Tennis Betting
The simplicity of the game itself is what makes tennis betting both a pleasure and a delight. Consider this:
Aside from doubles, tennis is primarily an individual sport. And because you don’t have to worry about matters such as team dynamics or managerial decisions as is the case with sports such as basketball, football or baseball, betting on tennis is a little more straightforward.
Moreover, there’s plenty of action to bet on with 4 grand slam tournaments, the masters series and international events played all year round. With so much tennis being played, you could easily choose to bet on tennis exclusively and not have to dabble in other sports betting.
The fact that most major games are shown live on TV and statistical information on previous matches is readily available from the internet means you don’t have to carry out painstaking research as is the case with other sports.
Injuries and fitness issues aside, the form of tennis players can be a very good guide to future performance and can be basis for your tennis betting.
Additionally, there are a lot of tennis betting options available, including betting on variables such as the number of aces scored, the number of sets each player will win, how long a match will last, the number of delays caused by bad weather, propositions, updated futures and in-running betting, just to name a few.
Picking winners in a tennis tournament’s early stages is usually quite easy, and a good way to win money in tennis betting, which you can then use to fund more serious bets later on. Placing a level stake on players seeded 1 to 10 (as long as they aren’t playing one another) is one way to make money in the early rounds. Imagine how much you could make should all ten top seeds survive the first round. Better still if you happen to place them all in a small-stake accumulator.
An important thing to remember in tennis betting is that the fair price of a match between any two players can differ significantly between the Grand Slam events where 5 sets are played and the traditional “best of three set” tournaments.
This is because in a 5-set match, the match can be won in three ways: three sets to two, three sets to one, or win three straight sets . However, there’s only two possible ways to win a 3-set match: two sets to zero or two sets to one.
Depending on the difference in skill level, a 5-set match format can suit the favorite more than the underdog as compared to a 3-set match which can easily go either way.
Whatever route you decide to take, tennis betting offers a lot of opportunities to make good profits – just make sure you do your homework.