Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011
The 2011 Wimbledon Championships will be played from June 20, 2011 to July 3, 2011 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and is the 125th edition of the oldest tennis tournament in the world. Rafael Nadal is the defending men’s singles champion and Serena Williams is the defending women’s champion.
Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011 is one of the most popular Tennis Betting events of the season and is the third Grand Slam of the ATP Word Tour and WTA Tour calendars. Roger Federer will, once again, be aiming to equal Pete Sampras’s record of seven Wimbledon titles after the Swiss was knocked out in the quarter finals of the event last year. Andy Murray remains Britain’s only realistic hope of ending a 75-year search for a men’s champion.
Men’s Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011
Roger Federer showed that he can still mix it with the best as he reached the final of the recent French Open, ending Novak Djokovic's unbeaten run in the semi-finals before being thwarted by the familiar face of Rafael Nadal. Wimbeldon defending champion, and world number one, Rafael Nadal takes the favouritism tag into the tournament, and the blistering start to the season from Novak Djokovic means that he and Federer share second favouritism in the Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011 with some of the online bookmakers.
Andy Murray’s season hasn’t bee one to remember so far, but he showed signs of a return to his best at the French Open and the Scot could be primed to peak at SW19. The world number four has reached the semi final stage of the tournament in each of the last two years and goes into this year’s event as the fourth favourite in the Wimbledon Tennis Betting.
Nadal and Federer have shared the last nine Wimbledon titles between themselves and few will be betting against one of the two lifting the Wimbledon Cup in early July.
Women’s Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011
The Williams sisters have dominated the women’s Wimbledon Tennis Betting for the last decade. Williams has been the name on the Venus Rosewater Dish for nine of the last 11 years, Venus winning five titles and younger sister Serena claiming four. During that same 11-year period we have seen four all-Williams finals and only one final – 2006 when Serena did not enter and Venus was beaten in the third round – has not featured either of the Williams sisters.
It is no surprise then to see both Williams sisters at the forefront of the Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011. But injury and a lack of competitive tennis mean that there are plenty of challengers to the Williams sisters in the Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011. Serena currently shares favouritism with the in-form Maria Sharapova who looked to be getting back to her very best at Roland Garros.
Also featured towards the fore of the Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011 is world number one Caroline Wozniacki, French Open champion Li Na and last year’s beaten finalist Vera Zvonareva.
Wimbledon Tennis Betting Markets
Wimbledon Tennis betting markets are vast and diverse from betting on who will win the title to betting on the weather over the course of the week.
One of Wimbledon’s most famous moments came in 1996 when Cliff Richard entertained the Wimbledon crowds during a rain break. You can’t bet on whether Sir Cliff will sing at Wimbledon this year, but you can bet on whether rain will stop play at any point throughout the week, whether the Centre Court roof will be used and if the championships will go into a third week due to bad weather conditions.
Wimbledon Tennis Betting 2011 on the courts ranges from betting on the winner of each individual match, set score betting and who will serve the most aces to player specials in relation to Andy Murray, whether we will see a Nadal/Federer final and if we will have a new name on the trophy.