Tennis Betting Odds & Picks: Prediction for 2021 Cincinnati Open

After a year in which professional tennis was brought to a halt by the coronavirus pandemic, fans and players are alike are enjoying a quasi-return normalcy in 2021. That includes the reboot of the Cincinnati Open, which unlike most events, was actually able to take place in 2020.

Make no mistake, this isn't quite the US Open. Nothing is the US Open. But it is a tournament that's drawing all of the household names, from Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, to Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Naturally, then, our quest to provide the best tennis odds and picks must include predictions for the 2021 Cincinnati Open.

Though the top online sportsbooks have not yet released odds on who will win the Cincinnati Open, as they're likely waiting for a few minor tournaments to wrap up over the next week, they will be updated here once they're announced. For now, take a look at the men's scheduled playing field for the 2021 Cincinnati Open:

World Rank	Pick to Win
1	Novak Djokovic	TBA	TBA	TBA
2	Daniil Medvedev	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	Rafael Nadal	TBA	TBA	TBA
4	Stefanos Tsitsipas	TBA	TBA	TBA
5	Alexander Zverev	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	Dominic Thiem	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	Audrey Rublev	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	Matteo Berrettini	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	Roger Federer	TBA	TBA	TBA
10	Denis Shapovalov	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	Pablo Carreno Busta	TBA	TBA	TBA
12	Hubert Hurkacz	TBA	TBA	TBA
13	Diego Schwartzman	TBA	TBA	TBA
14	Casper Ruud	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	Felix Auger-Aliassime	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	Roberto Bautista Agut	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	Alex de Minaur	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	Gael Monfils	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	Cristian Garin	TBA	TBA	TBA
20	David Goffin	TBA	TBA	TBA
21	Grigor Dimitrov	TBA	TBA	TBA
22	Milos Raonic	TBA	TBA	TBA
23	Jannik Sinner	TBA	TBA	TBA
24	Aslan Karatsev	TBA	TBA	TBA
25	Karen Khachanov	TBA	TBA	TBA
26	Lorenzo Sonego	TBA	TBA	TBA
27	Daniel Evans	TBA	TBA	TBA
28	Ugo Humbert	TBA	TBA	TBA
29	Stan Wawrinka	TBA	TBA	TBA
30	Cameron Norrie	TBA	TBA	TBA
31	Fabio Fognini	TBA	TBA	TBA
32	Reilly Opelka	TBA	TBA	TBA
33	Borna Coric	TBA	TBA	TBA
34	Filip Krajinovic	TBA	TBA	TBA
35	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	TBA	TBA	TBA
36	Marin Cilic	TBA	TBA	TBA
37	Taylor Fritz	TBA	TBA	TBA
38	Marton Fucsovics	TBA	TBA	TBA
39	John Isner	TBA	TBA	TBA
40	Alexander Bublik	TBA	TBA	TBA
41	Adrian Mannarino	TBA	TBA	TBA
42	Nikoloz Basilashvili	TBA	TBA	TBA
43	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	TBA	TBA	TBA
44	John Millman	TBA	TBA	TBA
69	Kei Nishikori	TBA	TBA	TBA

Make sure to check back here once the 2021 Cincinnati Open betting odds are officially determined. The tournament is scheduled to start on August 14 and run through August 22, so they will be dropped sometime before then—likely a week or so prior to the first match.

2021 Cincinnati Open Betting Breakdown

Fortunately for us, we don't need concrete Cincinnati Open odds to get into our best bets and official predictions.

Professional tennis tournaments include so many players and potential upsets that you don't really need to look at lines to determine your top options. It is more so about identifying the players most likely to win it all and investing in them no matter their final lines. And we're equipped to do just that. 

Let's start with the men's bracket and then move on to the women's division, shall we?

2021 Cincinnati Open Picks: Men's Bracket 

It should come as no surprise that Djokovic is back, and you should absolutely expect him to be the favorite. Not only does he remain the world's overall No. 1, but he won the 2020 Cincinnati Open pretty handedly.

Rolling with him is never a bad decision. He remains the most dominant men's singles player. But he is 34 and has shown some intermittent cracks in his game. His first serve percentage and top speed are both slumping, and he's won "just" 88-plus percent of his matches for the calendar year. He might also be a touch tired from competing in the Tokyo Olympics.

Nadal typically earns consideration from people pondering bets against Djokovic. We wouldn't recommend that here. Hard-court surfaces are not Nadal's primary wheelhouse, and he continues to work his way back from a foot injury that sidelined him for 20 straight days.

Andy Murray should be on your dark-horse radar if you have stab-in-the-dark money to spare. He was invited to the Cincinnati Open as a Wild Card and has won this event twice in the past. 

Don't sleep on Alexander Zverev, either. He's actually undervalued as the fifth-ranked player in the world. He is prone to wild swings in his performance, most likely because he's only 24. But we actually like him in this event more than the second-ranked Daniil Medvedev and fourth-ranked Stefanos Tsitisipas.

Do we like Zverev, who has one three titles in the calendar year alone, enough to declare an upset over Djokovic? Not quite. But it's close.

OSB Prediction: Novak Djokovic (TBA)

Novak Djokovic To win the Cincinnati Open

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2021 Cincinnati Open Picks: Women's Bracket

Here's the field of competitors in the women's bracket. Again, you can check back here for official odds once they're released:

World Rank	Pick to Win
1	Ashleigh Barty	TBA	TBA	TBA
2	Naomi Osaka	TBA	TBA	TBA
3	Aryna Sabalenka	TBA	TBA	TBA
4	Sofia Kenin	TBA	TBA	TBA
5	Bianca Andreescu	TBA	TBA	TBA
6	Elina Svitolina	TBA	TBA	TBA
7	Karolina Pliskova	TBA	TBA	TBA
8	Iga Swiatek	TBA	TBA	TBA
9	Garbiñe Muguruza	TBA	TBA	TBA
10	Simona Halep	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	Barbora Krejcikova	TBA	TBA	TBA
12	Belinda Bencic	TBA	TBA	TBA
13	Petra Kvitova	TBA	TBA	TBA
14	Victoria Azarenka	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	Jennifer Brady	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	Serena Williams	TBA	TBA	TBA
17	Elise Mertens	TBA	TBA	TBA
18	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	TBA	TBA	TBA
19	Maria Sakkari	TBA	TBA	TBA
20	Elena Rybakina	TBA	TBA	TBA
22	Angelique Kerber	TBA	TBA	TBA
23	Ons Jabeur	TBA	TBA	TBA
24	Karolina Muchova	TBA	TBA	TBA
25	Cori Gauff	TBA	TBA	TBA
26	Madison Keys	TBA	TBA	TBA
27	Jessica Pegula	TBA	TBA	TBA
28	Anett Kontaveit	TBA	TBA	TBA
29	Paula Badosa	TBA	TBA	TBA
30	Jelena Ostapenko	TBA	TBA	TBA
31	Daria Kasatkina	TBA	TBA	TBA
32	Petra Martic	TBA	TBA	TBA
33	Veronika Kudermetova	TBA	TBA	TBA
34	Ekaterina Alexandrova	TBA	TBA	TBA
35	Yulia Putintseva	TBA	TBA	TBA
36	Alison Riske	TBA	TBA	TBA
37	Tamara Zidansek	TBA	TBA	TBA
38	Nadia Podoroska	TBA	TBA	TBA
39	Sorona Cirstea	TBA	TBA	TBA
40	Johanna Konta	TBA	TBA	TBA
41	Markéta Vondroušová	TBA	TBA	TBA
42	Shelby Rogers	TBA	TBA	TBA
44	Danielle Collins	TBA	TBA	TBA

Aussie Ashleigh Barty should be the consensus favorite when the odds are officially announced. There's a chance Osaka takes the crown because she's the bigger household name and sportsbooks adjust for the amount of action coming through, but it is, in fact, Barty who has put together the more dominant 2021.

Barty is sporting a 35-7 overall match record to go with a world-high four titles on the year. She's also winning a whopping 80.7 percent of her service games while her return games are basically a coin toss—which is incredibly good. Some might be concerned about her struggles during the Tokyo Olympics. We're not that worried.

Osaka is, of course, a great option herself. She has drawn headlines because of her struggles with mental health—and deserves to be respected for taking time away from tennis—but that hasn't much impacted her game when on the court. She is still winning more than 78 percent of her service games while connecting on first serves more than 50 percent of the time.

Serena Williams is always a threat to win anything, but her dropping to 16th in the world rankings means you should proceed with caution. Karolina Pliskova is someone you should keep on your radar, too. She is dominant when she drops her first serve in, winning nearly 70 percent of those points—the third-highest mark among anyone in the top 10 world rankings, trailing only Osaka and Barty.

Believe it or not, this is where we're leaning. Osaka would be our second pick, but she can still be a touch erratic when it comes to first serves and double-faults. Barty's continuity intrigues, but Pliskova's power is a game-changer when she's on.

OSB Prediction: Karolina Pliskova

Karolina Pliskova To win the Cincinnati Open

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Take a look at this list of the top online sportsbooks so you can decide which one to use for all your tennis betting: