Traditional sportsbooks · settlement rules
Pays the player who goes through with no minimum play at all, and refunds backers of the one who left - whether they retired or were disqualified.
| Retirement | Disqualification |
|---|---|
| pays the advancing player | pays the advancing player |
Retirement and disqualification are written into the same sentence here, so the cause makes no difference to how you are paid.
Read and verified on FanDuel’s own published rules, 2026-10-05. Operators change these without notice, so we re-read them each time this page is updated.
Set betting is always void. Completed service games and points stand. Everything else void unless already determined.
Asymmetric: the winner's backer is paid and the loser's backer refunded, so the market is not zero-sum. Secondary sites widely list FanDuel as a one-set book - their own rules say "regardless of the point in the match". Ohio rules; FanDuel publishes per state.
Yes. The rule applies regardless of the point in the match and across all grades of tennis, so a retirement two games in settles like one in the fifth set: the player who advances wins.
It is voided and the stake returned, not settled as a loser. The market pays one side in full and refunds the other, which is worth knowing if you are hedging across books.
Yes. The governing sentence covers "a retirement or disqualification at any time after the match has started", so a defaulted match pays the player who advances. That is the opposite of bet365.
FanDuel publishes per state and the clause here is the Ohio one. Read the version for the state you are betting in.