2022 ATP Montpellier Winner Odds Favor Zverev to Win His 20th Title This Weekend

By: Eniko

Posted: February 2, 2022

Updated: February 2, 2022

2022 Open Sud de France is held this week, 31 January - 6 February in Montpellier
Belgian David Goffin won last year, French players are also in former winners
The world No3 Alexander Zverev is the top favorite this year

After the thrilling final of the 2022 Australian Open, tennis fans don't need to wait long for the next tournament. As the 2022 Open Sud de France is held this week, between 31 January - 6 February in Montpellier. The 2022 ATP Montpellier winner odds favor Alexander Zverev but other top players can also get the trophy. Like French Gael Monfils who reached the last eight in this year's Australian Open. Or last year's finalist, Spanish Roberto Bautista-Agut along with the 2021 winner, David Goffin. The 35th edition of the ATP Open Sud de France is held this week at the usual location since 2010, at the Arena Montpellier. The ATP 250 tournament is held on indoor hard courts. So players will compete again inside after the warm conditions in Australia. We can find mostly French players in recent winners like Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, and Richard Gasquet. The latter won the event the most times, on four occasions, but his win now would be a surprise. As we can find several top 50 players in the field from Roberto Bautista Agut to last year's winner, David Goffin. While the top seed of the event is world No3 Alexander Zverev.

2022 ATP Montpellier Winner Odds: French Favorites

French fans will hope for a good performance from their local favorites like Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbert. And of course, from the former tournament winners, Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The world No20, Gael Monfils seems the strongest of them, especially after his great start of the season. As the 35-year-old won his 11th ATP Tour title at the Adelaide International and reached the quarter-final at the Australian Open. He also won this tournament three times already. So it's not surprising that online gambling sites in France mention him in the top favorites with the odds of 8.00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWMQJEf3pL8 One of the youngest talents of the sport, 23-year-old Ugo Humbert will also compete in the open. He played in his first ATP Cup at the beginning of the year where he defeated world No2 Daniil Medvedev. Sadly even this great win wasn't enough for France to reach the knockout stage. But it was nevertheless a great result from Humbert. Now he will start against his compatriot and event record-winner Richard Gasquet. With bookmakers favoring the young French to get the win. While the defending champion, Belgian David Goffin is likely to have an easier job against another French player, Benjamin Bonzi in the first round. Goffin is the 8th seed of the tournament this year and has the odds of 34.00 to win it again.

Zverev Leads the 2022 ATP Montpellier Winner Odds

Alexander Zverev has already won the Open Sud de France once before, in 2017 when he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final. Now the world No3 is the top seed of the tournament and the biggest favorite of the online sportsbooks in France. They offer the odds of 2.20 for his victory. Zverev got to the fourth round in 2022 Australian Open but was beaten there by Canadian Denis Shapovalov. The German can get back to winning in France now after a hugely successful last year. When he won six ATP titles and the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. One of his biggest rivals can be world No18 Roberto Bautista-Agut who has the odds of 6.00 in the 2022 ATP Montpellier winner odds. The Spanish player reached the final at last year's event and can go all the way again. He got to the third round in the first Grand Slam of the season, where he was beaten by American Taylor Fritz. The 33-year-old played well in the 2022 ATP Cup though and helped Spain to reach the final. After winning all his singles matches in the group stage and defeating Polish Hubert Hurkacz in the semi-final. Bautista-Agut and Spain lost the final against Canada but he can still win in France now.