Betting Odds, Tennis Tip & Prediction for Sabalenka – Rybakina ➔ Australian Open 2026, Final, Saturday, 31.01.2026, 09:30
Sabalenka against Rybakina – there’s a lot of power involved! The Belarusian smashes incredibly hard forehand balls into the court, while the Russian-born player, who competes for the Kazakh Tennis Federation, has a hard-hitting serve.
It’s going to be a really close game. In fact, the two best players of the tournament meet here and it promises to be an extremely close affair. The central question is whether Sabalenka can defuse her opponent’s service.
My Sabalenka Rybakina tip uses an attractive odds boost and relies on at least one tie-break at strong odds around 2.45 due to the equality of both players.
Incidentally, this was already the case at their last meeting in Riyadh in November.
Sabalenka vs. Rybakina AI predictions:
I mentioned the joint duel in Riyadh in November, which can certainly be seen as a small hint for my preferred player bet – to win Rybakina at odds around 2.45.
Because the Kazakh won in two sets against Sabalenka on the same surface, which is known to be rather rare.
But just as the Belarusian already had problems coping with the pace of her opponent’s first serve in the air-conditioned tennis hall in Saudi Arabia, she is likely to have a hard time with it in Melbourne.
Predicted chance of winning:
| Victory Sabalenka |
Victory Rybakina |
| 60% |
40% |
I still have a final suggestion in store, but I would prefer to use a Winamax free bet for this risky maneuver in order to pass on the betting risk to the bookmaker as far as possible.
Victory Rybakina with 2:0 is by no means unrealistic if she is as dominant as in the last rounds against Swiatek and Pegula. If the first serve is right, this scenario is absolutely conceivable.
The Kazakh has not yet dropped a set at the Australian Open and has also won her last two victories against Sabalenka without losing a set. At about 4.20 you can definitely try that!
What you need to know about Sabalenka vs. Rybakina betting
- It is the first Grand Slam final since Wimbledon 2008 in which both players did not lose a set in the tournament.
- Aryna Sabalenka won four of seven Grand Slam finals, two of them in Melbourne.
- In 2025, Sabalenka lost two of three Grand Slam finals (Australian Open, French Open).
- Elena Rybakina won her first Grand Slam final in 2022 at Wimbledon, but lost the Australian Open final to Sabalenka in 2023.
- Rybakina won eight times against world number one, four times against Sabalenka.
