Wimbledon betting tips

Strawberries and cream anyone? With the action at SW19 in full swing I thought I’d offer my thoughts on the men’s singles competition, which of course this year doesn’t feature World Number One Rafael Nadal.

The clear Wimbledon betting favourite is World Number Two and five-time champion Roger Federer. The odds on Federer emerging victorious are a fairly modest 1.7 (4/5) which aren’t the best odds but perhaps worth a wager anyway as he is the overwhelming favourite and certainly the best in the competition. Having said that number two seed (and World Number Three) Andy Murray goes into the tournament in great form having won the title at Queens without dropping a set. Murray is still yet to win a Grand Slam but he undoubtedly has the ability to do so and at 4.3 (10/3) it may be worth a small wager on the Scotsman picking up his first major title.

A final between Federer and Murray seems to be a fairly likely event. Both players are guaranteed not to meet until the final and if they keep up their impressive form going into the competition I would imagine the final will be contested between these two. This is a more attractive Wimbledon bet and at odds of 2.36 (11/8) it seems well worth a nibble to me.

Another market that stands out to me is ‘most tournament aces’. Again Federer is the favourite and at 4.4 (7/2) and this seems good value to me. There are bigger servers out there such as Andy Roddick, Ivo Karlovic and perhaps Jo Wilfried Tsonga but if they are to hit more aces than Federer they’ll need to progress quite far in the competition. There is no guarantee that will happen, which is why I would back the Federer Express to hit the most aces.