Tennis is one of the biggest sports on the planet, played across all 5 continents, with the ATP (Men’s Tour) and the WTA (Women’s Tour) and the ITF (International Tennis Federation) governing over 200 tournaments between them, per year.
As a result, betting on tennis is an extensive but potentially lucrative vocation and knowing how to bet on tennis intelligently can be difficult.
Here is our guide to how bet on tennis more intelligently:-
- Utilise Tennis Offers
Tennis is no different to any other sporting event on the calendar and bookmakers are always looking to stay on trend by offering special deals that encourage people to bet on tennis. So look out for offers around the Grand Slams (Wimbledon/US Open/French Open/Australian Open) and the special offers, free bets and enhanced odds that will be there for punters to use.
- Keeping Options Open
Having active accounts with several different bookmakers can ensure punters get the best possible odds available at any given time and the flourishing and competitive market between bookmakers means the efficient punter should be always betting with the best possible odds
- Markets and Odds
Tennis is one of the very few sports that offers a straight win/loss market which instantly assists the punter in a two-horse race and odds can vary dramatically from bookie to bookie. Odds comparison websites (such as Oddschecker.com) are extremely useful when scouring the market for the best odds and the depth of the markets available make it an extremely handy tool to maximise winnings. Away from the glitz and glamour of the big events, most bookmakers do offer competitive odds on ATP, WTA and ITF tour events – ranging from outright winners of each event to how many games/sets/tie breaks each match will contain – multiplying winning opportunities for punters once more.
- Market Variety
With its unique scoring system, there is an array of tennis betting markets available. Most tennis matches have over 60 different permutations that punters can look to exploit. Ranging from set/game betting (how many sets/games a player will win), how many games there will be in a particular match (over and under market) and whether the match will contain a tie-break or not. This variety helps the punter cater for the often one-sided nature of tennis at the elite level.
- In-Play Tennis Betting
In-play tennis betting has revolutionised the way in which punters operate in the tennis betting market. While it will never replace betting on the overall outcome of matches or tournaments, in-play betting provides an instantaneous and arguably more exciting avenue for generating profits. Betting on live tennis live can be highly profitable, is not time consuming whatsoever and allows the better, to become engrossed in the live action and develop a better understanding of the game.
- Live Streaming
The advancement in popularity within in-play tennis betting has largely been down to the offer of live streaming on betting websites. Companies compete for the rights to show competitive tennis on the ATP, WTA and ITF tours on their websites and it has enabled customers to get a more rounded tennis betting experience.
- Tennis Knowledge Helps!
It perhaps goes without saying that tennis knowledge is essential when deciding what/who to back, as lots of external factors such as player form, court surface and players returning from injury can all play a key role. The world rankings are not definitive in terms of deciphering a bet as – lots of players have favoured surfaces (e.g Nadal on clay) where they tend to get their best results and big seeds can often fall to lesser known players if the surfaces don’t suit their games.
