed in a Grand Slam since the 2022 US Open and is sure to be a little rusty on his comeback.
Kyrgios, an Australian Open quarter-finalist way back in 2015, is 81.00 to go all the way and the next Australian in the betting at 101.00 is Jordan Thompson, who has never made it past the second round.
Jannik Sinner - 2.37
Carlos Alcaraz - 4.50
Novak Djokovic - 4.50
Alexander Zverev - 11.00
Daniil Medvedev - 15.00
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