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If you think that both Federer and Nadal are too short to back then why not use your skill and judgement to predict how many tie-breaks there will be or matches that go to a fifth set?
Take at a look at some of the speciality markets offered by Sporting Index for this year's Wimbledon -the results from the last two years should give you a guide as to what the spread should be and any trends in the market.
Wimbledon Special Markets
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2008 Spread |
2007 Result |
2006 Result |
Straight Sets |
66-67.5 |
74 |
70 |
Sets Won To Love |
7.7-8.7 |
6 |
10 |
5th Set Games |
250-265 |
239 |
288 |
Tie Breaks |
86-88 |
94 |
86 |
Tie Break Points |
1025-1045 |
1122 |
1044 |
Top 2 Index
(Feder/ Nadal) |
40-46 |
100 |
100 |
Special Markets Analysis
Straight Sets- This should comfortably reach the upper spread of 67.5 and is worth buying.
Sets Won To Love- Probably best left alone, for as the courts have slowed over the years, so have the chances of a serve-volleyer being able to completely dominate a set.
5th Set Games- Whilst this was a definite sell on the slow clay of Roland Garos, here on grass the big servers come in their own and there may be whole matches that are settled without anyone actually losing their serve!
Unless there is a feak fifth set that ends 22-20 then it should fall short of the spread -it fell 12 short last year and that included 4 fifth sets that had 24, 18. 14 and 14 games in them.
If you're thinking of buying the number of tie breaks then this spread is best avoided as you will find yourself in conflict over how long you want a match to run!
Sporting Index offer a huge number of spread betting markets on tennis. You can bet on:
1. The number of games in any match - several variations of this including the 'x courts' bet as explained below.
2. One player to beat another - the more he/she wins by, the more you win.
3. The number of aces in the tournament
4. The number of dueces in a match
5. The mens/womens winner etc etc
There are so many different bets, we cannot detail them all here. However if tennis is a game that you feel you know a lot about, have a look at Sporting Index and go to their tennis section where all bets are explained. As you will see, you can bet on all matches and the range and type of bets is staggering. It is also GREAT FUN and can be very profitable.
Also, when betting on the mens/womens winner or other tournament bets, you can trade
in or out as the tournament progresses. So if you buy Federer at the start of the tournament and he makes it to the 1/4 finals, you could trade out of your bet before he plays in the 1/4's and make a reasonable profit. In other words, you can always cash your bets in at any time to lock any profit in - you don't have to wait until the tournament finishes for you to profit. See our in running page for more details.
We've provided a few tennis spread betting examples below:
Tennis X Courts Example - Henman playing Hewitt in the 1/4 final at Wimbledon. The spread for the 'Tennis X Courts' bet in this game is set at 94 -97. The points are made up by multiplying the number of games Hewitt wins in each set by the number of games Henman wins (ie 6 - 4 = 6 x 4 = 24) and then adding these totals up. So if you think that it will be a really close 5 set match you would buy, but if you think it will be one sided you would sell.
Say it is close and you bought for £2 per point at 97:
It goes to 5 sets with Hewitt winning the final set and the scoring is as follows:
6 - 4 (6 x4 =24)
5 -7 (35)
7 - 6 (42)
3 - 6 (18)
7 -5 (35)
The total number of points would be 24 + 35 + 42 + 18 + 35 = 154. You would therefore win 154 - 97 = 57 points at £2 per point = £114.
However if it had been pretty one sided, with Hewitt winning 3 sets to nil, you would probably lose, unless each set went to a tie break ie 7-6, 7-6, 7-6. Obviously in this example, the closer the game the more you will win if you've bought. Where you've sold, you clearly want a quick and very one sided game! |
Rusedski playing Federer. Total number of games is set at 34 - 37. If you think that it will be close, and go to 4 or maybe 5 sets, you would BUY at 37. Alternatively, if you think one player will win easily you would sell at 34.
The final total is simply the total number of games in the match - ie 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 would be 41. A BUYER would win, a SELLER would lose. It really is very simple.
How much you win or lose would depend upon how much per point you bet with. This can be anything from £1 to whatever you an afford. |
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