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Top Five Men’s Singles Favorites for 2019 Australian Open

By Harry Floyd

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates a point in the mixed doubles match against Belinda Bencic and Roger Federer of Switzerland during day eight of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena on January 05, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/Getty Images)
PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 05: Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates a point in the mixed doubles match against Belinda Bencic and Roger Federer of Switzerland during day eight of the 2019 Hopman Cup at RAC Arena on January 05, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Will Russell/Getty Images) /
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – DECEMBER 29: Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebartes against Kevin Anderson of South Africa during the men’s final match of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship at International Tennis Centre Zayed Sports City on December 29, 2018 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) /

You guessed it… Novak Djokovic tops the list of our top five favorites to take the men’s singles title at this year’s Australian Open.

Novak Djokovic enters the 2019 ATP Tour as the world number one in men’s singles tennis and the favorite to take the title at the Australian Open. He beats out two-time defending champion Roger Federer in our mind. Despite Federer’s recent success at Melbourne Park and on tour in general, Djokovic has surged, winning the two final slams of 2018. Nole also has six men’s singles titles to his name at the Australian Open.

Wrapping up the year in the world number one position, Djokovic claimed titles at Wimbledon and the US Open before finishing runner-up to Alexander Zverev at the ATP Finals in London.

Then, Djokovic kicked off the year winning the Mubadala Tennis Championship over Kevin Anderson and reaching the semifinals at the Qatar Open in Doha. There, the world number one was stunned by Roberto Bautista Agut but he still walks away with yet another impressive tournament performance.

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Prior to play on the 2019 ATP Tour, Djokovic was our WAY TOO EARLY PICK to take the title at the 2019 Australian Open. He was our men’s singles favorite and remains just that. On the women’s singles side, Caroline Wozniacki was our early pick to defend her title. We will keep an eye on the final days leading up to the Grand Slam action and see whether or not anything shakes up in terms of who has the best shot to win.

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