5 men's singles players who can win Australian Open 2024

The Australian Open 2024 is set to begin in just 8 days. It will be the first major tournament of the year as far as Tennis is concerned. Everyone would love to win the tournament in the final at the iconic Rod Laver Arena. Men's singles is unarguably the toughest event for an athlete to win. It is an event where the best players in the world go toe to toe against each other to attain the glory. It has all the attention and rightfully so. Winning a grand slam is  ahuge feat in Tennis.

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There are many players on the tour who have multiple Grand Slam titles to their name. Some of them have multiple titles at the Australian Open. One of them have a record at the venue in winning the title. All of them are likely to be in action later this month. For the players who take part in the event, the ultimate goal would be to win the tournament. Many legends are playing in the tournament. Some of the players who are future greats can also emerge from the tournament.

Many legends are expected to be a part of the tournament this time around. Ahead of the first major Grand Slam event of the year, here are the 5 men's singles players who can win the tournament.

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas

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Stefanos Tsitsipas is one of the best players on tour. The Swiss star has a good game which is suitable for playing in the hard court and the clay court. particularly in hard courts, he seems to do well. Some of the best performances from Stefans have come on hard courts. The most famous of them all came at Australian Open in 2018.

He stunned the world by beating Roger Federer in the tournament. He has many such big wins at the Australian Open. Even in 2023, Stefanos was the runner up and lost only to the Serbian giant Novak Djokovic in the final. Stefanos will start the tournament as one of the favorites to win. Given his fitness and improved game, Tsisipas can give a run for money for many players.

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4. Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev is one of the fewest players to have dominated the world rankings in recent times despite the presence of some of the top players on tour like Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The star player gave his career-best performance when he beat Novak at the US Open in 2021. It denied the former of a golden opportunity to achieve a calendar slam.

Medvedev was terrific in the Australian Open 2022, where he gave one of the best performances of his career against Nadal. On hard courts, Medvedev is a proven player, like most of the current generation players. The former world number 1 has everything that takes to win the tournament. More importantly, he has the experience of beating the big players at bigger stage.

3. Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is one such player who can never be counted out despite how bad his form or lack of touch is. Nadal will be without enough match practice ahead of him. Without a doubt, there will be a lot of concerns over his participation in the tournament. But it is situations like these that bring the best out of the star player. The spaniard is a gladiator on the court.

When he steps on to the court, he makes sure tpo give the best performance. The Southpaw has the second most number of Grand Slam titles in the history of men's Tennis in singles category. The most brilliant of them probably came at the Australian Open in 2022, when he overcame Daniil Medvedev in a 5-set thriller in a brilliant battle of physical and mental toughness.

2. Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz is the latest sensation in Tennis. Many regard him to be the next great in the making. The Spaniard seems to have everything in his armory to challenge the best players in the world. 2023 was the best example of it where the youngster performed exceptionally well and overcame the huge challenge of Novak Djokovic at the grand stage in Wimbledon.

Alcaraz became the first player since 2018 to win men's Wimbledon other than the Serbian. The 20-year-old is very young and has the energy and power to perform at the Australian Open. Carlos already has 2 Grand Slam titles to his name. One of them came in the US Open, a hard court. Alcaraz would be hoping to win his maiden Australian Open title in 2024.

1. Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic will start yet another Australian Open as a favorite to win. At this point, it is pretty obvious that the world number 1 is the favorite to win most of the Grand Slam titles. The 36-year-old is as fit as his best version and is at the peak of his career despite having aged a significant number. Even at this age, he is good to face the younger players in the world.

The legacy of the Serbian is already established and he would only love to extend it as much as possible. Australian Open is his favorite hunting court, where he has claimed a record number of titles. On hard courts, Djokovic is a beast. The best performances of Djokovoc have come at the tournament. It is nearly impossible to beat the Serbian at the tournament.