We have Australian Open Tennis picks and predictions for Day 3 action on Tuesday, where some of the world’s best are in action in Melbourne.
Australian Open Day 3 Tips & Predictions
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Best Bet
2026 could be a breakout year for Belinda Bencic, who played great during the United Cup, and she has long been touted as a grand slam champion.
Her career hasn’t quite panned out the way it was expected to, but her experience, coupled with a soft women’s draw, could see her win her first major title.
She needs to get past Katie Boulter, and she should have no trouble. Bencic has the clear class advantage over the Brit, and the 10th seed should win in straight sets by a comfortable margin. We have Bencic winning 6-3, 6-1, which is enough to cover the –5.5 spread.
Include the Swiss star in your Australian Open tennis multis this week.
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Next Best
Tallon Griekspoor faces Ethan Quinn in the first round, and the latest tennis odds aren’t giving the favourite too much respect.
Griekspoor is only –2.5 with spread markets, and we rate him much higher than Quinn. The Dutchman is a former #21, and he’s a seeded player at the Australian Open, so he should be paying around $1.25 to beat the American.
There is good value in both the $1.55 for Griekspoor to win and the –2.5 games, but because we have Griekspoor winning comfortably, punters should take the better value on offer.
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Punters get value odds for Karolina Pliskova, who is over the odds against Sloane Stephens.
Stephens might have won the most recent meeting in straight sets at the French Open, but that came on a different surface, and Stephens hasn’t quite been the same player since. Her recent form is only fair, and Pliskova could take advantage of the hard courts of Melbourne Tennis Park.
The American is 0-2 to start the year, suffering losses in Mexico and Auckland in the first round, so getting $2.65 for her opponent is an excellent tennis bet on Tuesday.
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Value Bet
Tomas Machac might be playing well after winning in Brisbane, but he doesn’t have the level of experience in grand slams that Grigor Dimitrov has.
Dimitrov has seen it all in the tennis world, and even if he’s not playing career-best tennis, he is good enough to cause a minor upset over Machac, who could get a taste of grand slam reality on Tuesday afternoon.
It’s good to see a level of respect in betting markets for Dimitrov, who is a fighter, and it could be a five-set thriller in Melbourne. That plays into the hands of Dimitrov, who loves to dig in when playing big matches.
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