The WTA tour runs through November and has 55 events including the four major tournaments: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.  If you are looking for odds on any match within a WTA event, OddsJet compares match betting odds from several reputable online sportsbook companies that serve customers in Australia and offer AUD accounts.  This WTA odds comparison allows OddsJet to display the best WTA odds for every match on the calendar so Australian bettors may maximize their potential returns.  If you are interested in tennis futures betting on the outright winner for any of the four major women’s tournaments, OddsJet also provides comparison for Women’s Australian Open winner odds, Women’s French Open winner odds, Ladies Wimbledon winner odds and Women’s US Open winner odds.

WTA Tour match odds and markets explained  

Money Line

When you simply want to bet on the winner of a given WTA World Tour match, you want to bet on the Money Line.  There is no handicap involved, just pick your winner.  Favorites and underdogs are set out only through the odds pricing.

Handicap

The main handicap betting market for WTA tennis involves the differential amount in games won between the two players over the course of a match.  Remember, all matches on the WTA Tour including the majors are best-of-three sets.  Let’s use the example handicap of -5.5 games.  This means the favorite will need to win the match with at least a 6 game differential for a bet on the favorite to be a winner.  If the differential is 5 or less, those that bet on the underdog will win their bet.  If the result of the match is 6-4, 7-6 to the favorite, the total games won is 13 to 10.  However, the favorite only won with a differential of three games, which has not overcome the handicap of 5.5 games.  In this case, a wager on the underdog would have won.  Had the result been 6-2, 6-4, for example, the total games won would be 12 to 6, which is a 6-game differential to the favorite.  This differential is greater than the handicap and thus a wager on the favorite would be considered a winning wager.

Total

The most popular WTA total market is the 2-way game total betting market.  Here one simply chooses whether the total number of games will be over or under the figure that is set by the sportsbook.  Thus, you might see a total handicap figure of 20.5 games.  If you believe the match has a chance to go to three sets, you may favour the ‘over.’  If you think the favorite might win easily in straight sets, you may favour the ‘under.’  For example, a match result of 6-4, 6-4 totals to 20 games or ‘under’ the total.  Just one more game played in the match would have pushed the result to an ‘over.’

Examples of WTA 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, odds of -325 on Serena Williams means one would need to stake $325 in order to potentially achieve a profit of $100.  A winning bet in this case would return a total of $425.  When odds are above even-money, the odds price is a positive figure.  This expresses how much potential profit would be returned for a bet of $100.   For example, when you see odds of +185 on Eugenie Bouchard, a stake $100 would receive a potential profit of $185, yielding a total return of $285.  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 odds express the full potential amount that will be returned on your wager including the stake amount.  For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if a wager on Anna Ivanovic is listed at 1.75, a $100 bet would potentially return a total of $175 including your stake, so the profit would be $75. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager.  For example, a wager of $100 and odds of 4/5 (said four-to-five) on Simona Halep, one could see a profit of $80 (4 divided by 5, multiplied by $100) plus the stake amount for a total potential return of $180.