Tennis Betting
Tennis betting is very popular in Great Britain, where it ranks second only to soccer betting as far as popularity and revenue generated. This European influence and popularity is why online sportsbooks offer tennis betting regularly compared to Las Vegas, which basically sticks with the major events. Placing a bet on tennis involves money lines instead of point-spreads.
An interesting phenomenon in tennis betting is that just a few select players dominate the gambling odds as you bet on tennis. The men’s side of the court has Roger Federer a heavy tennis betting favorite in every tournament he enters while the women have a top three or four that are heavy tennis betting favorites.
What this means for tennis betting fans is that the best way for a gambler to profit at tennis betting is to bet on matchups, in which the sportsbook will post money line odds on the two tennis players going against each other in a match. This is strictly a money line bet similar to what you see in baseball or hockey.
Matchups will be put up as the tournament progresses with the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final getting the most attention. Betting a player to win an event is much more difficult because of the low prices and the domination by just a few players.
Surface is the key to handicapping tennis at sportsbooks and they vary from hard courts, to grass, to clay and the different individual tennis players each play and react differently depending on what surface they are on. Tracking how player’s produce on the different surfaces is a must in tennis betting.
Injuries and fatigue can be every bit as important of factors in tennis betting as they are in betting American football and should be monitored closely when you bet on tennis. Tennis betting is an interesting option for gamblers around the world. It provides some good wagering opportunities during the year if you look to bet on tennis.
Tennis Articles
Federer skipping French Open is good news for Djokovic
Novak Djokovic’s tennis betting odds of finally winning a French Open may have improved thanks – indirectly – to Roger Federer’s withdrawal from Roland Garros. The Swiss would have been seeded third at the French Open; his pulling out of the tournament means that Rafael Nadal will be moved up to the 4th seeding. As a result, the chance of a quarterfinal rematch between Nadal and Djokovic becomes null and void – meaning that the Serb should in theory have no trouble making it past that stage. Nadal is known as the King of Clay and has won the French Open 9 times; or, if you prefer, nine more times than Djokovic.
Murray’s Odds Of Winning French Open Better Than Ever
Andy Murray’s tennis betting odds of winning the French Open – also known as Roland Garros – are better than ever following his defeat of world No 1 Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3 in Sunday's Rome Masters final. The French Open is the season's only clay-court Grand Slam – and Murray had already beaten the 'King of Clay' Rafael Nadal previously at Madrid, yet another sign of the Scotsman’s steady improvement on the red stuff. Murray’s victory in Rome was his first title in the Italian capital as well as his first win over the Serbian on the clay – and only his third from their last 15 clashes on any surface.
Tennis Betting: Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Inigo Cervantes
Tennis betting has probably seen more exciting matchups than Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Íñigo ‘Montoya’ Cervantes, which takes place at Internazionali BNL D'Italia – aka Italian Open – on Tuesday May 10th. But wouldn’t it be awesome if right before the match the Spaniard told the German: “Hello. My name is Íñigo Cervantes. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” And then he would proceed to defeat the favorite Kohlschreiber (-550) in singles combat. Well okay, he would not really be avenging his father’s death, but he would be getting a measure of revenge for the loss that Kohlschreiber inflicted on him in 2010 in Auckland (6-2,6-3).
Who’d win a match between Djokovic and “mini-Djokovic”?
Sometimes tennis betting affords fans a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, such as being able to watch World No. 1 Novak Djokovic face off against wunderkind Borna Coric – also known as “mini-Djokovic.” According to AP, top-seeded Djokovic will make his Madrid Open (aka Madrid Masters) debut on Wednesday against either clay Nicolas Almagro – which means his pretty good playing in clay courts and sadly not that he is a shape-shifter – or 19-year-old Croatian Coric. I’m keeping my fingers and my toes crossed that it will be the latter, just to see what happens if Djokovic beats himself.
Favorites to Win 2016 French Open Championship
Who to bet on tennis when the 2016 French Open championship rolls around on May 16th? The usual suspects are, well, the usual, as we are about to see below.
2016 ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Preview
For the fans that Bet on Tennis this coming week we have the Jewel of the Mediterranean in the game of Tennis with the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters and the matches are played on clay courts at the Country Club of Monte Carlo. This is a very popular tournament with both the participants and the fans.
2016 Australian Open Mens Final Betting Preview
With the 2016 Australian Open Tennis Tournament coming to its end, we have the Men’s Final on this Sunday the 31st of January 2016 with the World No. 1 N. Djokovic facing the World No. 2 A. Murray to determine this year’s Champion with the match being played at the Rod Laver Arena in Down-Under Melbourne, Australia.
2016 Australian Open Mens Semifinal – Djokovic vs. Murray
The 2016 Australian Open on the Men’s side for singles is down to the Semifinal round as the World No.1 N. Djokovic of Serbia faces the No. 2 A. Murray of Scotland with the match taking place on Thursday the 28th of January 2016.
2016 Australian Open Womens Semifinal – Serena Williams vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
As the 2016 Australian Tennis Open moves on, this Thursday the 28th of January 2016 we have the pleasure of previewing the Women’s semifinal match between the World’s No. 1 ranked S. Williams at 34 playing the Polish and World’s No. 3 ranked A. Radwanska at age 25 with the match being played at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia with no early odds available as of this writing.
2016 Australian Open Mens Quarterfinal – Murray vs. Ferrer
As the 2016 Australian Tennis Open comes down to the quarter finals and semifinal matches, on Wednesday the 27th of January 2016 we have the Men’s Quarterfinal match between the World ranked No. 2 Andy Murray (28 years old) of Scotland playing the No.7 ranked David Ferrer (33years old) of Spain with the match played at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.