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- Carissa Moore is the 4/6 favourite to win the WSL Women's Championship ahead of final
- Tyler Wright close second favourite in the market at 5/2
- We look at the final standings in the World Surf League
Carissa Moore is the 4/6 favourite to win the WSL Women's Championship ahead of final
The final round of the 2023 World Surf league is set to take place this week with the Rip Curl WSL Finals taking place in California on September 7-15.
The event sees the top five surfers from both the men's and women's regular season standings have separate final rounds which consist of 4 head-to-head matches to find the overall winner.
UK Betting Sites are offering odds on the Women's World Surf League Finals with top seed Carissa Moore the 4/6 favourite to win the whole thing as she's already qualified for the final.
William Hill say that there's a 60% chance that she wins the tournament that fourth and fifth seed Molly Picklum and Caitlin Simmers will kick off.
| Women's World Surf League Champion | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Carissa Moore | 4/6 | 60.0% |
| Tyler Wright | 5/2 | 28.6% |
| Caroline Marks | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Caitlin Simmers | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Molly Picklum | 18/1 | 5.3% |
What the expert says..
Tyler Wright close second favourite in the market at 5/2
Tyler Wright has been consistent throughout the WSL Women's Championship season and is the second seed for the WSL Final this week after finishing just behind Moore in the ladder.
Wright was just under 400 points behind Moore in the overall standings which is extremely tight considering the gap in the mens side between the top two was 8,000 points.
The betting odds now say that there's a 28% chance of Wright winning the Final and she starts off in the third match, or the semi-final, due to her second seeding.
We look at the final standings in the World Surf League
The final standings of the World Surf League Women's ladder sees Carissa Moore at the top ahead of Tyler Wright after three wins across the season.
Caroline Marks was just under 3,000 points behind Moore in third spot with around 8,000 points the difference between 1st and 4th place in the standings.
The leaderboard below, from the World Surf League's Wikipedia page shows the exact standings and results throughout the season with Caroline Marks winning the last event.
| Position | +/- | Surfer |
WCT 1 |
WCT 2 |
WCT 3 |
WCT 4 |
WCT 5 |
WCT 6 |
WCT 7 |
WCT 8 |
WCT 9 |
WCT 10 |
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Carissa Moore (HAW) (O) (Q) |
1st | 5th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | - | 62,490 | |
| 2 | |
Tyler Wright (AUS) (O) (Q) |
2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | - | 62,065 | |
| 3 | |
Caroline Marks (USA) (Q) |
9th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 1st | - | 59,870 | |
| 4 | |
Molly Picklum (AUS) (O) (Q) |
5th | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | - | 54,070 | |
| 5 | |
Caitlin Simmers (USA) (Q) |
9th | 5th | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 1st | 9th | 2nd | - | 49,070 |
