The Most Common Type of Tennis Wagering

Bookmakers offer not as many tennis wagering markets as hockey and especially football. This is understandable because in a tennis match there are fewer players involved, there are no penalties, penalties, fouls, penalty minutes, etc. But every good bookmaker will have a decent line-up of tennis wagers and a decent spread, so there’s plenty to choose from. Apart from the main outcomes (victory of one of the opponents), you can wager on the results of sets, totals, handicaps (by sets and by games). In the most popular matches, wagers are taken on individual player statistics (e.g. eights, double faults, number of break points, and sometimes percentage of balls won, percentage of first serve). Note that sometimes wagers can also be placed in best UK casino sites.

Wagering on a winner

The easiest wagering option is on the outcome (winner) of the match. Winning is usually the one with the cheapest margin and the highest wagering limits, but odds are unlikely to vary significantly.

Statistically, this market is the most popular among wagerers. Many inexperienced players start wagering on wins in tennis. Low odds favourites and odds doubles are popular with newcomers, but such tactics are rarely successful (more on this below).

Handicaps

Handicaps are also known as handicaps. Wagering on a handicap in tennis means trying to guess the difference in games that one player will win against the other.

A handicap in tennis, as in other sports, can be a plus or minus handicap. A plus handicap is given to underdogs and a minus handicap to favourites. For example, if you wager on one of the players to win with a handicap (-3.5), you need to win with a total difference of at least 4 games (for example 6:4, 6:4 or 7:6, 6:3). If you wager on a handicap (+3.5), you’ll have to make sure that your player doesn’t lose by more than 3 games (for example 6:7, 4:6).

When wagering on a handicap in tennis, it is possible that your player loses, but the handicap wagering…