Tennis is an incredibly convenient sport to bet on. The sport has nonstop action across the globe and across all levels, including the main ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Futures Tour.
The sheer number of tournaments that run simultaneously throughout the year has a big impact on why it is such a popular sport to bet.
The ease in which you can place and follow your tennis bets also plays a big role. In fact, access to view tennis matches has never been better, allowing bettors to watch a a majority of matches, including many on the lower-level tours.
Read on to see how you can watch matches in all of these circumstances.
Grand Slams
Each grand slam tournament is licensed on its own, independent from the ATP and WTA tours. This means that streaming services for ATP and WTA events do not offer grand slam tournament matches.
Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open are all licensed to ESPN in the United States. All matches are streamed or televised on ESPN Networks. International broadcast links can be found at the website of each tournament (Wimbledon / US Open / Australian Open).
The French Open is licensed to TNT Sports, which means matches are on TNT, truTV and Max. For international viewers, the broadcast list can be found here.
ATP Tour Main Draw
The ATP offers a subscription-streaming service called TennisTV, which offers access to all center-court matches on the ATP Tour, as well as other matches depending on the tournament's level and setup.
You can stream a number of ATP matches for free, however, by using your account at select sportsbooks in the United States and internationally.
FanDuel, BetMGM and bet365 among others all offer a host of tennis matches available to stream on their site. The only general provision to be able to stream the matches is that you must have an account. Certain books require an amount of money (even one dollar) to be eligible to stream tennis matches, while some don't require any deposit.
That's right, you can watch ATP tour matchesfor free (even if they're smaller matches) just by registering an account with certain sportsbooks.
ATP Tour Qualifying Draws
Viewers in the United States are able to watch ATP qualifiers through sportsbook accounts.
This means that either FanDuel, BetMGM or bet365 is your best bet to view qualifying draw matches. While not all matches are produced and streamed on these sites, a number of them are, and they represent one of the only ways to do it legally.
The legal streams provided by the sportsbooks are almost always faster and better quality than their illegal counterparts.
If you're the type of person who has to be betting on the sports that you watch, it's absolutely worth the time to create an account if you don't have one already and are planning to bet on qualifiers. It's the best wayto watch the matches with the peace of mind that your stream won't go out.
WTA Tour Main Draw/Qualifying
The WTA also maintains its own subscription service, known as WTA TV. Unfortunately for viewers in the United States, WTA TV is limited or restricted, so you may have to rely on Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel Plus to stream or watch any action, or you can opt for a similar method as the ATP Tour and register for an account with a tennis-streaming sportsbook.
While not every book in the United States offers streaming, many will include graphics geared towards following your matches.
The same provisions apply to WTA Tour qualifying matches, as there are limited and consistent qualifying matches being streamed outside of the ones that sportsbooks provide.
ATP Challenger Tour/ITF Tour
Thanks in part to a large effort by the ATP to make Challenger Tour viewing more accessible, a large portion of matches are streamed online on the Challenger Tour website.
You can also use sportsbooks, as you would with most ATP Tour matches.
The ITF Men's/Women's World Tennis Tour is the lowest level of professional tennis tours that is out there (though events such as the UTR Pro Series sometimes offer bettable matches with prize money).
While some matches are streamed on the tour's website, those can be available via sportsbooks that stream tennis.
