What Are the Best Tennis Bets?
The most popular and best tennis bets are a player to win, the set score, handicaps for the final score, the total games, and the correct score. Here’s how each one works:
To win: Your most straightforward bet is for one of the two players or doubles to win the match. If the one you bet on wins, no matter how long it goes on for, your bet will pay out.
Handicap: If you think a player will win by a significant margin on the final set's score or one will keep it close, you can use the handicap market for better odds. There are two forms of handicap to cover here in tennis terms. The minus handicap – shown as -1.5, for example – means that you think the player will win on the set score line even with 1.5 deducted from it. The plus handicap lets you cover a losing player and win if they keep the game close. A +1.5 handicap means that the player can lose by one set or win the game, and the bet will come in as they get 1.5 added to their score.
Set score: Predict the final set score for the match with the winning player. In the men’s Grand Slam major tennis tournaments, you can bet on a 3-0, 3-1, or 3-2 outcome as it’s best-of-five. Other events are best-of-three, letting you bet on a set score of 2-0 or 2-1.
Total games: Within each set, you have a games score. The total games bets look at all the games completed in the whole match. So, across three sets, if it goes 7-5, 7-5, 6-4, the total games would be 34. The tennis betting lines for total games are under/overs, where you can bet on there to be over or under a total game count, such as under 32.5 or over 32.5. In this example, 31 games played would win the under 32.5 bet.
Correct score: a more specific take on the set score market. Rather than just predicting the margin, you're backing an exact scoreline across the full match. Longer odds reflect the precision required, but the returns are higher to match
With the best tennis bets covered, let's see what tennis betting odds mean. You’ll find that we offer fractional odds here, but you can change them to decimal if that’s easier.
The tennis betting lines show even returns as 1/1 in fractional, 2.0 in decimal. This means that, if you bet £1 on a match winner, for example, you’ll get £2 back as a £1 win and your stake back. As the odds get lower, you can see more favoured outcomes.
At Monopoly Casino & Sports, odds are displayed in fractional format by default, but you can switch to decimal in your account settings if you prefer.
Fractional odds show your profit relative to your stake. Evens - shown as 1/1 in fractional or 2.0 in decimal - means a £1 stake returns £1 profit plus your stake back. As odds shorten, the implied probability of that outcome increases. A 1/4 line on a total games market means £1 profit for every £4 staked if the bet lands.
Decimal odds work slightly differently. The figure shown represents your total return including your stake. Odds of 1.91 return £1.91 on a £1 bet, meaning 91p profit plus your stake. Longer odds move above 2.0 in decimal, with fractional equivalents showing a larger first number, like 5/1, for example, which is 6.0 in decimal.
