Tennis is an easy sport to profit on. When betting on tennis matches, a bettor simply wagers on the outcome of the match. If the player you bet on wins, you are paid. Should he lose, then you lose your wager. The early rounds of tennis tournaments like Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, or the Australian Open often provide lopsided match ups. And while upsets do occasionally occur in these early rounds, typically the top seeded players hold and advance to the next round. Betting the favorites in the opening round can often turn a predictable 1 betting unit profit when wagering on the favorites. However, when you find a diamond in the rough and bet on the underdog to upset the ranked player, the profit can be even greater!
Take the following sample tennis listing for example:
Andy Murray -1400
Janko Tipsarevic +675
In this sample line, Andy Murray and Janko Tipsarevic meet in early round play. Andy Murray is ranked as one of the top three men’s tennis players in the world, while Tipsarevic is unranked. The numbers after each tennis player’s name is the current money line listing for the tennis match. The negative numbers reflect how much money must be wagered to win $100, while the positive numbers show how much money will be won when wagering $100. Thus, a bet on the heavily favored Murray will return $100 for every $1400 that is wagered on this match. While the money is a bit steep for some, the $1400 to win $100 is a profitable bet if Murray would win this early round match more than 70% of the time.
Alternatively, supposing you believe Janko Tipsarevic is a diamond in the rough. A $100 wager on Tipsarevic to pull off the early round upset would return $675 in profit. Such a wager would be profitable if Tipsarevic would win one out of six of these early round matches at the money line listing. Thus, you would need to be right 16% of the time in order for this early round upset to pay off in a profitable manner.
Picking early round winners in tennis is an easy way to boost your betting bankroll when tennis betting on the favorites. However, finding yourself a relatively unknown player poised to pull off the early round upset can result in higher returns if you choose correctly.
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