Tennis Rules for Pre-Match Bets

Retirements, Disqualifications and Walkovers

• A market must actually be decided to be settled. For example, if a player retires at 4-4 in the first set, a first-set total of 9.5 games is void.
• If a player retires or is disqualified, markets not yet decided are void.
• A walkover makes all bets void.
• When a match starts with its first serve.

Games and Tie-Breaks

• A tie-break counts as one game.

Changes to the Match

• Bets stand if the day or schedule changes, the venue changes, the match moves indoors or outdoors, or the surface changes.
• Bets may be void if the players are displayed incorrectly.

Tennis Rules for Live Bets: Retirements, Defaults and Walkovers

• If a player retires, defaults or gives a walkover, all undecided bets are void.
• In case the match ends before a point or game in a market is finished, that market is void.

Delays and Penalties

• If play is delayed (for example rain or darkness), markets stay open and trading continues when play resumes.
• Points awarded because of code or time violations are void for point-by-point markets.
• In case the umpire awards penalty points, bets on that game stand.

Games, Tie-breaks and Break Points

• When a tie-break or match tie-break counts as one game.
• A match tie-break played as the deciding set in a best-of-3 match counts as the 3rd set.
• Mini-breaks inside a tie-break do not count as breaks.
• If a player retires straight after a break point, it still counts as a break point.

Errors

Bets may be void if a market stayed open with a wrong score that significantly affected the odds, or in case the players were displayed incorrectly.