Australian Open (Women's) Preview w/ Stats & Futures Odds

Did not include a 2018 Potential Path to the Final for the Women (as i have for the Men's preview) because you can make a case for so many different players to make a deep run.  I think anyone in the Top 10 is capable of winning this.  There is no clear bookies favorites either with the Top 7 faves being anywhere between +700 to +1200 range, there is not much separating them. Then there's another group in the +2000 to +3000  range who have some live capable dogs.  This is the definition of a craps shoot. 

1 Simona Halep (ROU)

Odds to Win = +700

Career Record at Australian Open = 10-7

Best Result = QF (2014, 2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Rogers (3-6, 1-6)

2 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)

Odds to Win = +1000

Career Record at Australian Open = 25-10

Best Result = SF (2011)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Konta (3-6, 1-6)

3 Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

Odds to Win = +1000

Career Record at Australian Open = 13-5

Best Result = QF (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in QF to Vandeweghe (4-6, 0-6)

4 Elina Svitolina (UKR)

Odds to Win = +700

Career Record at Australian Open = 7-5

Best Result = R3 (2015, 2017)

2017 Result =Lost in R3 to Pavlyuchenkova (5-7, 6-4, 3-6)

5 Venus Williams (USA)

Odds to Win = +2500

Career Record at Australian Open = 51-17

Best Result = Final (2003, 2017)

2017 Result = Lost in Final to Serena (4-6, 4-6)

6 Karolina Pliskova (CZE)

Odds to Win = +800

Career Record at Australian Open = 9-5

Best Result = QF (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in QF to Lucic Baroni (4-6, 6-3, 4-6)

7 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

Odds to Win = +3000

Career Record at Australian Open = 2-2

Best Result = R3 (2017) 

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Ka Pliskova (6-4, 0-6, 8-10)

8 Caroline Garcia (FRA)

Odds to Win = +3500

Career Record at Australian Open = 5-6

Best Result = R3 (2015, 2017)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Strycova (2-6, 5-7)

9 Johanna Konta (GBR)

Odds to Win = +2000

Career Record at Australian Open = 9-2

Best Result = SF (2016)

2017 Result = Lost in QF to Serena (2-6, 3-6)

10 CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)

Odds to Win = +2000

Career Record at Australian Open = 7-6

Best Result = SF (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in SF to Venus (7-6, 2-6, 3-6)

11 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

Odds to Win = +20000

Career Record at Australian Open = 4-6

Best Result = R3 (2016)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Konjuh (4-6, 2-6)

12 Julia Goerges (GER)

Odds to Win = +2000

Career Record at Australian Open = 15-9

Best Result = R4 (2012, 2013, 2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R2 to Jankovic (3-6, 4-6)

13 Sloane Stephens (USA)

Odds to Win = +5000

Career Record at Australian Open = 9-5

Best Result = SF (2013)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

14 Anastasija Sevastova (LAT)

Odds to Win = +6000

Career Record at Australian Open = 6-4

Best Result = R4 (2011)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Muguruza (4-6, 2-6)

15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Odds to Win = +8000

Career Record at Australian Open = 10-9

Best Result = QF (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in QF to Venus (4-6, 6-7)

16 Elena Vesnina (RUS)

Odds to Win = +20000

Career Record at Australian Open = 12-11

Best Result = R4 (2006)

2017 Result =Lost in R3 to Brady (6-7, 2-6)

17 Madison Keys (USA)

Odds to Win = +2000

Career Record at Australian Open = 11-5

Best Result = SF (2015)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

18 Ashleigh Barty (AUS)

Odds to Win = +3000

Career Record at Australian Open = 2-4

Best Result = R3 (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Barthel (4-6, 6-3, 3-6)

19 Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Odds to Win = +15000

Career Record at Australian Open = 3-8

Best Result = R2 (2014, 2015, 2016)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

20 Barbora Strycova (CZE)

Odds to Win = +10000

Career Record at Australian Open = 14-10

Best Result = R4 (2016, 2017)

2017 Result = Lost in R4 to Serena (5-7, 4-6)

21 Angelique Kerber (GER)

Odds to Win = +1000

Career Record at Australian Open = 21-9

Best Result = Winner (2016)

2017 Result = Lost in R4 to Vandeweghe (2-6, 3-6)

22 Daria Kasatkina (RUS)

Odds to Win = +8000

Career Record at Australian Open = 2-2

Best Result = R3 (2016)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Peng (0-6, 6-7)

23 Daria Gavrilova (AUS)

Odds to Win = +8000

Career Record at Australian Open = 7-4

Best Result = R4 (2016, 2017)

2017 Result = Lost in R4 to Ka Pliskova (3-6, 3-6)

24 Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

Odds to Win = +4000

Career Record at Australian Open = 19-10

Best Result = Final (2014)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Makarova (2-6, 7-6, 3-6)

25 Shuai Peng (CHN)

Odds to Win = +25000

Career Record at Australian Open = 13-12

Best Result = R4 (2011, 2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R2 to Bouchard (6-7, 2-6)

26 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Odds to Win = +5000

Career Record at Australian Open = 33-11

Best Result = SF (2014, 2016)

2017 Result = Lost in R2 to Lucic Baroni (3-6, 2-6)

27 Petra Kvitova (CZE)

Odds to Win = +2000

Career Record at Australian Open = 14-8

Best Result = SF (2012)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

28 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO)

Odds to Win = +50000

Career Record at Australian Open = 6-9

Best Result = SF (2017)

2017 Result = Lost in SF to Serena (2-6, 1-6)

29 Lucie Safarova (CZE)

Odds to Win = +10000

Career Record at Australian Open = 12-11

Best Result = QF (2007)

2017 Result = Lost in R2 to Serena (3-6, 4-6)

30 Kiki Bertens (NED)

Odds to Win = +25000

Career Record at Australian Open = 1-5

Best Result = R2 (2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Lepchenko (5-7, 6-7)

31 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)

Odds to Win = +10000

Career Record at Australian Open = 29-10

Best Result = SF (2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R4 to Konta (1-6, 4-6)

32 Anett Kontaveit (EST)

Odds to Win = +12500

Career Record at Australian Open = 0-2

Best Result = R1 (2016, 2017)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Sakkari (0-6, 4-6)

Other Notable Unranked Players 

Maria Sharapova (RUS)

Odds to Win = +1200

Career Record at Australian Open = 51-12

Best Result = Winner (2008)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

Belinda Bencic (SUI)

Odds to Win = +3000

Career Record at Australian Open = 4-4

Best Result = R4 (2016)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Serena (4-6, 3-6)

Camila Giorgi (ITA)

Odds to Win = +5000

Career Record at Australian Open = 3-5

Best Result = R3 (2015)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Bacsinszky (4-6, 6-3, 5-7)

Kaia Kanepi (EST)

Odds to Win = +8000

Career Record at Australian Open = 6-8

Best Result = R3 (2009)

2017 Result = Did Not Play

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)

Odds to Win = +12500

Career Record at Australian Open = 0-0

Best Result = Never Qualified

2017 Result = Lost in Qualifying

Catherine Bellis (USA)

Odds to Win = +15000

Career Record at Australian Open = 0-0

Best Result = Never Played

2017 Result = Did Not Play

Marketa Vondrousova (CZE)

Odds to Win = +15000

Career Record at Australian Open = 0-0

Best Result = Never Played

2017 Result = Did Not Play

Samantha Stosur (AUS)

Odds to Win = +20000

Career Record at Australian Open = 18-15

Best Result = R4 (2010)

2017 Result = Lost in R1 to Watson (3-6, 6-3, 0-6)

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)

Odds to Win = +20000

Career Record at Australian Open = 12-4

Best Result = SF (2014)

2017 Result = Lost in R3 to Vandeweghe (4-6, 6-3, 5-7)