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Tennis - Types of Bet

Online bookmakers offer several types of bets for Championship Tennis tournaments. They can basically be broken down into two areas, futures betting and match betting. However, there are many different variables to bet on in a match or tournament, from which player registers the fastest serve to who wins the most games. Some of the most common types of tennis bets are described here:

Types of Tennis Bet - Ante-Post Betting

See Futures Betting.

Types of Tennis Bet - Davis Cup Betting

The Davis Cup is an international tennis team competition where countries play against each other to win the Davis Cup. Instead of placing a bet on an individual player to win the competition, you bet on the country that will win. Of course all other variations on tennis betting are applicable too within the individual matches that make up each group match.

Types of Tennis Bet - Fastest Serve

You can bet on who makes the fastest serve during a tennis match or a whole tennis tournament.

Types of Tennis Bet – Futures Betting

A futures bet is a bet placed on the outcome of the tournament before it has started. The odds are usually higher before the competition gets underway, but the risks are also greater, as tennis players can pull out at the last minute, losing you your stake. Futures betting is also known as Ante-Post Betting.

Types of Tennis Bet - Head-to-head Bets

With a head-to-head tennis bet you back one of two countries or tennis players that are up against each other in a final of a competition. As a result, this type is used in major tennis tournaments such as the Wimbledon Final and the Davis Cup.

Types of Tennis Bet - Number of Games Played Bets

In any specific tennis match, you can bet on how many games will be played. You can also bet on how many games a player takes part in during the whole tennis tournament.

Types of Tennis Bet – Special Bets

Many online bookmakers offer you the chance to make special bets such as whether a British player will win a Grand Slam tournament in a particular year, which tennis player will be the next British Number 1 and the number of Grand Slam titles that a specific player will win in a year.

Types of Tennis Bet - Winning Margin Bets

Bets are placed on the winning margin of sets that the victorious tennis player makes during a match. For example, if Agassi wins 3 sets – 1 set, then the winning margin is two sets.

Now that you are familiar with the various types of bets used when betting on Tennis- visit our Tennis Betting Strategies page for some hints and tips.

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