2026 Women’s Tennis Betting Winners and Losers: Who Made Money and Who Didn’t?

Winning tennis matches doesn’t always mean winning money.

We wanted to know which women’s tennis players made bettors the most money in 2026 and which ones cost them the most.

Crush & Rush News looked at 18,192 women’s singles matches played between January 1 and November 7, 2026. We used a simple system: Bet $100 on a player every time she played.

We included everything. WTA Tour events, Grand Slams, WTA 125 tournaments, Challengers, ITF events, qualifying and Billie Jean King Cup matches.

Players needed at least 20 matches with available closing odds to qualify. That gave us 703 players.

Here’s what we found.

The 20 Most Profitable Women’s Tennis Players of 2026

#	Player	Bets	W-L	Avg. odds	Net profit	ROI
1	Vaishnavi Adkar	37	23–14	+221	+$2,607	+70.5%
2	Chengyiyi Yuan	50	34–16	+222	+$2,357	+47.1%
3	Kimberly Birrell	57	31–26	+175	+$2,279	+40.0%
4	Emma Slavikova	20	14–6	+231	+$2,135	+106.7%
5	Alina Charaeva	56	33–23	+147	+$2,125	+38.0%
6	Natsuho Arakawa	21	8–13	+433	+$2,081	+99.1%
7	Katarzyna Kawa	51	28–23	+198	+$1,874	+36.7%
8	Yujin Kim	28	16–12	+274	+$1,836	+65.5%
9	Alexandra Eala	68	45–23	+106	+$1,798	+26.4%
10	Nikola Bartunkova	57	36–21	+127	+$1,785	+31.3%
11	Karolina Pliskova	30	19–11	+176	+$1,706	+56.9%
12	Carmen Gallardo Guevara	38	27–11	+199	+$1,655	+43.5%
13	Han Shi	87	62–25	−107	+$1,599	+18.4%
14	Asylzhan Arystanbekova	26	17–9	+195	+$1,577	+60.7%
15	Lucie Nguyen Tan	45	27–18	+175	+$1,549	+34.4%
16	Magda Linette	47	23–24	+205	+$1,445	+30.8%
17	Ayla Aksu	55	35–20	+120	+$1,425	+25.9%
18	Laura Mair	43	22–21	+269	+$1,391	+32.4%
19	Rositsa Dencheva	51	38–13	−131	+$1,357	+26.6%
20	Antonia Ruzic	52	25–27	+182	+$1,332	+25.6%

Vaishnavi Adkar tops our list with $2,607 in profits, including $2,333 from two wins in Bengaluru.

Kimberly Birrell earned bettors $1,785 with one French Open upset, while Natsuho Arakawa returned $2,081 despite winning just eight of 21 matches.

It’s not how often you win. It’s the price you get.

The 20 Biggest Women’s Tennis Betting Losers of 2026

#	Player	Bets	W-L	Avg. odds	Net profit	ROI
1	Sapfo Sakellaridi	57	21–36	+151	−$2,073	-36.4%
2	Sofia Kenin	32	7–25	+193	−$1,880	-58.8%
3	Demi Tran	27	6–21	+405	−$1,820	-67.4%
4	Marie Weckerle	31	9–22	+245	−$1,785	-57.6%
5	Ella Seidel	39	12–27	+143	−$1,773	-45.5%
6	Anna-Lena Friedsam	35	12–23	+137	−$1,686	-48.2%
7	Lola Radivojevic	40	17–23	−115	−$1,580	-39.5%
8	Simona Waltert	55	26–29	+132	−$1,568	-28.5%
9	Emiliana Arango	39	12–27	+211	−$1,561	-40.0%
10	Carolyn Ansari	60	33–27	+104	−$1,531	-25.5%
11	Miriam Bianca Bulgaru	32	10–22	+186	−$1,457	-45.5%
12	Lia Karatancheva	44	16–28	+157	−$1,455	-33.1%
13	Carlota Martinez Cirez	58	29–29	+122	−$1,414	-24.4%
14	Maria Lourdes Carle	46	21–25	+111	−$1,414	-30.7%
15	Bianca Elena Barbulescu	24	7–17	+230	−$1,405	-58.5%
16	Caroline Werner	40	14–26	+151	−$1,362	-34.0%
17	Natalija Senic	38	20–18	−161	−$1,359	-35.8%
18	Priscilla Hon	27	8–19	+175	−$1,345	-49.8%
19	Berta Bonardi	28	10–18	+477	−$1,332	-47.6%
20	Suzan Lamens	40	17–23	+167	−$1,317	-32.9%

Sapfo Sakellaridi tops the losses list at -$2,073, followed by former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin at -$1,880.

Kenin also appeared in our 2025 WTA Oven report on bagels and breadsticks.

But here’s something worth looking at. Carolyn Ansari won 33 of her 60 matches and still lost bettors $1,531.

A winning record doesn’t always pay the bills.

How Did the WTA Top 10 Perform for Bettors in 2026?

#	Player	Bets	W-L	Avg. odds	Net profit	ROI
1	Elena Rybakina	63	50–13	−262	+$410	+6.5%
2	Aryna Sabalenka	55	45–10	−522	−$268	-4.9%
3	Mirra Andreeva	61	46–15	−261	−$226	-3.7%
4	Coco Gauff	56	43–13	−226	+$365	+6.5%
5	Jessica Pegula	60	47–13	−201	+$434	+7.2%
6	Elina Svitolina	60	42–18	−172	+$56	+0.9%
7	Karolina Muchova	51	39–12	−142	+$981	+19.2%
8	Linda Noskova	53	39–14	−128	+$792	+14.9%
9	Iga Swiatek	51	36–15	−440	−$857	-16.8%
10	Marta Kostyuk	46	35–11	−133	+$816	+17.7%

Last year, we published an article looking at how much money the WTA Top 10 made bettors in 2025.

Six players made money. Four lost money.

Using the November 2 WTA rankings, here’s what happened if we bet $100 on every eligible match involving those players.

Seven of the Top 10 made money, with Karolina Muchová leading the group at $981.

But look at what it took to make that money.

The Problem With Betting on Big Favorites

Elena Rybakina won 50 of 63 matches, but bettors risked $6,300 to win just $410.

Aryna Sabalenka won nearly 82% of her matches yet lost bettors $268, while Iga Świątek cost them $857.

That’s the problem with chasing big names. Short odds leave little room for mistakes.

We covered this in The WTA Star Tax: Why Betting Big Favorites Is a Losing Strategy.

These figures include all eligible matches, not just those where the players were favorites.

So, What’s the Takeaway?

It’s pretty simple.

You can win 80% of your bets and still lose money.

You can back a player with a losing record and finish the season with a nice profit.

And you can bet thousands of dollars on one of the best players in the world and barely make enough to buy dinner.

The price matters. It always has.

Being a great tennis player doesn’t automatically make somebody a good bet.

For more research like this, visit our WTA Tennis Betting Statistics hub.

How We Calculated the Numbers

We used match results and closing odds from Valuebetennis for matches played from January 1 through November 7, 2026.

We bet a hypothetical $100 on every eligible match for each player. We used the actual closing odds for each match to calculate profits and losses.

The average odds column shows the average closing price for each player, converted to American odds. We averaged the original decimal prices before converting them, rather than averaging American moneylines directly.

ROI is the percentage of the total money wagered that was won or lost.

We excluded matches without usable odds or a valid winner, as well as records where a completed score contradicted the listed winner. Some included matches had incomplete scores.

The figures are hypothetical, not actual sportsbook payouts. Retirement and settlement rules can also affect results.

These numbers cover the available 2026 matches through November 7, not the full calendar year.

Data: Valuebetennis, Tennis Results and Odds Since 2021, CC BY 4.0. Rankings: WTA Tennis.

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