Tennis is the new black
Unlike the English Premier League or NBA, Tennis is a sport that can be enjoyed nearly 12 months of the year with a variety of tournaments and championships spread out across the world. It’s why most serious bettors are intimately aware of the comings and goings of the sport. As a market, it provides a great opportunity to supplement your gaming during the quieter moments of the sporting calendar. Finally, while there’s a lot of noise surrounding the Grand Slam and Masters events, seasoned bettors look to both the ATP and WTA tours for betting markets that represent greater value in the long term.
Tracking the Grand Slam events
Like any major tournament, a mixture of runaway draws and top players coming into form greatly influences the actions of bookmakers and sharps alike. While a conservative approach on their part can be difficult to navigate for sports bettors at times, it can also present creative opportunities for success. It’s imperative to know the subtle differences between each of the four Grand Slam events with the intention of defining how the idea of a winning player changes between each event. A great place to start is by analyzing the odds of a match and working backwards to see how the bookmakers landed on the price for selection.
Always check the rankings
A unique feature of Tennis is the ranking system and how accumulated scores by players can wildly shift annually depending on performance at select tournaments. For example, if Milos Raonic has a great showing at Wimbledon this summer, but fails to replicate that form in 2020, his ATP ranking can experience a sharp rise and fall based on his performances. This is why it’s incredibly important to track a players performance throughout their respective season while also keeping track of the narratives and headlines going into each tournament.
Location, Location, Location
Like most athletes, Tennis players are incredibly talented performers, however, the idea of home and away metrics aren’t exactly efficient when judging the form of player across a season. From is highly dependant on the venue of the competition, the surfaces that are being played on, and all the other quirks that are localized to a particular tournament. Consider the French Open, the only Grand Slam event played on clay courts; it’s routine for young French upstarts to find success against dominant names in the top 20 of the ATP and WTA rankings. Inefficiencies like this can be the difference between a winning and losing bet.
