2009 French Open Payout Odds

Ron Raymond is a Sports Handicapper and the founder of Phoenixsports.com.

The 2009 French Open tennis tournament will take place on May 24th and will go right up to June 7th 2009. The French Open is played in Paris, France at “Le Stade Roland Garros” and it’s played on clay courts.

In fact, the French Open is one of the 4 tournaments that make up the Tennis Grand Slam, as the other 3 Slammers are Wimbledon, US Open and the Australian Open. The purse for the French Open is €15,264,500 Euros which equals $20,415,636.57 US Dollars. What recession right? That’s a lot of money for hitting a yellow ball on a clay court for only 2 weeks work. Nevertheless, I digress…

The top mens player in the Rafael Nadal is the current favorite on the mens side, as he’s sitting at -400 favorite and the person he won against in 2008 Roger Nadal, is +1300. Therefore, if you’re new to the Sports Betting scene and don’t understand the betting lingo, -400 means you would need to wager $400 on Nadal to win $100. Whereas, if you wanted to bet on Roger Federer, you would lay $100 to win $1300. However, it will be tough to beat Nadal, as he’s won the last 4 French Open Championships and 3 of them were against Roger Federer in which John McEnroe was quoted as saying “I would really like to help Roger. Especially as he needs to change his strategy if he wants to beat (Rafael Nadal). And I have an idea about that”.

If you’re looking for some value betting the French Open, you will not find it on the Mens side, but more the women’s or the Mens or Women’s doubles event. In fact, last years Women’s champion Ana Ivanovic is currently sitting at +500, which means a $100 wager would net you a $500 profit.

Here’s a run down on the past French Open Winners the last 6 years:

Mens past winners:
• 2003 Juan Carlos Ferrero Martin Verkerk 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
• 2004 Gaston Gaudio Guillermo Coria 0-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 8-6
• 2005 Rafael Nadal Mariano Puerta 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
• 2006 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 1-6, 6-1, 6-4, 7-6(4)
• 2007 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 2008 Rafael Nadal Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0

Mens past winners:
• 2003 Justine Henin Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4
• 2004 Anastasia Myskina Elena Dementieva 6-1, 6-2
• 2005 Justine Henin Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1
• 2006 Justine Henin Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4
• 2007 Justine Henin Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-2
• 2008 Ana Ivanovic Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3

Who will win the "French Open" Want some action on the 2009 French Open to make watching the tennis matches more interesting. In fact, more and more people are finding watching the tennis matches on TV knowing they have an invested interest, brings more enjoyment watching the tennis matches. With the way Las Vegas and Offshore Sportsbooks have brought technology up to par in the year 2009, you can now pick and click via the internet, as betting on tennis has never been so easy. All you need to do is head to Bookmaker.com, hit the “JOIN NOW” button, fill in your information, fund your account and you can be making wagers on the French Open in a matter of minutes. Need help to open an account, contact Ron Raymond at ronraymond@rogers.com. Tennis Futures: 2009 ATP French Open - Odds to win (Men) Rafael Nadal -400 Roger Federer +1300 Andy Murray +1800 Novak Djokovic +1400 Fernando Verdasco +4000 Nikolay Davydenko +8000 Gael Monfils +10000 David Ferrer +8000 David Nalbandian +10000 Nicolas Almagro +15000 Jo Wilfred Tsonga +10000 Fernando Gonzalez +8000 Gilles Simon +12500 Tommy Robredo +10000 Igor Andreev +15000 Jose Acasuso +40000 Lleyton Hewitt +20000 Andy Roddick +20000 Juan Carlos Ferrero +15000 James Blake +25000 Marat Safin +20000 Marin Cilic +20000 Juan Monaco +15000 Juan Martin Del Potro +8000 Odds To Win The 2009 French Open (Women) Serena Williams +450 Ana Ivanovic +500 Jelena Jankovic +550 Dinara Safina +800 Svetlana Kuznetsova +950 Elena Dementieva +1000 Victoria Azarenka +1000 Venus Williams +1200 Vera Zvonareva +1200 Maria Sharapova +1500 Field (All Others Not Listed) +1500 Agnieszka Radwanska +2500 Caroline Wozniacki +2500 Alize Cornet +3000 Carla Suarez Navarro +4000 Dominika Cibulkova +5000 Amelie Mauresmo +5000 Nadia Petrova +5000 Nicole Vaidisova +6000 Flavia Pennetta +6000 Na Li +6000 Tatiana Golovin +8000 Anna Chakvetadze +8000 Marion Bartoli +8000 Patty Schnyder +8000

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"French Open" Facts
• What: 2009 French Open
• When: May 24th to June 7th 2009
• Where: Le Stade Roland-Garros, Paris
• 2008 "French Open" Mens Winner: Rafael Nadal over Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
• 2008 "French Open" Womens Winner: Ana Ivanovic over Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3

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