Spanish tennis after Nadal: the Alcaraz era
Few countries follow tennis as closely as Spain. Rafael Nadal's two decades at the top turned Roland Garros into a national fixture, and since his retirement at the 2024 Davis Cup Finals in Málaga, Carlos Alcaraz has carried that interest into a new generation. Add home events such as the Mutua Madrid Open and the Barcelona Open at the Real Club de Tenis, plus a deep pool of Spanish players on the ATP, WTA and Challenger tours, and tennis is comfortably one of the most bet-on sports in the country after football.
What separates tennis sportsbooks is not the Grand Slam finals, which everyone prices, but the long tail of the schedule. On a weekday in spring there can be clay-court Challengers in Spain, Italy and South America running alongside the main tour, and in-play markets need to update point by point.
1xBet tops the tennis ranking
1xBet is the only sportsbook in Spain that earns our highest tennis depth rating, and it leads this list even though it sits third overall. Its 9.5 markets score reflects a long menu of set betting, game handicaps, total games and next-point markets, and it is the one site here with live streaming, which makes following a lower-tier match while betting in play far easier. The trade-offs are a busy interface and the lowest responsible gambling score of the four (7.0).
888sport, second here, offers wide coverage with a cleaner app (rated 8.9) and odds rated 9.0, the same as 1xBet. TonyBet follows with wide coverage and the strongest responsible gambling tools in our Spanish ranking (8.9), while Interwetten, fourth, has a reputation for competitive prices on tennis that suits bettors who stick to main tour singles.
Getting more from tennis markets
Tennis rewards preparation more than impulse. Surface matters enormously: a player who thrives on the clay of Madrid and Paris may struggle on grass a few weeks later. Before you bet, check:
- How the sportsbook settles retirements: some void the bet if a player retires, others settle once a set is completed.
- Whether a match is best of three or best of five, which changes the value of set and total games markets.
- Recent schedule and travel; players moving from a deep run in one event straight into the next often start slowly.
- Live prices during long rallies and changeovers, where odds can briefly suspend.
Keep it measured
Because there is tennis on almost every day of the year, it is easy to bet more often than you planned. All four sites apply DGOJ deposit limits by default and, from 25 March 2027, Royal Decree 520/2026 will add a joint limit across every licensed operator. If betting stops feeling like a hobby, FEJAR offers free support on 900 200 225.