Tennis Betting Online 2024

Moneyline Bets

a.k.a. Outright Winner, Future Bets

This is the most popular type of sports bet, and arguably the easiest one to make. Basically, you’re betting on who you think is going to win the tournament. If your pick wins and is crowned the tournament champion, you win the bet. Unlike some other bet types you’ll learn more about below, the only factor that matters with a moneyline bet is who wins the tournament. Easy-peasy.

A player’s odds of winning are set by the site offering the bet, and they may be different across several sportsbooks. Factors like how well a player has been doing thus far in the year are taken into account to determine their odds.

Match Bets

a.k.a. Match Winner Bet

Match bets are pretty similar to moneyline bets, but they focus on specific matches rather than the entire tournament. If you think a player is going to win some rounds but will ultimately lose, you can place match bets when you think they’ll win.

You can typically make a match bet at any point during a tournament, so you can wait and see how each player is performing before placing any bets.

Handicap Bets

a.k.a. Spread Bets

Similar to how you may choose to place match bets, you would place a handicap bet if you think a player is going to outperform their expectations, but lose the match anyway. There are two subtypes of this bet type: set handicap and games handicap. As their names suggest, one would be betting on sets and one would be betting on games.

For example: if player A is expected to win by 2.5 games and player B is expected to lose by 2.5 games, you would place a handicap bet on either player A winning by more than 3 games or player B losing by 2 or fewer games.

Over/Under Bets

a.k.a. Set Totals and Game Totals

This tennis betting type is what it sounds like: betting if the number of sets or games won will be over or under a certain number. If you’re looking for a more advanced bet type but aren’t ready to get into the specifics of handicap or prop bets, this is a great option. It doesn’t matter if the favorite or the underdog wins – if it goes under or over and you’ve bet correctly, you win.

For example: In a best of three match, you’ll have the option to bet on if the match will be decided in over 2.5 sets or under 2.5 sets. If you bet on it being decided in under 2.5 sets and it is decided in 2 sets, you win. If you bet on it being decided in over 2.5 sets and it takes a 3rd set to determine a winner, you win.

Exact Score Bets

a.k.a. Set Scorecast

This bet asks you to predict the exact score of all sets, plus who will ultimately win. Since these are arguably the most complex and difficult bet types to make, they usually offer very high-paying odds. If you’re ready to take some bigger chances and delve into a complicated wager, this is for you.

Prop Bets

Betting on anything other than the score

Proposition bets, a.k.a. prop bets, are betting on something happening or not happening during a match or tournament. Some common props include betting on which player will win the first set or if there will be a tiebreaker. If you bet on the thing happening and it happens, you win, and if you bet on the thing not happening and it doesn’t happen, you win.

Australian Open

The Australian Open is held around mid to late January in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1905 and is the youngest of all four tournaments. Before 1988 it was played on grass courts, but is now played on hardcourt.

2022 Dates: January 17-30
Location: Melbourne Park, Australia
Surface: Hard Court

French Open

The French Open is held between late May to early June in Paris, France and was founded in 1891. From then until 1907 it was played on sand, but it is now the only Grand Slam tournament played on a clay court. It is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament.

2022 Dates: May 22 – June 5
Location: Paris, France
Surface: Clay
Defending Champs: Novak Djokovic and Barbora Krejčíková

Wimbledon

Also called “The Championships, Wimbledon”, Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, having been founded in 1877. It is held annually in London, England. It has been played on grass courts outdoors since its inception.

2022 Dates: June 27 – July 10
Location: London, United Kingdom
Surface: Grass
Defending Champs: Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty

U.S. Open

The United States Open Tennis Championships is held in New York City each year and was founded in 1881. It was traditionally played on grass until 1974, briefly switched to clay courts from 1975-1977, and has now been playing on hardcourt since 1978.

2022 Dates: August 29 – September 11
Location: New York City, New York
Surface: Hard Court
Defending Champs: Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu

15

The score when a player wins the first point in a game. If their opponent wins the next point, the score is 15-all.

If the server wins the first point, the score is called 15-love. If the server loses the first point, the score is called love-15.

30

When a player wins two points in a game.

40

When a player wins three points in a game.

Advantage

The point won right after deuce. The game is over when the player with the advantage wins the point.

Deuce

When the score is tied at 40-40, it’s called deuce. A player needs to win two points in a row from deuce in order to win.

Game

The first player to score four points wins the game.

Games make up a set. There are at least six games in a set.

Game, Set, Match

The expression called once a match is over to indicate that a player has won.

Grand Slam, Golden Grand Slam, etc.

There are several variants of the title to indicate winning different championships in conjunction with each other.

A Grand Slam is a title a tennis player earns after they have won four consecutive Grand Slam championships within a calendar year.

Winning all four consecutively, but not during a calendar year is known as a non-calendar year Grand Slam.

Winning all four at any point within your career, in no particular order, is called a Career Grand Slam.

Winning the year-end championship and all four majors is called a Super Slam.

Winning a Summer Olympic gold medal the same year as winning four majors is known as a Golden Grand Slam, or simply a Golden Slam.

Winning all four majors in all three disciplines (singles, doubles, mixed) in one calendar year is called a Boxed Set. Subsequently, winning all of the above at any point in a player’s career is called a Career Boxed Set.

Match

A match is the best out of three or five sets. Championship matches are usually played with five sets. The first player to win two sets (in a best of three) or three sets (in a best of five) wins the match.

Set

Usually made up of at least six games. Played until one player wins six games or more.