All relevant factors will be studied when making a decision on the outcome of any upcoming match or chosen market. This will include form, injury status, surface, player seeding and head-to-head victories. We will now look over each aspect in more detail to give you a full idea of how we make our tips.
1. Current Form
Form is vital to a player's performance and the further they progress through tournaments the more they gain match sharpness for their next competition. Winning breeds confidence when you are playing for crucial points in matches. Players build momentum over the season and it is often the ones that are in the best form that perform better in the biggest tournaments, such as the grand slams. Changes of surface are also important and it is good to look at players’ form in smaller tournaments as the season on each surface is ongoing, which shows how well they are playing on that surface.
2. Recent Injuries and Physical Wear
Injuries are a constant in many tennis players' careers. With so many matches to play, wear and tear can easily affect bodies. Some playing styles lend themselves to more regular injury concerns than others. For instance, baseliners will take a lot more strain on their knees, while big serving players find that shoulder injuries are a constant issue. To be fair, many players continue with niggling injuries, and it is a good idea to assess their current health during and before a competition. Sometimes players will have to quit during a match as well giving a direct win to their opponent.
3. Court Surface (Clay, Grass, Hard Court, Indoor)
The very best players can play and win on every surface. However, certain competitors will perform better on certain courts than others. Gustavo Kuerten for instance, won 3 French Open titles and was world number one for 43 weeks, yet never got further than a quarter final in the other 3 grand slams. Elsewhere Martina Navratilova won 9 singles and 17 doubles titles at Wimbledon on grass and Nadal 14 French Opens on Clay.
So it is important to think about what surface best suits certain types of players. Clay is a slower surface, giving it a higher bounce, and this means that baseliners prefer it. Hard courts are similar, but they play slightly quicker. Grass courts are much faster than hard or clay courts and this suits players whose tactics are based on serves and volleys. Indoor conditions favour big servers, with the removal of windy conditions.
4. Head-to-Head History
With individual sports like tennis, players can find certain others better or harder to play against, whilst this creates healthy rivalries when honours are even. And yet they can otherwise leave certain players fearing or looking forward to facing other opponents.
For instance Novak Djokovic holds a 20-0 win record over Gael Monfils, whilst Roger Federer finished his career with 17-0 head to head wins over both David Ferrer and Mikhail Youzhny. While most head to head records are not as one sided it illustrates how certain players can struggle consistently against the same opponent.
5. Odds Value in Betting Markets
Odds are much like finding the best price for goods in a shop. Apart from that in this case the higher the odds the better rather than when you look for lower prices when you are shopping! When we make a prediction we are looking to find the best odds for our tip. This can be on the match winner market, however tennis offers numerous proposition markets for bettors and these are often the best ones to find a value bet. A value bet in the industry is known as one where you gain slightly better odds than the true odds of an event happening.
