Settlement rules, from the source
Read how each sportsbook and prediction market resolves tennis retirements, walkovers, and disqualifications before you bet.
Licensed bookmakers and exchanges. They disagree completely: on the same retirement, some pay the player who goes through and some return every stake.
| Operator | Retirement | Disqualification |
|---|---|---|
| bet365 sportsbook | void | pays the advancing player |
| Pinnacle sportsbook | stands after one set | stands after one set |
| Betfair Sportsbook sportsbook | stands after one set, except ITF and UTR | stands after one set, except ITF and UTR |
| Betfair Exchange exchange | stands after one set | stands after one set |
| William Hill (UK) sportsbook | void | void |
| FanDuel sportsbook | pays the advancing player | pays the advancing player |
| PointsBet sportsbook | pays the advancing player | pays the advancing player |
| Hard Rock Bet sportsbook | void | void |
| DraftKings sportsbook | stands after one set (ATP) | stands after one set (ATP) |
| BetMGM sportsbook | stands after one set | stands after one set |
| 1xBet sportsbook | stands after one set | stands after one set |
Crypto books lean on shared white-label platforms, so two brands often run the identical rulebook. Where that is true we say so - a second opinion is not always a second opinion.
Event contracts, not bets, and they settle differently enough that sportsbook intuition misleads. The only group where a walkover earns a column: all four answer it differently.
| Operator | Retirement | Disqualification | Walkover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket prediction market | pays the advancing player | pays the advancing player | resolves at $0.50 for each player |
| Kalshi prediction market | last fair price | completed sets still count | last fair price |
| Novig prediction market | stands after one set | stands after one set | void |
| Robinhood prediction market | varies by contract | pays the advancing player | $0.50 on some contracts |
On walkovers. Every sportsbook and exchange here voids one, so there is nothing to compare. Prediction markets each do something different, which is why it is a column only in that table.
How this page is built. Every rule is read on the operator's own site and quoted word for word, never taken from a comparison site. Last read 2026-10-05.
Three answers. Paying with no minimum play: FanDuel and PointsBet. Paying once one full set is complete: Pinnacle, Betfair Sportsbook, Betfair Exchange, DraftKings, BetMGM and 1xBet. Never paying a retirement at any stage: bet365, William Hill (UK), Hard Rock Bet, Stake.com, Gamdom, Roobet, Rainbet and Duel.com.
It depends on the operator. On the same retirement after two completed sets, backing the player who goes through pays at Pinnacle, both Betfair products, FanDuel and PointsBet, and is refunded at bet365, William Hill, Hard Rock Bet, Stake and Gamdom. Both are correct under their own rules.
A retirement is a match abandoned after play has started. A walkover is a withdrawal before a ball is struck. Every sportsbook here voids a walkover; prediction markets each do something different.
All four differently. Polymarket resolves to the player who advances with no minimum play. Novig requires a completed first set, like a bookmaker. Kalshi resolves to the last fair price at its own discretion. Robinhood has no single rule - its terms are written per contract and differ between contracts listed the same week.
Polymarket resolves a true walkover at $0.50 for each player, so both sides get half. Robinhood does the same on contracts carrying that clause; others resolve to a discretionary fair price. Kalshi uses the last fair price. Novig is the outlier - it voids one outright, so do not assume a prediction market will split your stake.
Most write retirement and disqualification into the same sentence and settle them identically. Two do not: bet365 voids a retirement but settles a disqualification on the player who progresses, and Gamdom does the same because a default leaves a determined result. At those two the same scoreline pays or refunds depending on why the match ended.