Basic Rules of the Game
Tennis is a game played on a rectangular field by either two or four players. A stringed racket is used to hit a ball back and forth on the either ends of the court. Each player has a maximum of one bounce after it has been hit by their opponent to return the ball over the net. If a player fails to do these the opponent wins a point. The goal is to win points to win a game and win games to win a set and win enough sets to win a match. The first person to win six games wins a set. Usually the matches are the best of three or the best of five sets.
Game
A game is made of a series of points played with the same player serving. A game is won by the first player to win at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent.
Scores from zero to three points are called "love". The respective scores are "15", "30", and "40". If three points or more have been scored by each player, making the player's scores equal at 40 each, instead of "40-40", the score is called a "deuce".
Set
A set is a series of games played with service alternating between games. Usually a player wins a set by winning at least six games and at least two games more than the opponent. If one player has won six games and the opponent five, an additional game is played.
Match
A match is made of a series of sets. The result is decided through a best of three or five sets system.
In tournament play, the chair umpire announces the end of the match with the well-known phrase "Game, set, match" followed by the winning person's or team's name.
Bet types available:
- Match Result
- Both Players To Win a Set
- Match Total Games Odd/Even
- Number of Sets played
- Break of Serve
- Match with Most Games
- Match with Least Games
- Who Will Go the Furthest?
- Set Tie Break
- Set Total: Odds/Even
- 1st/2nd/3rd set /1st/2nd/3rd etc. game winner
There could be other bet types added
Tennis Betting Rule, Regulation and conditions:
“Bets on tennis” subpoint
Declared in advance format of tennis match can be changed before match starts (e.g. in a single match super tie-break is played instead of the decisive 3-rd set or 3 sets are played instead of 5). In such cases, bets made on “Win1” and “Win2” outcomes of match are subject to calculation according to final result, and all the other bets are calculated with the odds “1” (one).
If in the started tennis match one of the tennis players (one of the teams) is disqualified for some reason, refuses to play or is unable to continue the match, the match ends untimely, the bets made on the outcomes of that match are calculated in the following way:
The bets (including bets made on statistical data), the outcomes of which are definitely determined at the moment of interruption based on the match format, are considered completed and are subject to calculation. The bets on the other outcomes are calculated with the odds “1” (one).
For example, a tennis player (a tennis team) refuses to continue the match when the score is 4:4 (15:0). In this case, the bets made on the following outcomes of the first set are calculated with the odds 1 (one): “Win1” and “Win2” , “Total over (under) 10.5”, “Total over (under) 12.5”, “Handicap 1(+1.5)”, “Handicap 2(-1.5)”, “Handicap 1(-1.5)”, “Handicap 2(+1.5)”, as well as the bets made on the following outcomes of match: “Win 1” and Win2”, “Total over(under) 21.5”, “Handicap 1(+3.5)”, “Handicap 2(-3.5)”, “Handicap 1(-3.5)”, “Handicap 2(+3.5)”. Bets on the outcomes “total to be even (odd) number” made on the first set and the match are also calculated with the odds 1 (one). The bets made on the following outcomes of the first set are subject to calculation: “Total over(under) 6.5”, “Total over(under) 7.5”, “Total over(under) 8.5”, “Handicap 1 (+2.5)”, “Handicap 2 (-2.5)”, “Handicap 1 (-2.5)”, Handicap 2 (+2.5), as well as the bets made on the outcomes of the games starting from the 1-st to 8-th. The bets made on the outcome “Win1” and “Win2” of the 9-th game are calculated with the odds “1” (one), and the bets made on the outcomes “Win1” and “Win2”of the first point of the 9-th game are subject to calculation.
If the decisive set is played as “super tie-break”, the bets made on “Total” and “Handicap” of that set are calculated in points, and the set “super tie-break” is calculated as one game during the calculation of the bets made on “Total” and “Handicap” of match. Thus, the set is considered to be finished with the score 1:0 or 0:1.
For example, the match was finished with the score 6:3, 4:6, and 5:10. Super tie-break was played as the decisive third set. In this case, while calculating the bets, the final score of the match is considered to be 6:3, 4:6, and 0:1, that is, the number of games is 20.
Tie-break played at the end of set is also calculated as one game (for example, the tie-break, which is played when the set’s score is 6:6, is considered to be the 13-th game of that set and the set ends with either 6:7 or 7:6 score).
If one of the sides refuses to participate in the match before its start, the bets made on the match outcomes are calculated with odds “1” (one). If during tennis team (doubles) match, in which the participants’ names are specified by team (country) name (for example, Spain-Switzerland), the change of tennis player (team) is performed (in advance announced tennis player or tennis team for which the bets were offered), the bets on all outcomes of the match remain valid.
The bets offered on the outcomes of matches:
Victory of the first tennis player (team) in match (set or game) – “Win1”.
Victory of the second tennis player (team) in match (set or game) – “Win2”.
The first tennis player (team) will win (not lose) match (set) with the handicap taken into account –“Handicap1”.
The second tennis player (team) will win (not lose) match (set) with the handicap taken into account – “Handicap2”.
Bets on total number of games in match (set) “Total over (under) the value of bet argument”.
Bets on total number of games in match (set) to be even or odd.
Bets on results of the first set and the full match:
It is offered to predict the winner of both the first set and the full match simultaneously.
The following 4 betting options are available:
- “Win1 Win1” – victory of the first tennis player (team) in both the first set and the full match.
- “Win1 Win2” – victory of the first tennis player (team) in the first set and victory of the second tennis player (team) in the full match.
- “Win2 Win1” – victory of the second tennis player (team) in the first set and victory of the first tennis player (team) in the full match.
- “Win2 Win2” – victory of the second tennis player (team) in both the first set and the full match.
Bets on the final score of match (set):
It is offered to select the precise score registered in the end of the match (set) from the options available in the program (line).
- Bets on tie-break to happen (not to happen).
- Bets: Who will score the next point.
The information provided by the official websites of tournaments and championships, which are included in the table, is taken as basis during calculation of bets on tennis matches.
In case of wrong indication of court coverage or place of tournament and in correspondence in tournament’s name made by the provider in the program (line), the bets made on the outcomes of the given tournament remain valid.
Penalty point (points) awarded by referee to a tennis player (team) are taken into account during calculation of the bets.
For example, during the score (6:4), (3:2), (0:40) the referee awarded 1 penalty point to the second player and the score became (6:4), (3:3). In this case, the second player is considered to win the 6-th game of the second set.
The bets made on the outcomes of tennis matches, which were postponed or interrupted, remain valid until the end of the tournament, which they belong to.