Tennis betting strategies: tips and examples

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The bookmakers have one sport for which they give many events with different outcomes. This is tennis. Matches take place every day, 11 months a year and almost without interruption. This is due to the fact that athletes need to maintain their rating. Therefore, in terms of the number of matches, tennis is just a gift for handicappers. In addition, this is an individual sport, and it is much easier to analyze it than a team sport. But on the other hand, everything is not so simple. To make money on bookmakers, you need a clear plan of action. In this article, we will list the most popular tennis betting strategies. So let's get started.

Against the favorite

Despite the paradoxical name, this strategy is used quite often. Let's look at a specific example. The score is 3-0, the first set, and now the outsider manages to win back a point. The score becomes 3-1 and he serves next. This is where you can bet against the favorite in the hope that the outsider will "catch the courage" and win the nextgame. By the way, according to the same scheme, you can bet on table tennis. The strategy is the same.

A huge plus of this tactic is its versatility. It applies to any tennis match at any time. The disadvantages include low profitability.

Tennis Betting Strategy: Total

With regard to this sport, this tactic is not very effective. It seems to us that the bookmakers specifically came up with this type of bet to take money from honest cappers. Let's explain now.

Will the total pass or not depends entirely on whether there will be a 3rd set. But this is already very difficult to predict. Even if a serious fight is expected, there may still not be three sets. By betting on a handicap, we accurately determine the line of the match: the winner, possible breaks, etc. In the case of the total, elementary guessing works. And it's like tossing a coin. And on each throw bookmakers earn from 3 to 5%. You can predict totals only in matches of five sets. But the tennis federation has already abandoned them.

In general, we advise you to use all the tennis betting strategies listed in this article, except for the total. But if you are very lucky, then it will suit you completely.

Double rate

Recently, her popularity has grown significantly. And no wonder, because this is a win-win tennis betting strategy. You ask: “How is this possible?” Everything is simple. Money is placed on two possible outcomes at once. AtIn this case, the passage of at least one bet will provide a zero loss, and if both pass, then there will be a profit.

If the chances of opponents are about the same, then bookmakers give equal odds for their victory. In addition, it is allowed to bet on a zero handicap on games with similar odds. For this bet to win, the tennis player needs to win the match with a one-game advantage. If the opponents have the same number of games won, then there will be a refund. That is, by making a similar bet on a tennis player, you can make a profit even if in general he lost the match, but won more games. Important: before making such bets, you should thoroughly study the tennis players themselves.

If the odds for your chosen player are not very high, you can bet on a negative handicap. That is, you can bet money on the fact that your tennis player will beat his opponent by a certain margin. But such bets are appropriate when the favorite is an order of magnitude stronger than his opponent. In general, before choosing a match, it will not be superfluous to do a painstaking analysis of statistics.

Live Tennis Betting Strategies

We note right away that there are several of them, but we will talk about the most effective one. This is a bet on break points and breaks. But before proceeding to the explanation, let's list the advantages of live betting (tennis trading).

1. No time limit

In hockey, basketball, football and other well-known sports, the time of the match is limited. There is no such thing in tennis. It follows from this that the losing athlete in the case of a betterendurance, change of tactics, etc. can win back the advantage at any moment of the match. That is, it's never too late to fix things.

2. Specific scoring system

Some live tennis strategies focus on a specific scoring system. In this sport, it can take just a few minutes from taking the lead to a crushing loss. For example, a tennis player loses the first set with a score of 6-1, and the second with a break of 5-3. The momentary confusion of the leader, celebrating his victory in advance, leads to a score of 5-5 in games, and now the outsider wins the second set. The score in sets becomes 1-1, which means that the opponents already have equal chances. Following from this, the bookmaker will immediately equalize the odds.

3. Minimum starting capital

Tennis live betting strategies do not require a large bankroll. Let's use the above example. When the leader beats the outsider (6-1; 5-3) and serves, then the bet against him goes to the bookmakers with odds of 1.01 (provided that the tennis players are approximately equal in strength). If you bet $5 against the leader, then if your opponent wins, your winnings will be $500. And this money will be at your disposal in a matter of minutes. Let's imagine that the leader fell into a stupor from an unexpected loss and allowed an outsider to make an additional break at the beginning of the 3rd set. He took his serve and made a couple of break points on the leader's serve. For example, the odds on the latter rose to 36, and you bet the previously won $500 on it, since technically it is strongeropponent, and from the stupor should already come out. And the leader took up his mind, made a reverse break, snatching victory. What do we end up seeing? The $5 wagered at the start of the match turned into $17,000. And this is not a rare case. You can visit any betting exchange and see for yourself. Especially often such situations occur in the women's league.

Live tennis betting strategy: break points and breaks

This is a very effective and easy to understand tactic. To implement it, we will need to make a list of athletes who take the opponent’s serve well, or those who, being an outsider at the beginning of the game, are able to make a break. These indicators of tennis players may vary depending on the coverage of the court. Therefore, a separate rating must be maintained for each of them.

By the way, the leaders of the WTA and ATP leagues may not be in the first positions of such lists. It's just that, as practice shows, athletes who are strong in serving have a rather weak reception. And very often it is the strong in the pitch that are in higher positions. As a rule, tennis betting strategies are based on segmentation and classification, so we will delve into the discussion of serving.

To compile a list of "good in receiving" athletes, two types of ratings from statistics will help us - the number of breaks / break points and receiving serves. You also need starting odds for a tennis player to win. But there are two important remarks. First, the break list is suitable for replacing the break point list. Secondly, it is not necessary to evaluate the combinationreceiving ability versus serving power. It is enough to focus only on the reception. Within a game, only 4 points and a serve can lead to a failure. It is more important to capture the advantage of several points on the opponent's serve. If we consider replacing the ability to make a break with the ability to make a break point, then this is quite acceptable. In any case, when an athlete regularly makes break points, it is likely that sooner or later he will make a break. And only the inability to control his own serve prevents such a tennis player from becoming a real star.

And now let's give a good example of a strategy. To begin with, we rank the most active athletes (attending many competitions), focusing on the average number of break points per game in the last couple of years. When compiling, we immediately exclude young tennis players, since their technical arsenal is in the process of becoming. We also do not take into account matches with obvious favorites (odds less than 1.25) and do not consider athletes below 100th place in the ranking. Next, we select the starting odds in the selected bookmaker and multiply them by the number of break points for each game from the history. Now, by the average number of points in the final rating, it is possible to determine the degree of profitability of an athlete for this strategy.

After compiling the list, we will clearly evaluate the effectiveness of a particular tennis player. In the first set of the match, we wait for the break of an outsider (from the compiled rating) and see how an increased odds for the victory of the favorite appear in live. Remainsjust place a bet. The leaders rebound quite often, so in the long run you will make a profit.

Conclusion

So now you know tennis betting strategies. It remains only to put them into practice and earn a lot of money. Good luck!