Australian Open 2012 Betting Information

January 16th - 29th Melbourne Park

Australian Open Championships - Melbourne, Australia

Australian Open 2012, to be staged from the January 16 - 29, is set to be even bigger and better than ever when the cream of international tennis returns to Melbourne Park. The superstars of tennis and their incredible on-court dramas are the show-stopping acts of world sport in January. Two weeks of the some of the greatest athletic talent on earth playing for Grand Slam stakes showcased at one of the best sporting arenas in the world.

With the Australian Open prize money set at $2.1m for the each singles winner, and as always with tennis there is plenty of value for tennis bettors around the world. Clearly, the depth of the playing field will see the old guard face-off against the new rising talent, with each court holding valid contenders for the coveted title. So, what does all this means for tennis bettors, you may be wondering? Nothing but good news, as handicapping the Australian Open, with such a wide-open playing field, can only mean one thing: lots of betting success if done right!

Get Betting lines on tennis grand slam action for the first title of the year. Australian Open will see the return of the world's hottest tennis players to Melbourne for two weeks of explosive tennis betting action. The Australian Open reaches its climax with the men's singles championship betting matches and gets even better with the women's singles finals.Bet on your favorite tennis players as they battle it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year.If you'd like to have a bet on the Australian Open, then take a look at the tennis betting odds at Bookmaker Sportsbook.

Australian Open betting odds fall into two distinct sets. The first and most well known tennis betting option is futures betting. Basically, a bet on the championship winner, for example Roger Federer to take out the Australian Open men's singles title, is the simplest example of a futures bet.

Australian Open Match betting accounts for a good chunk of Centrebet's turnover, with it framing markets on singles encounters and selected doubles clashes from the first round right through to the finals. Odds are quoted on various markets, which cater for anything from the raw result through to the number of games that a certain player loses in a match.

Australian Open Tennis Betting - The Favourites - 2012

Reigning men's champion is Novak Djokovic, while the Ladies Champion is Kim Clijsters. Both are amongst the favourites to win the titles again this year in the Australian Open Tennis Betting. And, lets not rule out Serena Williams, she holds the record for most championships won in the Australian Open era with 5 victories, and is always formidable on the hard courts of Melbourne.

Bookmakers report that there has been a huge increase for Australian Open Tennis Betting over the last few years. As it is staged during the evening, Europeans can enjoy morning viewing and thus be able to take advantage of the popular Australian Open Tennis In-Running Betting lines at Bookmaker.eu

Australian Open Betting Picks

It's time for another exciting tennis season and the best way to kick start will be with a great first grand slam tournament, The Australian Open. Both ATP and WTA send their best of the best to compete for a great purse and the chance to climb important spots in the rankings, this could be the beginning to a perfect season or the signs of a bad one. Read the rest of this entry »

2010 Australian Open Winner

Roger Federer and Serena Williams validated their No. 1 seeds and rankings to claim Australian Open singles titles during the weekend in Melbourne. For Federer, it was Australian Open title No. 4, and sweet 16 — to extend his record — in overall Grand Slams. Sweet because a year earlier Federer was in tears after a tough five-set loss to Rafael Nadal. Though this final, except for the tiebreaker, lacked the drama of a year ago, on Sunday it was Andy Murray whose voice was cracking after Federer's 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) victory.

Federer saved five set points and wasted two match points in the tiebreaker with some uncharacteristic shot selection before clinching it when Murray netted a backhand after 2 hours, 41 minutes.

"I'm over the moon winning this again. I think I played some of my best tennis in my life these last two weeks," Federer said.

On Saturday, Williams raised her total of Grand Slam singles titles to 12 — equaling Billie Jean King— and her Australian Open total to five (2003, '05, '07, '09-10). And it helps put the uproar from last year's U.S. Open deeper in the rearview mirror.

"I've totally moved on," said Williams, who was fined $92,000 in the aftermath of her profanity-laced tirade at a line judge during a semifinal loss to Kim Clijsters in New York last September. "One moment doesn't make one person's career. It's all about the moments you put together."

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The Australian Open started in 1905, which means that it is a few years younger than the French Open (1891), Wimbledon (1877) and US Open (1881), but it gets much more attention now than it did before the competition moved to Melbourne Park in 1988.

Melbourne Park (formerly Flinders Park) was constructed in time for the 1988 Australian Open Tennis to meet the demands of this evolving tournament. The move to Melbourne Park was an immediate success, with a 90 per cent increase in attendance, it is now as popular and important as the three other tennis Grand Slams: