The top-two ranked nominees for the Newcombe Medal, Australian tennis’ best and fairest award, both agree on who is likely to win the prize, and it’s not them.

World no.21 Sam Stosur and world no.25 Daria Gavrilova have predicted that wheelchair tennis ace and dual Paralympic gold medalist Dylan Alcott will become the first disabled athlete to claim the medal at the Melbourne ceremony on Monday night.

“Dylan is obviously the stand-out with his two gold medals and what he’s been able to achieve this year on top of many years. You’d have to say he’s the No.1 contender,” Stosur said at Melbourne Park on Wednesday.