WTA Tour Tennis Betting Guide

WTA Tour Main Fixtures

The WTA 1000 tournaments and the WTA Finals are the biggest events in the WTA Tour. These events can instantly bring an unknown player into the spotlight or revive a player's career. The 9 WTA 1000 Tournaments can be split into the 3 mandatory events and the 6 non-mandatory events. The mandatory events are the following:

• Indian Wells Open, California, USA
• Miami Open, Florida, USA
• Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain

The non-mandatory events are the following:

• Dubai or Qatar Open, Dubai/Qatar, UAE/Qatar
• Italian Open, Rome, Italy
• Canadian Open, Toronto/Montreal, Canada
• Cincinnati Open, Cincinnati, USA
• Guadalajara Open, Guadalajara, Mexico

The WTA Finals is the biggest tournament and is reserved for the top players only. It began in 1972 and features eight players who play in two-robin round groups and eight doubles teams. The WTA Finals have been held in the USA, Germany, Spain, Qatar, Turkey, Singapore, China, and Mexico. It changes venue once every few years and draws in crowds of over 10,000 spectators. The most successful women's tennis player in the WTA Finals is Martina Navratilova, who won 8 titles. She won her titles in 1978-79, 1981, and 1983-86. After her, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams are the next best players, both have won 5 titles each. Navratilova is also the most successful player in the WTA Finals doubles tournaments, winning a total of 13 titles. She won in 1977-78, 1980-89, and 1991. She had partnerships with Pam Shriver and Billie Jean King, who won 10 and 4 titles, respectively.

How to bet on the WTA Tour

WTA Tour events can be found under the country categories in the tennis betting section. There is no special category for the WTA Tour because there are many events and it would make certain tournaments much harder to find. If you are looking for a certain event, such as the Canadian Open or the Cincinnati Open, you can search for them under the Canada or USA categories.

Match Winner

This is the simplest bet as you only need to pick which player, or doubles team, will win a match. For example, if Iga Swiatek plays against Anett Kontaveit, you can bet on Swiatek to win or on Kontaveit to win.

Set Betting

Matches can be broken down into individual sets, and you can bet on these separately. It works in the same way as if you were betting on a full match, only you will be betting on the winner of either the first or the second set.

Set Correct Score

You can bet on the exact score in sets using a correct score bet. The order in which the sets are won does not matter, as long as the fixture ends with exactly the correct score. In a best-of-3 sets, the match can either end 2-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 0-2.

Total Games

This is a bet on how many games will be played during a match of tennis. In WTA Tour events, matches are played to a best of 3 sets, which opens many possibilities for this bet. The bet uses the over/under format, where there are multiple betting lines and bets for over and under each line.

If you place a bet for a match to end with over 21.5 games, then you will need the contestants to play at least 19 games. If the match ends 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 then a total of 23 games are played so you win your bet. If the match ends 6-2, 6-4 then only 18 games are played, so you will lose your bet.

And Many More

A lot of things can happen during a tennis match, and you may be surprised how many match events have betting markets. Live betting brings even more betting opportunities. You may find bets on what will the score of the current set be, will the next game go to a deuce, will a player win two games in a row, and all the other types of bets you can imagine.