WTA Tour Betting Guide – How to Play

The WTA Tour is a tour organised by the Women's Tennis Association and is the top tier for women's tennis. It has several tournaments that are played annually, and players who win the major ones have a chance to climb up the WTA rankings. The rankings determine which player is number one in the world, and the points are updated every week. Players who win points for their performances on the WTA Tour will hold their points for 52 weeks before they are dropped. This way, all the players need to keep playing to stay up in the world rankings.

The WTA Tour consists of nearly 30 WTA 250 tournaments, 12 WTA 500 tournaments, 9 WTA 1000 Tournaments, and the WTA Finals, which is played at the end of the year. The Grand Slams tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, as they are organised by the ITF. However, Grand Slams can contribute a total of 2,000 points for a win - which is higher than any of the events in the WTA Tour. All WTA Tournaments consist of a women's singles and a women's doubles event.

The WTA 250 tournament awards 250 points to the winner. The WTA 500 tournaments award 500 points to the winner. The WTA 1000 tournaments award 1000 points to the winner, and the WTA Finals award 750 points + the points won in the robin round stage. WTA Finals winners who are undefeated in the tournament can win a maximum of 1,500 points.

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.

What is the Rio Open?

The Rio Open is played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was founded in 2014. It is the only ATP Tour 500 event in South America and the only ATP Tour event that is held in Brazil. As an ATP 500 event, it features a men's singles and men's doubles tournament. It is an important event in the year, as players can receive 500 points if they win either tournament. The points count towards the ATP rankings, which are updated each week.

Points are distributed in the following way:

• Q1 - no points (singles and doubles)
• Q2 - 4 (singles) no points (doubles)
• Q - 10 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• R32 - 20 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• R16 - 45 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• QF - 90 points (singles and doubles)
• SF - 180 points (singles and doubles)
• F - 300 points (singles and doubles)
• W - 500 points (singles and doubles)

The Rio Open is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro. There has been some controversy surrounding the Rio Open, as many top players refused to play at the event. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray did not play at the Rio Open because the court was too hard. Former Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro told the director of the Rio Open that he will play at the tournament when the surface is changed. For this reason, the 2019 edition of the Rio Open was moved to the Olympic Tennis Centre. However, it only managed to attract Dominic Thiem, who was then ranked 8th in the world.

Despite this, tennis fans will still enjoy the Rio Open greatly, as there are many up-and-coming starlets who have featured at the event. Most recently, the competition was won by the Spanish wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, who beat Diego Schwartzman in the final in straight sets.

H2: Rio Open Champions

In the first edition of the Rio Open, which was held in 2014, the singles tournament was won by Rafel Nadal. It was a thrilling competition that saw Nadal beat Joao Sousa in the quarter-finals before beating fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar in the semi-finals and Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final in straight sets. After the 2014 tournament, the tournament was won by the likes of Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartzman, Cristian Garin, and finally Carlos Alcaraz. No player has ever won the Rio Open twice, which opens a lot of possibilities for young players looking to set new records.

How to bet on the Rio Open

Match Winner

Match winner bets let you bet on which player you think will win a match. If there is a match between Andrey Rublev and Cristian Garin, you can bet on Rublev to win or on Garin to win.

Handicap of Games

If you want to bet on a player to win and are not happy with his odds, you can always apply a handicap. This is a number of games that will be subtracted from your player's score of games and they should still win the match. You will see that larger handicaps will come with longer odds, though they will also be riskier. To balance the market, there are also handicaps that favour a player. These will add a number of games and increase the chance of the player winning at the expense of shorter odds.

For example, if you bet on Casper Ruud to beat Pedro Martinez with a handicap of -5.5 then you will need Ruud to win by 6 games or more. A score of 6-3, 6-2 to Ruud is enough to win, but if he wins 6-4, 6-3 then he is only 5 games clear and so the bet loses.

Set Bets

In the Rio Open matches are played to a best-of-3 sets, and you can bet on the winners of the first two sets. It is just like betting on which player will win the match, but instead, you can bet on which player will win set 1 and which player will win set 2.

Total Games

You can bet on whether you think the match will end with many games played or with few using over/under games. You can pick one of the betting lines offered and then bet on the match to end with a number of games over the line or under it.

For example, if you pick a line of 19.5 and bet over, then you will need the two players to play at least 20 games. If the match ends 6-4, 6-2, then only 18 games have been played, so you will lose your bet. If the match ends 6-4, 6-4, then you will win your bet as 20 games have been played. If a third set is needed to decide the match, then your chances of winning will shoot up (if you have not won already), as the very minimum number of games that will be played is 18.

Plenty of Diverse Betting Markets

There are loads more bets waiting for tennis punters. These can include correct score in sets, bets on the correct score in games for sets 1 or 2, and other thought-provoking picks. Live betting on tennis matches is maybe even more thrilling, as it opens many more possibilities. You can find all the standard bets listed above, but there will also be bets relating to the current set or game, and the following set or game. When betting on games, you can win your bets in a matter of minutes, and there are plenty of great picks with long odds. Check out our online sportsbook sites in Brazil for the best option for betting on the Rio Open.

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