Reading the model is very simple. I have the line posted at one of the sportsbooks. I will post which book the lines were taken from each day. I will then show what my model thinks the line should be. The last column is the most important. That is the edge I see based on the difference in my line and the bettable line.
The natural reaction would be to be all lines with an edge. I tend to be slightly conservative and look for a 5% edge or greater to make a wager. With tennis (and soccer) I tend to be a bit leery of very large edges. 15-20% or more can mean there is something the model is not picking up, perhaps an injury or some pretty sharp bettors pushing the line to the side we are showing as a high negative edge. This could be a good fade opportunity. That is, betting against the player we show to have an edge.
You should all play around with these and track them yourselves. See if you are seeing those with a significant edge losing often.
I sometimes like to bet those on the spread line on matches where we see an edge, but the line is very high. Preferably sets, but you may also look at the game spread line. This is because there is a high likelihood that the big dog will win the match, but there may be value in betting on the spread. You can split the bet up and do both as well.
Today's lines are taken from Draftkings.
March 6
Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Milos Raonic |
145 |
182 |
-5% |
Indian Wells |
Rafael Nadal |
-180 |
-182 |
0% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Alex Michelsen |
-250 |
-283 |
2% |
Indian Wells |
Jaume Munar |
195 |
283 |
-8% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Thanasi Kokkinakis |
125 |
120 |
1% |
Indian Wells |
Marcos Giron |
-155 |
-120 |
-6% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Flavio Cobolli |
-290 |
-173 |
-11% |
Indian Wells |
Roberto Carballes Baena |
225 |
173 |
6% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Botic Van De Zandschulp |
115 |
110 |
1% |
Indian Wells |
Denis Shapovalov |
-145 |
-110 |
-7% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Stan Wawrinka |
160 |
131 |
5% |
Indian Wells |
Tomas Machac |
-205 |
-131 |
-11% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Arthur Fils |
-165 |
-109 |
-10% |
Indian Wells |
Nuno Borges |
130 |
109 |
4% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Borna Coric |
-255 |
-167 |
-9% |
Indian Wells |
Sebastian Ofner |
200 |
167 |
4% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Lorenzo Sonego |
110 |
105 |
1% |
Indian Wells |
Miomir Kecmanovic |
-140 |
-105 |
-7% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Aleksandar Kovacevic |
120 |
102 |
4% |
Indian Wells |
Zhizhen Zhang |
-150 |
-102 |
-10% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Christopher Oconnell |
310 |
235 |
5% |
Indian Wells |
Jack Draper |
-425 |
-235 |
-11% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Taro Daniel |
-190 |
-191 |
0% |
Indian Wells |
Daniel Elahi Galan |
150 |
191 |
-6% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Gael Monfils |
-285 |
-329 |
3% |
Indian Wells |
Max Purcell |
220 |
329 |
-8% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Fabio Fognini |
-190 |
-203 |
2% |
Indian Wells |
Bernabe Zapata Miralles |
150 |
203 |
-7% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Fabian Marozsan |
145 |
119 |
5% |
Indian Wells |
Alexei Popyrin |
-180 |
-119 |
-10% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Dusan Lajovic |
215 |
266 |
-4% |
Indian Wells |
Emil Ruusuvuori |
-275 |
-266 |
-1% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Yannick Hanfmann |
-330 |
-285 |
-3% |
Indian Wells |
Pedro Cachin |
250 |
285 |
-3% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Luca Van Assche |
185 |
182 |
0% |
Indian Wells |
Matteo Arnaldi |
-235 |
-182 |
-6% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Christopher Eubanks |
125 |
116 |
2% |
Indian Wells |
Brandon Nakashima |
-155 |
-116 |
-7% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Alexander Shevchenko |
105 |
-104 |
2% |
Indian Wells |
Dominik Koepfer |
-125 |
104 |
-7% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Roman Safiullin |
-165 |
-126 |
-6% |
Indian Wells |
Daniel Evans |
130 |
126 |
1% |
Hard |
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Players |
Actual Line |
Sharp App Line |
EDGE |
Tournament |
Pavel Kotov |
-105 |
105 |
-3% |
Indian Wells |
Alejandro Tabilo |
-120 |
-105 |
-3% |
Hard |