Tennis is tremendously popular among sports fans and those who love sports betting. Tennis betting is one of the most popular at bookmakers. Players willing to place bets on a tennis match are offered the following main types of bets:
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Straight Tennis Betting
Bettor bets on one tennis player to be the winner of a match. The probability of winning with these bets seems very high because in contrast to other sports, a draw isn’t possible. But you should take into consideration the fact that there are a lot of unexpected outcomes in this type of sport, especially during not so prestigious tournaments. It’s also important to remember that in case tennis player retires, bets on him or her will be losers. Tennis betting on the results of a separate tennis set are also offered.
Spread Tennis Betting
Spread bets are most popular in case of five set matches and there are understandable reasons. During three set matches the spread bets of -1.5 require 2:0 win and that’s why sometimes this particular spread bets aren’t accepted if we are talking about tennis betting. Instead, bets on the exact result of the match are offered. For five set tennis matches there are -1.5 spread bets offered. That means a player wins 3:0 or 3:1. -2.5 spread bets also can be placed suggesting tennis player of bettor’s choice wins 3:0.
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Tennis Betting on exact score of a match.
Tennis betting also allows bets on exact score of a match. These tennis bets have quite high payout coefficient since they are basically express bets consisting of wagers on the result of a match and bets on exact number of sets. There are also bets on exact result of each of the sets in tennis betting. Those are high paying bets because predicting exact results is very difficult and chances of these bets winning are tiny.
Straight bets, various totals, bets on winner of separate sets and even games, bets on exact score of a match, set or game are popular live tennis betting offers. Bets on what set ball (match ball) will be winning for ultimate match winner in a current set (match) are very popular.