Tennis Betting
Tennis betting combines two of this country’s favourite pastimes – betting on anything and the shiny and expensive world of international jet-setting tennis and the stunning players who make up the world’s competition.
The tennis is one of Australia’s favourite international sports. We host a grand slam tournament right here in Australia’s tennis haven, the great city of Melbourne, called the Australian Open and international players absolutely love the vicious heat and even fiercer competition that it draws. It’s also been a sport that we have traditionally perform quite well in. Well, traditionally in the sense that Australian players used to perform quite well at it. We’ve been home to some very major champions in both the women’s and the men’s competitions, with prior champions still holding unmatched records from decades ago. They’d have to be decades ago because lately we haven’t been really featuring in the top 10 in either competition. That doesn’t stop sports-loving and mad tennis fans who continue to place Australian dollars on a whole range of different tennis betting options. But how well do you know your tennis betting and are you aware that the thrill of a good gamble on a win or lose game can be gained at other sporting venues where the dress code a little less strict than at Wimbledon, say? Like your own couch at home? Or available on your mobile device?
How to bet on tennis and win?
When it comes to tennis betting on a tennis match either here at home or overseas, you have a whole host of options that you can choose from. If you’re exactly sure how a tennis match actually works, here’s a quick breakdown. You see, a player must win the best of either 5 or 3 tennis sets which go up to a point score value of 6. The men’s tennis tournaments usually dictate a win to be the best of 5 sets while the women’s tournaments usually dictate a win of the best of 3. Doubles matches, which involve the full use of the tennis court and four players of two to each side, usually play to the best of 3 sets as well. In the advent of a tie at the end of a set, there will be a tie-breaker with the winner achieving no less than 6 points in total and two ahead of their opponent. There are super-tiebreakers as well depending on which tournament the players are playing in.
The ATP major titles are the grand slams and these are the Australian Open, the French Open, the US open and Wimbledon. The Brits always have to be a bit different. Although, there was a long drought in Britain between champions so we can probably let them have their special sounding tournament. Tennis was also created in Britain too so that must give them some sort of special rights. ATP stands for Association of Tennis Professionals so these tournaments are for professional players only. The WTA stands for Women’s Tennis Association and was created to enhance the female competition, driving for more equal playing rights. While the major grand slams see professional players pit themselves against one another for the coveted grand slam win, there are also tournaments like the Davis Cup which actually pits countries against countries.
OK, so that’s a general overview of tennis as it stands today, what about tennis betting in particular? There is the standard head to head bet in which you pick the likely winner between to the two sides. Fairly straight-forward and easy to understand. If you pick the winner, you win the bet. The term ‘moneyline’ originated in America but is widely used online now for describing tennis betting on match winner picks and basically is the odds presented on each of the players.
Essentially, each player is presented with a likeliness of their chances to win and that’s really it. It’s all about the chance and the luck, like every other bet that you’re likely to place in any online gambling scenario. You can also place bets on the likely scores in head to head bets called moneyspreads. They work by offering the odds for a plus or minus score win or loss for each player. So, if you’re betting on Federer to win against Tomic, your moneyspread or handicap bet will include betting odds on something like a 5 game win over Tomic or Tomic losing by no less than 5 games.
Tennis odds are also offered on the likely length of a tennis match. These tennis match odds are about predicting how many games will be played over the entirety of the match, no about who ultimately wins. They are usually called ‘over/under’ bets and the mens tennis odds, for example, on a standard game can be offered as a 2-way total bet or a 3-way total bet. When you’re betting on the tennis odds of a 2-way total bet, you are choosing one of two columns of likely game totals. A 3-way total bet lets you predict within a range of total sets and games.
Tips will of course come into play and there are whole range of tennis betting sites that offer you all kinds of insider knowledge morsels that you can choose to eat up or leave on your plate. If, however, you want to win some really big jackpots then maybe you’re barking up the wrong gambling tree and you should be looking for real money wins a little closer to home. Like at your own computer or on your own mobile device.
An online casino actually offers you far bigger payouts with the same excitement and thrill seeking adventure that a tennis match might or might not offer. You can play whenever and wherever you want to and there are no annoying crowds to battle. Choose the right venue and bankroll your playing credits with even your Bitcoin balance. You also get rewarded just for choosing to play.
So, if you enjoy a bit of head to head action then why not roll up to your card table online and choose some live dealer blackjack gameplay? You can play any variation that you want, including some that you won’t have heard of at any live casino venue. If you enjoy the cards, then baccarat could be well up your alley as well. Don’t worry if you don’t know the rules just yet. No one at the TAB or your online tennis betting sites is likely to take the time to let you bet on practice games before you lay your money down but Joe Fortune will let you have a few rounds on your favourite casino games in a practice session first.
Keno is always a crowd pleaser and you can play online as often as you like, without waiting between games. Bingo is the same. Have a few cards going while you play some roulette or some video poker. If you’re not sure about online casinos offering you better payouts then you should take a look at a progressive jackpot poker machine and decide for yourself whether over $100k in a win counts as ‘better’ than tennis betting.
We dare you to have more fun at the tennis than online at Joe Fortune.