Tennis Betting Advice - March 2025
Get ready for 'March madness'...
Monday 3rd March 2025
One of the biggest tournaments of the year starts this week. And it’s got a history of huge prices…
I feel that one got away from us with Rebecca Sramkova last week. Backed at 50/1 or 40/1 for WTA Merida, going into Friday night the 28-year-old Slovakian was looking good, and down to 7/1 for the trophy…
But Sramkova then lost her quarter-final match from a set and a break up against Emiliana Arango… and the Colombian then went all the way to the final, with Arango having gone off on day one of the tournament at 100/1 and 80/1.
Arango was then well beaten in the final (to say the least). With the 7/2 title favourite Emma Navarro dishing out a 6-0, 6-0, ‘double bagel’ whitewash in the trophy match.
We’ll be going again at the big Each Way prices this week…
And there are few more exciting patches on the tennis calendar in my eyes than March - just as springtime starts to creep into view…
With the annual ‘Sunshine Double’ in the USA - two joint ATP & WTA, 1000-grade Masters events… nicknamed the 5th Majors… with only the four Grand Slams holding greater status…
We also call the Sunshine Double, ‘March madness’... as there’s a great history of shocks, surprises, and big-odds payouts here…
Last year alone, the month of March in the States produced two whoppers at these headline events. With Maria Sakkari a 66/1 runner-up at Indian Wells. And Danielle Collins the title winner in Miami at 100/1…
Those 2024 prices follow on from many similar big-odds results at Indian Wells and the Miami Open in recent years…
Indian Wells & Miami since 2017:
2022:
ATP Indian Wells – Taylor Fritz champion – 100/1 (Ones to Watch 100/1 winner)
ATP Miami – Casper Ruud runner-up – 40/1 (OTW backed 22/1 Each Way mid-tournament)
2021:
ATP Indian Wells – Cameron Norrie champion – 66/1
ATP Indian Wells – Nikoloz Basilashvili runner-up – 100/1
WTA Indian Wells – Paula Badosa champion – 40/1
WTA Indian Wells – Victoria Azarenka runner-up – 33/1
ATP Miami – Hubert Hurkacz champion – 100/1
ATP Miami – Jannik Sinner runner-up – 33/1 (OTW Each Way payout)
WTA Miami – Bianca Andreescu runner-up – 25/1 (OTW Each Way payout)
2020:
Didn’t play – coronavirus
2019:
ATP Indian Wells – Dominic Thiem champion – 80/1
WTA Indian Wells – Bianca Andreescu champion – 100/1 (OTW backed 30/1 Each Way mid-tournament)
ATP Miami – John Isner runner-up – 40/1
WTA Miami – Ashleigh Barty champion – 28/1
2018:
WTA Indian Wells – Naomi Osaka champion – 125/1
WTA Indian Wells – Daria Kasatkina runner-up – 80/1 (OTW Each Way payout)
ATP Miami – John Isner champion – 80/1
ATP Miami – Alexander Zverev runner-up – 25/1
WTA Miami – Sloane Stephens champion – 66/1
WTA Miami – Jelena Ostapenko runner-up – 50/1
2017:
WTA Indian Wells – Elena Vesnina champion – 100/1
WTA Indian Wells – Svetlana Kuznetsova runner-up – 50/1
Stay tuned…
I’ve already started shortlisting players for Indian Wells this week…
The draws will be made around midnight tonight, UK time.
Play begins from 7pm on Wednesday, live on Sky Sports Tennis…
Lookout for your next email from me this week, which will contain our first outsider selections for Indian Wells…
I expect to be in touch between Tuesday evening and Thursday daytime…
See you soon for some March madness…
Enjoy the tennis…
Best wishes,
Oliver Upstone