You can bet on tennis at Starcasino with sharp odds for every match on tour. On this page, you'll find out which bets you can place, how live odds change during a match, and which tournaments we cover. This ensures you're always in the loop, from the four grand slams to the ATP and WTA tournaments.
For tennis, you first pick a match from a tournament that's underway. Then you select the market, the winner, the correct score, or the number of games, for example. Each selection gets its own odds, showing what you'd win relative to your stake. As soon as you confirm your choice, the bet appears on your betting slip, all happening in a regulated real-money environment, thanks to our Ksa licence (number 2389).
Tennis isn't really comparable to other sports, though. A big difference from football is that a season isn't neatly defined. The tennis calendar runs almost all year round, there's practically always a match on, and you can bet on it with us quickly, transparently and fully legally.
Tennis bets range from simple choices to much more detailed markets. Below, we've listed the most popular bets, so you know exactly what you're dealing with.
A bet on the winner is the simplest tennis bet you can place. You're predicting which player wins the match, without worrying about the set score or the number of games. Since only one thing matters, who walks off the court as the winner, this is the ideal starting point if you've never bet on tennis before.
With set betting and correct score, you're predicting not just who wins, but the exact final score too, 2-0 or 2-1, for example. This is a more detailed market than betting on the winner, since you need to get two things right: the winner and the precise outcome of the match.
How many different set scores are possible depends on the match format being played. The options differ between best-of-three and best-of-five matches.
With an Over/Under bet, you're betting on the total number of games in the match. Will more or fewer games be played than the set line? The handicap market gives one player a virtual advantage in games or sets, letting you try to even out an uneven match when betting. Both markets work differently than they do in team sports, where the total is usually about (goal) points rather than games or sets. Alongside these fixed markets, you can also take advantage of our rotating bonuses and promotions on sports betting.
Tennis has a packed annual calendar of hardcourt, clay and grass tournaments. Knowing which ones carry the most weight helps you choose the best tennis bets to place.
The four grand slam tournaments are the highlight of every tennis season. The year opens on hardcourt with the Australian Open in Melbourne, followed by Roland Garros in Paris on clay, after which the tour quickly moves on to the grass of Wimbledon in London. The season then wraps up on hardcourt in New York with the US Open.
The constant switching between surfaces plays a major role in a player's form, results on clay don't automatically translate to grass or hardcourt. The 2026 season is a great example of just how open the top of the game is right now. The first three grand slams each had a different men's champion, a sign of just how fierce the competition is.
Besides the grand slams, the ATP and WTA tours run all year round, with weekly tournaments held all over the world. One level below the grand slams, you'll find the Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 tournaments, for men and women respectively, where the best players in the game show up. The season then closes out with the ATP Finals and WTA Finals, which only the year's top players get to compete in.
The Davis Cup is the most important men's international team tournament. Countries compete against each other, with team members earning points for the rankings, rather than it being about individual players. On the women's side, there's an equivalent competition, the Billie Jean King Cup. Both tournaments bring a different dynamic to the regular tour, with a strong sense of national pride.
With live tennis betting, the odds keep changing constantly while the match is underway. A break, a set point, or a sudden shift in momentum can move the odds within seconds. Tennis lends itself brilliantly to live betting, because the scoring is so detailed. Every point and every game forms a separate moment to bet on, or to gauge how the match is developing. That gives you far more natural decision points during a tennis match than you'd get in sports with fewer scoring moments, like football.
Anyone who takes tennis betting seriously would do well to check a number of factors. First, look at the current form of both players. Who's coming into the match with confidence? Head-to-head history between two players carries more weight in tennis than it does in team sports. Since they're facing each other directly, a personal sense of wanting revenge can come into play.
Don't forget to factor in surface specialisation either. Some players noticeably perform better on clay than on grass or hardcourt. Combining these points gives you a much better grasp of our tennis betting tips than simply betting on a name alone.
There's a tournament on the ATP or WTA tour almost every week, which makes tennis exceptionally well suited to sports betting. Unlike sports with one fixed season, there's practically always an opportunity to bet on tennis. On top of that, the sport has fewer variables than a sport played by large teams. One player's form against their opponent counts for more than changes across an entire squad. The spread of grand slam champions this season shows just how unpredictable the top of the game currently is, which makes tennis betting all the more interesting.
Responsible gambling should be central to betting on tennis online. Set a deposit limit in advance and stick to it, regardless of how a match turns out. Every regulated Dutch platform offers tools for limits and self-exclusion, which helps keep tennis betting in the Netherlands fun and under control. If you notice that control over your tennis betting is starting to slip, get in touch with our customer service or an organisation that specialises in responsible gambling.
With set betting, you're predicting the exact final score in sets, and the number of possible outcomes depends on the match format. Most tennis matches, including all WTA matches and most ATP tournaments, are played best-of-three. The first player to win two sets wins the match, so the possible outcomes are 2-0 or 2-1. The men's matches at the four Grand Slam tournaments follow a different format, best-of-five, where the first player to win three sets takes the match. This gives possible outcomes of 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2. Always check the match format first before betting on the exact set score, since a best-of-five match gives you more realistic outcomes to choose from than a best-of-three match does.
Yes, you can bet live in-play on tennis through the Starcasino app. The app offers the same live odds and markets as the website, so you can bet directly from your phone during a match. Odds are also updated continuously in the app while the match is underway, point by point and game by game. For anyone following a match on the go, the app is a practical way to react to what's happening on the court without being tied to a computer.
What happens to your stake in the event of a retirement depends on the point in the match and the type of bet. For markets like the match winner, the stake is usually refunded if a player retires before the match has started or in its early stages, since the outcome hasn't yet been decided based on sets played. For certain other markets, such as set betting or the result of a specific set that's already finished, the bet may already have been settled at the point of retirement, regardless of what happens to the match afterwards. Always check the specific terms around retirements for each bet, since these can vary by market and by the point in the match.