It’s the tournament in the south of France which provides a ray of spring sunshine, not least for those looking for success with ATP Monte Carlo betting.

It’s also become Spaniard Rafa Nadal’s personal prize, but ATP Monte Carlo bets offer great value to UK internet punters, especially given the amount of free bets on offer from online bookmakers.

Nadal has won the tournament on six successive occasions, an incredible record making him the only man in the open era to have won the same tournament so many times on the trot.

Davis Cup betting success is often a case of location, location, location.

Spain are chasing a third successive victory, and with clay court master Rafa Nadal in their ranks, predictions that they can bag a trio of titles are not far wide of the mark.

There really is no place like SW19.

It’s tennis heaven, and a slice of paradise for those with a passion for Wimbledon betting as well as the rich traditions of sporting splendour which only Britain can provide.

Forget the brash brutality of New York, or the chic of Paris, those seeking their Wimbledon bet and their chance to wallow in the wonder of the occasional English summer (and when they do arrive, they can be wondrous), know there really is no place like home.

Roland Garros has always been more about Rene Lacoste than Fred Perry. It is the bastion of machismo in tennis. Achingly slow courts mean brutally long matches under the Parisian sun; little wonder those seeking success from their French Open bets often look to see who will be last man, or woman standing.

But French Open betting should not always be about the predictions of routine, as events in 2010 proved. While Rafa Nadal, surely the greatest clay court player of all time, took yet another men’s title, the tournament predictions were far from uniform.