Odds & Rankings explained

This page explains the two things you see next to almost every player: their odds and their rankings.

Reading the odds

Each player shows a decimal price, e.g. 1.56 vs 2.24.

• Lower number = the favourite (more likely to win per the market); higher = the underdog. So 1.56 vs 2.24 means the first player is favoured.
• Decimal odds are the total return per 1 staked, stake included. 2.24 returns 2.24 (including stake) for every 1 staked on a winning bet. You will never seen odds below 1.00.
• On the home list, the Min / Max price filter keeps a row if either player's price falls in the band.

Odds appear the same way inside the head-to-head, previous matches and player info line on the Match Page.

How current are odds? They update through the day, so they stay close to the current market. If a player has no odds available, the price simply shows blank and any odds-based filter for that player is unavailable.

The two ranking systems

Two rankings sit side by side across the site:

• Official — the standard published world singles ranking everyone knows. Shown as # on the leaderboards and O on the match page.
• TP Ranking — our own rating of how strong a player is. Crucially it is worked out per surface, so each player has four TP surface ranks: Hard, Clay, Grass and Indoor. On the match page the surface rank for that match shows as S.

You choose which to use: the leaderboards have a Ranking type toggle (TP vs Standard) that re-sorts the table, and the player page lets you switch the ranking-history chart between Official, TP Surface and Both.

How often do rankings update? Rankings update weekly, following the usual tennis ranking cycle.

Surface ranks and highest career rank

The Player Page also shows the four TP Surface Ranks together and the player's Highest Career Rank (the best official rank they have ever reached).

Tips & Tricks

• Lower odds = favourite. Quick read of any match: the smaller number is the player the market prefers.
• Compare the TP surface rank to the official rank to spot players who punch above (or below) their world ranking on a given surface.
• Use the leaderboard's TP vs Standard toggle to re-sort by whichever ranking you trust more.

Note — decimal odds include your stake. 2.24 returns 2.24 total per 1 staked on a winner, not 2.24 profit on top.

FAQ

What is an "alt rank" and when is it used? It's the player's TP surface rank — our own rating of how strong they are on this match's particular surface — shown next to their official rank (as S beside O on the match page). It's used so you can judge a player by surface, not just by their single all-surface world ranking: someone ranked modestly overall can carry a much stronger rank on, say, clay. On the player page you can switch which ranking is shown between Official, TP Surface and Both.

How often do rankings update? Weekly, following the usual tennis ranking cycle — typically at the start of the week. Because of that, a player's rank can look unchanged for several days between updates.

Do odds change through the day, and how current are they? Yes. Odds move as the market does, and the price shown updates through the day with a short delay, so it reflects the latest available price rather than a figure locked in when the match was first listed. It is a guide to the current market, not a bet you've placed.

What happens on the page when a player has no odds available? Their price is left blank, and any odds-based feature for that player is switched off — the Min/Max price filter can't include them and the match page's Opponent-odds range option is greyed out.