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Not one player is available at a shorter price than Petra Kvitova ( ), with Karolina Pliskova ( ) and Brit Jo Konta ( ) next in the running.

For Kvitova, victory would mark a stunning turnaround, after she was stabbed in the hand in her own home in December. 

Victory at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham enhances her chances, though she has fallen short of the fourth round in both of the last two years and is nursing an abdominal injury.

Pliskova, meanwhile, has reached the latter stages of the last three Slams, so should go close herself.

In front of a home crowd, though, Konta may never enjoy such a good opportunity to claim a Wimbledon title.

The Australian-born player has enjoyed limited success at Wimbledon previously, failing to progress beyond the second round in five attempts.

But while dealing with home pressure is a sizable hurdle to overcome, her form is good.

The 26-year-old reached the final of the Aegon Open without dropping a set, before progressing to the semi-final at Eastbourne where she pulled out with an, admittedly worrying, back injury.

You can back the title not to leave the Williams household, meanwhile, with five-time champion Venus out at .

Best of the rest

French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko impressed in Paris, obviously, and is available at to lift this title.

That no female other than Serena Williams has won back-back Slams since Kim Clijsters in 2011, though, suggests that a second in two months is a stretch for the 20-year-old.

The Latvian will also be aware that Garbine Muguruza ( ) exited at the second-round stage last year after winning the French Open.

Runner-up at Roland Garros, Simona Halep, has reached the latter stages of this event twice in the last three years.

The world No.2 is out at , and looks particularly good at that price, considering she looked in decent form at Eastbourne before defeat to Caroline Wozniacki.

Victoria Azarenka ( ) has only just returned from the birth of her first child, while it is a mark of the field that only at this stage is world No.1 Angelique Kerber ( ) worth a mention after an underwhelming 2017.

Elina Svitolina ( ) and Caroline Wozniacki ( ) are outside bets but, in truth, this is virtually impossible to call.