The "Tennis Betting Rules" Gotcha!

[ourbet]

I wonder if someone could help me please? I’m currently preparing a list of ‘Tennis Betting Rules’ for about 3-dozen or so sportsbooks I regularly use and I was wondering, how common is it for a professional tennis player (male of female) to be disqualified from an ATP or WTA tournement?

To be honest, I can’t think of anyone who has ever been disqualified in all the times I’ve watched this game over the years, even going back to the days of John McEnroe and “You can’t be serious”! Can you?

If someone has some insight into this then, I would be grateful to you because this one issue (disqualification) needs to be addressed on my list if it is indeed a major factor.

Thanks a lot!

[moses millsap]

I believe Xavier Malisse was disqualified from a match earlier this year for throwing his racquet unintentionally at a lineswoman (but was intentionally causing a scene)

[ourbet]

Cool , Thanks for that OWNED, now I know that it does happen.

I wonder if anyone else knows of any other instances this year please?

[Tchocky]

I can't remember the last time a player was disqualified. It's pretty rare. Retirements are very common. Most sportsbooks cancel any wagers if a player retires before the completion of the 2nd set. You shouldn't even be concerned about a player being disqualified in regards to your wagering. You can't anticipate how a player will react when things aren't going their way.

[rolemand]

I agree here. The DQ is a non factor.

[RickySteve]

To be honest, I can’t think of anyone who has ever been disqualified in all the times I’ve watched this game over the years, even going back to the days of John McEnroe

McEnroe was disqualified at the Australian Open in '87. He was pretty coked out at that time and told the referee to "Go fuuck your mother."

[RickySteve]

Jeff Tarango was disqualified at Wimbledon in the early 90's.

[bigboydan]

I agree here. The DQ is a non factor.

I agree

I'm not as worried about the DQ factor as much as I am the rain factor.

[RickySteve]

The rain factor? Every book I've seen honors wagers regardless of completion date.

[bigboydan]

Pinny changed there rules on that one Ricky. Thats what concerns me more than the DQ's.

Heres an example:

A match is scheduled for 5 sets, but only 3 sets can be played because of weather. The leader at the end of 3 sets would be declared the winner of the match.

[rolemand]

Most tourneys are 3 though except for GS's and some finals. Wimbledon would be the big concern on rain. Bodog has a goofy rule the match must be completed w/ 48 hours of the scheduled start and 2 years ago that came into play for me.

[moses millsap]

I hate tennis in general nowadays.

[ourbet]

Well for someone that arbs OWNED, a lot of times tennis arbs can be rich pickin’s but for someone who has been thrice bitten and shied away from this of late, I’m determined to rebound and never to say "D’oh" again.

Btw...that risk might not seem like much but (IMHO) in other sports it’s pretty much crystal clear that when you arb, say a 4½-point spread, you don’t wager one side for 4 or 5 points. After all, how many times has any one of you reading this been caught-out by just ½-point? That’s why I’m creating (now created actually) a spreadsheet so that when I find an arb, I don’t have to worry anymore about the ever so slight possibility of being bitten – again.

Let me give you an example of what I mean, I have listed all the sportsbooks I use for tennis arbs and assigned a column to detail specifically just how many sets a particular book will insist are played, before they acknowledge action. That way I have a quick Reference point so that when I get a match-up I can also see, at a glance, to what degree (or not) “The Tennis Betting Rule” affects this variable.

The reason I asked about disqualification then is because Intertops (SBR B+) is lumped together with many books that will void any match which doesn’t complete; but they also have a disqualification caveat that says:

all bets are refunded unless a player is disqualified in which case his/her opponent will be deemed the winner

...which means disqualification is also a factor.

What I’ve learned from this process then is to be very aware of the rules if I want to profit from Tennis arbs, so that I can wager with confidence whenever there is a rules mismatch; which happens often. Just because mismatches exist doesn’t mean I still cannot trade with confidence. What is does mean though is that I now understand what the risk is, so I can assign the appropriate player to the appropriate book – just in case.

[RickySteve]

What is does mean though is that I now understand what the risk is, so I can assign the appropriate player to the appropriate book – just in case.

If you're arbitraging, you're not going to have a choice.

[RickySteve]

Pinny changed there rules on that one Ricky. Thats what concerns me more than the DQ's.

Heres an example:

That rule is regarding officially shortened matches, which are much rarer than even DQs. I follow tennis as closely as anyone and I can't recall a single match that was shortened by tournament officials. 99.99% of all delayed matches are eventually played to completion. Pinnacle and most every other book I'm aware of will settle bets regardless of when the match actually ends.