The odds in tennis matches can be fairly predictable ensuring nice profit if you’ve got the right attitude and just basic understanding of what’s happening on the court.

Here you can see the match between Mathieu and Karanusic in Zagreb. Mathieu is the match’s favourite and at the moment he’s serving and the underdog is the receiving player.

Common sense dictates that it’s easier to score if you’re serving and you don’t have to know tennis inside out to understand that at the moment of serving the advantage is on your side.

So let’s see how the odds behave following the players’ scoring on the court. Mathieu scores a point, and I back him immediately getting the bet matched at the odds of 1.45 using a hundred euro stake.

As you can see, Mathieu’s price drops straight away and I can theoretically lay him off at 1.42. However, I’m not in a rush of exiting the trade as if the favourite scores a few more points in this game, I can increase my profit margin a great deal!

The next point is also scored by the favourite; his price shortens even more, which is a common sense event as well. As you can see, this is not rocket science – players’ scoring is mirroring in the odds movement on the screen and my task is to open and close the trade at the right moments.

And such a moment comes when Mathieu scores another point and I don’t hesitate laying him off at 1.34 locking in 11 euro profit! 10% of the stake made in less than a minute – can you see the potential of Betfair tennis trading?

But now – another moment in a tennis match when the odds can be used to your advantage just by applying common sense knowledge of tennis scoring.

The winner of a set is decided when a player has scored at least 6 game points and is leading by at least 2 points. Can you see what’s happening now? Karanusic is just a game point away from winning the first set in this match. It’s not going to make or break the whole match for him; however, the odds will be especially sensitive in this game which allows for good profits! Karanusic doesn’t even need to score the game point; a few scored points would be enough to top up the green figure by another 10% at least!

So I’m laying the favourite player off at 1.44 and waiting on the events to unfold. Karanusic indeed scores a point and it’s getting reflected in the odds, of course – as you can see, the favourite is trading at 1.47 right now. But then the underdog scores another point which brings him just two points away from the set point! Mathieu’s odds drift out to 1.67 and I’m not going to wait for any longer – 23 euro profit!

Did you see how big the odds fluctuation was at the moment when the favourite player was facing defeat in the first set? You can also use such moments to your advantage when trading tennis on Betfair, just remember – the exit strategies play a crucial role in the trading process and I’m setting them out thoroughly throughout my Tennis Trading League Systems.

Wishing You A Successful Tennis Trading Session,

Paddy