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Wimbledon 2026 & the Grass Swing

The previews, the grass-season guide and the rivalry that owns the lawns
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RESULTS · MAY 2026 · TRANSPARENCY

May 2026: +20.7 Units From a 36.7% Win Rate

8 min read · Results Audit

120 settled picks, 44 winners, +20.7u at flat stakes — the full month audited, including the five-day losing run and the −5u day. Why the entire profit came from longshots.

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WIMBLEDON 2026 · ATP · PREVIEW

Wimbledon 2026 ATP Preview

10 min read · Grass · Slam Preview

Sinner defends cold after skipping every warm-up, Alcaraz is out, and Zverev arrives a slam champion at last. The model's read on the draw, the serve-and-grass edges, and where the value sits. Updated 10 June.

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WIMBLEDON 2026 · WTA · PREVIEW

Wimbledon 2026 WTA Preview

10 min read · Grass · Slam Preview

Swiatek defends under pressure, Mirra Andreeva arrives as French Open champion and Race leader, and Rybakina is the model's quiet favourite. The draw read and the value picks for the most open Slam of the year. Updated 10 June.

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GRASS SEASON · ATP & WTA · GUIDE

Grass Court Season 2026: The Complete Guide

13 min read · 6 June 2026 · Season Preview

The full grass calendar from Stuttgart and 's-Hertogenbosch through Queen's, Halle and Berlin to Wimbledon. Why the surface breaks the form book, the model's grass win-rate leaders — Djokovic 91%, Alcaraz 88%, Sinner 76% — and the value angles that only exist for three weeks a year.

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RIVALRY · THE FULL STAT BREAKDOWN

Alcaraz vs Sinner: The Complete Head-to-Head

14 min read · Updated 1 June 2026 · Rivalry

All 16 meetings, surface by surface, every Grand Slam and final. Alcaraz leads 9–7 — but Sinner has won 3 of the last 4 and leads finals 4–3. Plus the deciding-set pattern nobody prices right, and the serve, return and clutch data on grass.

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Roland Garros 2026 — Our Scorecard

Every pre-match pick publicly tracked · full record on /results
Roland Garros 2026 · Pre-Match Signals · Settled

17W–27L · +12.23u flat at an average price of 3.23

A sub-40% strike rate that still turned a profit — because the winners averaged 3.31 and 7 of the 17 landed at 3.50 or bigger. Value over volume. Signature wins: Teichmann @ 4.10, Kokkinakis @ 4.10, Struff @ 4.00, Basavareddy @ 4.00.

17–27
Won–Lost
+12.23u
Flat Profit
38.6%
Strike Rate
3.23
Avg Odds
44
Settled Picks
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Lifetime record updated daily on /results

⭐ Betting Tool Reviews

Honest, hands-on reviews of the betting & trading tools we actually rate — tested properly, with real pros and cons and no affiliate fluff.

Strategy & Methodology

Evergreen reads on how the model works and how to stake

Daily Match Previews

Every signal we send is previewed publicly · settled with score the next day
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Brandon Nakashima vs Jack Draper — Lexus Eastbourne Open

5 min read · June 21, 2026 · Match Preview

Brandon Nakashima holds at 78%, Jack Draper breaks at 23%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Lexus Eastbourne Open match on grass.

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Alexandra Eala vs Elise Mertens — Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt

5 min read · June 20, 2026 · Match Preview

Alexandra Eala holds at 65%, Elise Mertens breaks at 40%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt match on hard.

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Aryna Sabalenka vs Nikola Bartunkova — VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open

5 min read · June 19, 2026 · Match Preview

Aryna Sabalenka holds at 74%, Nikola Bartunkova breaks at 35%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for today's VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open match on hard.

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Aryna Sabalenka vs Nikola Bartunkova — VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open

5 min read · June 18, 2026 · Match Preview

Aryna Sabalenka holds at 74%, Nikola Bartunkova breaks at 35%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open match on hard.

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Alexander Zverev vs Yannick Hanfmann — Terra Wortmann Open

5 min read · June 17, 2026 · Match Preview

Alexander Zverev holds at 87%, Yannick Hanfmann breaks at 14%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Terra Wortmann Open match on hard.

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Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Aryna Sabalenka — VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open

5 min read · June 16, 2026 · Match Preview

Ekaterina Alexandrova holds at 63%, Aryna Sabalenka breaks at 42%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open match on hard.

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Anna Kalinskaya vs Elina Svitolina — VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open

5 min read · June 15, 2026 · Match Preview

Anna Kalinskaya holds at 61%, Elina Svitolina breaks at 44%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's VANDA Pharmaceuticals Berlin Tennis Open match on hard.

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Joao Fonseca vs Yannick Hanfmann — Terra Wortmann Open

5 min read · June 14, 2026 · Match Preview

Joao Fonseca holds at 84%, Yannick Hanfmann breaks at 14%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Terra Wortmann Open match on hard.

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Harry Wendelken vs Adam Walton — HSBC Championships

5 min read · June 13, 2026 · Match Preview

Harry Wendelken holds at 79%, Adam Walton breaks at 28%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for today's HSBC Championships match on hard.

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Elena Rybakina vs Tatjana Maria — The HSBC Championships

5 min read · June 12, 2026 · Match Preview

Elena Rybakina holds at 76%, Tatjana Maria breaks at 34%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for today's The HSBC Championships match on hard.

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Iva Jovic vs Amanda Anisimova — The HSBC Championships

5 min read · June 11, 2026 · Match Preview

Iva Jovic holds at 67%, Amanda Anisimova breaks at 46%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's The HSBC Championships match on hard.

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Elena Rybakina vs Tatjana Maria — The HSBC Championships

5 min read · June 10, 2026 · Match Preview

Elena Rybakina holds at 76%, Tatjana Maria breaks at 34%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's The HSBC Championships match on hard.

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Martin Landaluce vs Taylor Fritz — ATP Stuttgart 2026

5 min read · June 09, 2026 · Match Preview

Martin Landaluce holds at 80%, Taylor Fritz breaks at 18%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's ATP Stuttgart 2026 match on grass.

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Mika Stojsavljevic vs Marta Kostyuk — The HSBC Championships

5 min read · June 08, 2026 · Match Preview

Mika Stojsavljevic holds at 66%, Marta Kostyuk breaks at 50%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's The HSBC Championships match on hard.

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Kimberly Birrell vs Magda Linette — Libéma Open

5 min read · June 07, 2026 · Match Preview

Kimberly Birrell holds at 64%, Magda Linette breaks at 33%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Libéma Open match on hard.

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Alexander Zverev vs Flavio Cobolli — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 06, 2026 · Match Preview

Alexander Zverev holds at 87%, Flavio Cobolli breaks at 20%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Mirra Andreeva vs Maja Chwalinska — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 05, 2026 · Match Preview

Mirra Andreeva holds at 70%, Maja Chwalinska breaks at 56%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Alexander Zverev vs Jakub Mensik — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 04, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Zverev beat Mensik ✅

Alexander Zverev holds at 87%, Jakub Mensik breaks at 19%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Mirra Andreeva vs Marta Kostyuk — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 03, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Andreeva beat Kostyuk ✅

Mirra Andreeva holds at 71%, Marta Kostyuk breaks at 49%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Diana Shnaider vs Aryna Sabalenka — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 02, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Shnaider stunned Sabalenka ✅

Diana Shnaider holds at 65%, Aryna Sabalenka breaks at 42%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Marta Kostyuk vs Elina Svitolina — Roland Garros

5 min read · June 01, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Kostyuk beat Svitolina ✅

Marta Kostyuk holds at 68%, Elina Svitolina breaks at 42%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Naomi Osaka vs Aryna Sabalenka — Roland Garros

5 min read · May 31, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Sabalenka beat Osaka ✅

Naomi Osaka holds at 67%, Aryna Sabalenka breaks at 40%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Belinda Bencic vs Elina Svitolina — Roland Garros

5 min read · May 30, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Svitolina beat Bencic ✅

Belinda Bencic holds at 69%, Elina Svitolina breaks at 41%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Anastasia Potapova vs Coco Gauff — Roland Garros

5 min read · May 29, 2026 · Match Preview
Result: Potapova stunned Gauff ✅

Anastasia Potapova holds at 63%, Coco Gauff breaks at 46%. Full serve, return, and pressure breakdown for tomorrow's Roland Garros match on clay.

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Wimbledon 2026 — Pre-Previews

Grass court swing follows Roland Garros · main draw begins 29 June

Recent Match Recaps & Madrid

Last fortnight's settled signals · Madrid Open recaps
Won FREE PICK

Andreeva vs Kostyuk — Madrid Open Final Preview

5 min read · 1 May 2026 · Match Preview · Kostyuk WON @ 2.34 (+1.34u)

Andreeva 1.68, Kostyuk 2.34 on Betfair — but model and Polymarket both put the match closer to a coin flip. +11.6% expected return on Kostyuk @ 2.34 — full breakdown and free pick.

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Model Read Match Recap

Pliskova vs Mertens — Madrid Recap (Internal Model Read)

5 min read · 26 April 2026 · Match Recap · Model flagged Pliskova @ 3.30 — above auto-send filter

Mertens went off at 1.43, Pliskova drifted to 3.30. Hold and break rates were near-identical, but the choke index split (0.20 vs 0.30) was the value. Transparency note: 3.30 sat above our send filter.

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Won Match Recap

Osaka vs Osorio — Madrid Open Recap (1.91, 19.8% Edge)

5 min read · 23 April 2026 · Match Recap · Osaka WON @ 1.91 (6-2 7-5, +1.82u)

Market priced this as a coin flip. Hold rates told a different story — Osaka 72.3% vs Osorio 65.6% on rolling clay form. Model had Osaka at 72.2% to win against the implied 52.4%.

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Won Match Recap

Snigur vs Kasatkina — Madrid Open Recap (2.58 Upset)

5 min read · 22 April 2026 · Match Recap · Snigur WON @ 2.58 (6-3 3-6 7-6, +1.93u)

Kasatkina the name-recognition favourite, Snigur the data favourite. Hold percentages of 80.4% vs 56.9% on clay made the price an inversion. 19.3% edge cashed in three sets.

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Lost Match Preview

Etcheverry vs Fils — Madrid Open Preview

5 min read · 27 April 2026 · Match Preview · Etcheverry lost (Fils 6-3 6-4) — 1.00u

An underdog clay-court call. The market had Fils a 1.30 favourite; the model said the gap was narrower. 11.2% edge at 3.35 on Etcheverry — full breakdown.

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Bublik vs Tsitsipas — Madrid Open Preview (+ Free Bet)

6 min read · 24 April 2026 · Match Preview · Tsitsipas WON @ 2.46 (6-2 7-5, +1.46u)

Our highest-confidence ATP call. Bublik is the higher-Elo player; Tsitsipas is the clay specialist. The surface does the work. Model gives Tsitsipas 54% vs market 40% — a 14.3% edge at 2.46.

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Guides & Strategy

Where the model finds value · how to use the signals across exchanges and prediction markets
PREDICTION MARKETS

Tennis Prediction Signals on Kalshi: How fault.bet's Model Finds Value

12 min read · 11 May 2026 · Guide

Three markets, one model. A practical 3000-word guide to using fault.bet's tennis trading signals on Kalshi — with a live price comparison widget, an edge calculator, and the seven metrics that drive every pick.

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Polymarket

Trading Tennis on Polymarket With fault.bet — Signals, Dashboard & API

12 min read · 2 May 2026 · Workflows + Code

Three markets, one model, three different prices. How to use fault.bet's daily signals, premium dashboard, and API tier to find Polymarket value before it disappears. Real Python snippets, real Madrid final example.

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API Guide

The Complete Guide to Tennis Data: Trading, Predictions & Analysis

25 min read · 23 April 2026 · Comprehensive Guide

How to use the fault.bet API for Betfair trading, Polymarket predictions, journalism, fantasy sports, and model building. Real code examples and use cases.

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WEATHER READ

Rome vs Paris — Two Weather Stories, Two Players to Watch

6 min read · 10 May 2026 · Weather Read for 11–12 May

Rome bakes at 23°C and dry, Paris broods at 15°C with rain risk. The next 48 hours split cleanly. What each profile rewards on clay — plus one player at each venue whose stat profile lines up with the forecast.

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Strategy

Kelly Criterion Tennis Betting: The Complete Staking Guide for Betfair Traders

8 min read · 22 March 2026 · Staking Strategy

Why staking matters more than picks. Full breakdown of Kelly criterion, fractional Kelly, flat staking, Lucky 15s and Lucky 63s — with real examples from fault.bet signals.

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Model

How the Markov Model Misprices Pressure Situations on Betfair

7 min read · 22 March 2026 · Model Methodology

Betfair's standard pricing assumes points are independent. Our data proves they're not. Here's what that means for lay signal generation and where the real edge comes from.

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API

Polymarket Tennis Trading: Using Win Probabilities to Beat Prediction Markets

6 min read · 22 March 2026 · Prediction Markets

Betfair prices lead Polymarket by 2–5 minutes. Our calibrated model identifies edges on both platforms simultaneously. How to use the fault.bet API for prediction market trading.

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Model

How We Built the fault.bet Model That Finds Mispriced Tennis Markets

8 min read · 21 April 2026 · Technical Deep-Dive

Architecture, feature engineering, and results from building a tennis prediction system using LightGBM, Elo ratings, and 1.6 million historical matches.

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Results

3 Winners at Combined 29/1 — Why Value Selections Belong in Lucky 15s

6 min read · 13 April 2026 · Real Results

All 3 fault.bet signals won on Saturday at prices of 3.90, 2.96 and 2.52. A £7 Patent returned £67. The maths on value selections and multiple bets.

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Analysis

Miami Open 2026: Model Picks, Value Signals and Player Pressure Profiles

5 min read · 22 March 2026 · Tournament Preview

Full fault.bet model analysis of the 2026 Miami Open. ATP and WTA value picks, choke index ratings for key players, and our top pre-match signals for the tournament.

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