Rio Open – Betting on Brazil’s Premier Tennis Tournament

Points are distributed in the following way:

• Q1 - no points (singles and doubles)
• Q2 - 4 (singles) no points (doubles)
• Q - 10 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• R32 - 20 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• R16 - 45 points (singles) no points (doubles)
• QF - 90 points (singles and doubles)
• SF - 180 points (singles and doubles)
• F - 300 points (singles and doubles)
• W - 500 points (singles and doubles)

The Rio Open is played on outdoor clay courts at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro. There has been some controversy surrounding the Rio Open, as many top players refused to play at the event. Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray did not play at the Rio Open because the court was too hard. Former Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro told the director of the Rio Open that he will play at the tournament when the surface is changed. For this reason, the 2019 edition of the Rio Open was moved to the Olympic Tennis Centre. However, it only managed to attract Dominic Thiem, who was then ranked 8th in the world.

Despite this, tennis fans will still enjoy the Rio Open greatly, as there are many up-and-coming players who have participated in the event. Most recently, the competition was won by the Spanish wunderkind Carlos Alcaraz Garfia, who beat Diego Schwartzman in the final in straight sets.

Rio Open Champions

In the first edition of the Rio Open, which was held in 2014, the singles tournament was won by Rafel Nadal. It was a thrilling competition that saw Nadal beat Joao Sousa in the quarter-finals before beating fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar in the semi-finals and Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final in straight sets. After the 2014 tournament, the tournament was won by the likes of Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartzman, Cristian Garin, and finally Carlos Alcaraz. No player has ever won the Rio Open twice, which opens a lot of possibilities for young players looking to set new records.

How to bet on the Rio Open

Match Winner

Match winner bets let you bet on which player you think will win a match. If there is a match between Andrey Rublev and Cristian Garin, you can bet on Rublev to win or on Garin to win.

Handicap of Games

If you want to bet on a player to win and are not happy with his odds, you can always apply a handicap. This is a number of games that will be subtracted from your player's score of games and they should still win the match. You will see that larger handicaps will come with longer odds, though they will also be riskier. To balance the market, there are also handicaps that favour a player. These will add a number of games and increase the chance of the player winning at the expense of shorter odds.

For example, if you bet on Casper Ruud to beat Pedro Martinez with a handicap of -5.5 then you will need Ruud to win by 6 games or more. A score of 6-3, 6-2 to Ruud is enough to win, but if he wins 6-4, 6-3 then he is only 5 games clear and so the bet loses.

Set Bets

In the Rio Open matches are played to a best-of-3 sets, and you can bet on the winners of the first two sets. It is just like betting on which player will win the match, but instead, you can bet on which player will win set 1 and which player will win set 2.

Total Games

You can bet on whether you think the match will end with many games played or with few using over/under games. You can pick one of the betting lines offered and then bet on the match to end with a number of games over the line or under it.

For example, if you pick a line of 19.5 and bet over, then you will need the two players to play at least 20 games. If the match ends 6-4, 6-2, then only 18 games have been played, so you will lose your bet. If the match ends 6-4, 6-4, then you will win your bet as 20 games have been played. If a third set is needed to decide the match, then your chances of winning will shoot up (if you have not won already), as the very minimum number of games that will be played is 18.

And Many More

There are loads more bets waiting for tennis punters. These can include correct score in sets, bets on the correct score in games for sets 1 or 2, and other thought-provoking picks. Live betting on tennis matches is maybe even more thrilling, as it opens many more possibilities. You can find all the standard bets listed above, but there will also be bets relating to the current set or game, and the following set or game. When betting on games, you can win your bets in a matter of minutes, and there are plenty of great picks with long odds.