Wimbledon Betting
Wimbledon is viewed as the best, if not most prestigious, tennis tournament in the world by fans and professional tennis players alike. And because of it’s popularity, more money is spent on Wimbledon betting than on any of the other grand slam events.
Known formally as "The Championships, Wimbledon", Wimbledon is the oldest event in the history of tennis drawing the very best of tennis players from across the world in a tournament that is played over two weeks every June and July. Perhaps this is why it’s so popular with fans with Wimbledon betting attracting more bets than all the other grand slam events put together.
Wimbledon is the third of four Grand Slam events, which are played every year on the professional tennis tour, coming after the Australian Open and the French Open. And of all the four Grand slam events, it is the only tournament played on grass, with all 19 courts composed purely of rye grass.
Tennis balls tend to have a different speed and lower bounce on grass, which tends to favor serve and volley players, a factor which is often taken into account in Wimbledon betting.
Seeding for men at the Wimbledon tournament is based on both the players' world ranking and the players’ pedigree on grass, taking into account their previous perfomance at Wimbledon. This is in part down to the fact that grass is the least used surface on the ATP and WTA tours and provides its own unique challenges compared to the clay and hard courts used in the other three grand slams.
As such, you will find that a player who is ranked in the top 10 may be seeded 15th at Wimbledon. Similarly, a player who is ranked outside the top in the world rankings, may be seeded ahead of a player who is ranked in the top 10. As with any other tennis events, the seeding system will have a bearing on the odds and betting at Wimbledon.
On the other hand, the ladies' seeding for Wimbledon is matched to the WTA rankings, the reason being that different court surfaces tend to have less impact on the women's game. As such, your criteria for Wimbledon betting on women matches should differ from the one you use for men.
A history of the Wimbledon winners makes for an interesting fact in Wimbledon betting.
Since it’s inception in 1968, exactly half of the ladies’ winners were seeded number one, with Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf accounting for 13 of the 20 wins out of 40. However, in recent years, there hasn’t been a dominant player in the ladies game, making number one seed wins less likely.
A similar trend has been seen in the men’s game with 18 of the 40 men's Wimbledon champions seeded one.
All this should be taken into account when you sit down to draw your game plan for Wimbledon betting.