ATP World Tour events now seemingly take place throughout the calendar year.  Included in the tour are the four Major Tournaments – in order the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.  Whether you are looking to bet on a match in any of the majors or in any of the ATP 1000, ATP 500 or ATP 250 events, OddsJet compares match odds from several reputable sportsbook companies.  This ATP odds comparison allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every match on the calendar. 

If you are interested in tennis futures betting on the outright winner for any of the four Men's tennis majors, OddsJet also provides comparison of Men's Australian Open outright winner odds, French Open outright winner odds, Wimbledon outright winner odds and US Open outright winner odds.

ATP World Tour match odds explained  

Money Line

When you simply want to bet on the winner of a given ATP World Tour match, you want to bet on the Money Line.  There is no handicap involved, just pick a winner.  Favorites and underdogs are defined purely by the odds pricing.

Handicap

The main handicap betting market for ATP tennis involves the differential amount in games won between the two players over the course of a match.  Let us use the example of -7.5 games.  This means the favorite will need to win the match with at least an 8 game differential for a bet on the favorite to be a winning bet.  If the differential is 7 or less, those that bet on the underdog will win their bet.  If the result of a best-of-five match is 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, the total games won is 18 to 12 with the match going to the favorite.  However, the favorite only won with a differential of six games, which has not overcome the handicap of 7.5 games.  In this case, a wager on the underdog would have won.  Had the result been 6-1, 7-5, 6-2, the total games won would be 19 to 8, which is an 11-game differential to the favorite.  This games won differential is greater than the 7.5 handicap and thus a wager on the favorite would be considered a winning wager.  Remember that only the majors are best-of-five, all other ATP events are best-of-three as this certainly affects the handicap figure.

Total

The most popular total market for the ATP World Tour is the 2-way game total betting market.  Here one simply chooses whether the total number of games played in a match will be over or under the total handicap figure that is set by the sportsbook.  For a best-of-five match, you might see a total handicap figure of 33.5 games.  If you believe the match has a chance to go to four or five sets, you’ll probably like the ‘over.’  If you think the favorite might win easily in straight sets, you’ll probably like the ‘under.’  An example result would be 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, which totals to just 31 games.  This result would have been a winner for an ‘under’ selection.  Note that most ATP event matches are best-of-three sets, only the majors are best-of-five, so take that into account for certain when assessing the Totals.

Examples of ATP World Tour odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds format, there are two sets of expressions to remember, but both involve the figure of $100. First, negative numbers are for when the odds are below even-money, so they express how much one needs to wager in order to win a profit of $100.  For example -400 on Roger Federer means one would need to stake $400 in order to potentially achieve a profit of $100.  A winning bet in this case would return a total of $500.  When odds are above even-money, the odds price is a positive figure and express how much potential profit would be returned for a bet of $100.   For example, when you see odds of +147 on Milos Raonic, you would need to stake $100 in order to receive a potential profit of $147, yielding a total return of $247.  Note that this use of $100 as an expression of American odds format pricing is just that, for purposes of expression.  It is neither a limit nor a requirement for how much you must wager.

With Decimal odds format, the figures express the full potential amount that will be returned on your wager including the stake amount.  Thus, note that the first 1.00 of the odds price represents your potential stake return.  To calculate your potential return, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake.  For example, if Mardy Fish is listed at 2.50 to win outright, a $20 bet would return a total of $50, so the potential profit would be $30. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on your tennis wager.  For example, a bet of $100 and odds of 1/4 (said one-to-four) on David Ferrer, one could see a profit of $25 (1 divided by 4, multiplied by $100) plus the stake amount for a total potential return of $125.