DTM - how have his tips worked out in 2025?

Belinda Bencic each way @ 11/1

V.Kudermetova to win quarter 3 @ 9-1

Day 1

What should have been a perfect start for DTM followers was turned into a positive day by Kalinina's inability to convert a match winning position. At 4-1 up in the deciding set it all looked good, but purely down to a lack of match wins her inability to close out a match surfaced again. DTM will not be following this player even on clay. This was a classic case of a  "crisis of confidence!" Elsewhere Polina Kudermetova duly proved too strong for an out of form Begu so a small profit on the day was gained :)

Elsewhere Veronika Kudermetova looked very good in winning her first round match and should prove a tough opponent for Anisimova in round 2.

0.62 points profit 

Anna Blinkova played a bizarre match in losing to Ann Li who she had a 3-0 H2H record going into this one. Not sure I have known a match where one player races into a 5-0 lead only to lose 6 of the next 7 games before then winning 6 of the last 7 games ?? Very weird and slightly dodgy especially as the odds on li were cut significantly before the start. Sometimes you just have to move on :) 

-1 points (-0.38 points overall)

In better news Shuai Zhang looked good in taking the first set against Bronzetti so a profit on the day still looked likely as the day came to an end in the UK:)  Zhang after a mid match wobble duly defeated Bronzetti at 11/5 providing a generous profit. 

+2.2 points profit (+1.82 points profit overall) 

Unfortunately Anisimova turned up and some in beating Veronika Kudermetova overnight.

-1 (+0.82 points profit overall)

Aryna Sabalenka to win Miami is a good option given the odds of 11/4 :) 

After an interesting match with Mirra Andreeva DTM sees no reason why Sabalenka would not reverse the result in the future. DTM believes she throw the match away because of a lack of patience and trying to dominate set 2 and set 3 in a similar fashion to set 1. Andreeva's game improved and she worked out she could just defend forcefully and ultimately gain enough points from Sabalenka's mistakes. With no obvious dangers in the top half Sabalenka should build enough winning momentum to put her into the final with a great shot at the title once again :) 

Qualifying Rounds

Jodie Burrage was a set and 4-1 up but unfortunately failed to convert set 2 and therefore the match. After dropping the second set she retired and therefore the result was VOIDED and any investment returned.

DTM was quick to see the value in backing Taylor Townsend to beat a tired Kartal. After a long struggle the result finally went the American‘s way.

+1.25 points profit after qualifying 

Round 1 

Alycia Parks went from zero to hero in recovering from match point down to beat Gracheva and save DTM's blushes :) Always nice when a recovery result goes your way:) In truth from 5-2 down in the second set the American dominated the match and her expected power did indeed overpower Gracheva by the end :)  

Bronzetti easily dispatched Bouzas Maneiro and the impressive qualifier Linda Fruhvirtova beat Liu.

DTM had his 4th winner as the day drew to a close in Miami when Taylor Townsend came through another 3 set battle to defeat Li. Quite the day with 3 long matches all going the right way for DTM followers. 

+3.5 points profit (+4.75 overall)

Unfortunately Suzan Lamens lost most of the deuce games that dominated the match. Her opponent’s first six of seven service games went to deuce but the Dutch player contrived to lose all bar one of her numerous break point chances. Thus losing a match she probably felt she could have won. Victoria Azarenka didn’t have a problem with big points as she won easily against a very out of form Kalinina. 

-0.56 points (+4.19 points overall)

If you placed the Yankee as advised then the additional profit here was another +7.54 points :) +11.73 points overall

Round 2 

Magda Linette started Thursday with a straight sets defeat of Ekaterina Alexandrova, exactly as DTM forecasted. A 5.75 point profit from this one match is an amazing return as DTM made the Polish player favourite yet the bookies bizarrely didn’t:) Their mistake is all benefiting Alzheimer’s :) The end of the day saw another close 3 set match between Bronzetti and Sakkari. This match could definitely have gone either way in a tense encounter. Unfortunately the crucial deuce games went to the Greek towards the end and Bronzetti will be ruing her break point chance to go 3-1 up after which she was always playing catch up ! 

+3.75 points (+15.48 points overall)

Anna Kalinskaya proved DTM right once again as she turned up and as a result her hard court game was far too good for Uchijima.  Later on Kessler came through a dramatic final set shootout to give the K’s a great winning day. As for DTM that’s 10 out of the last 12 winners :)

+ 2.28 points profit  (+17.76 points overall)

Round 3

Coco Gauff duly dispatched Sakkari in straight sets for one of the easier wins of DTM’s predictions. Elise Mertens pushed Iga Swiatek for long periods of the first set but unfortunately could not quite recover from 5-2 down to win the first set. After nearly 75 minutes losing the set 7-6 led to her losing the second set quite quickly in comparison. On another day with a more secure start the match would have more than likely gone to the 3 sets DTM predicted but not this time :) 

- 0.33 points (+17.43 overall)

Last 16 and remainder of the tournament

Emma Raducanu to reach the final and first off to beat Amanda Anisimova is DTM's remaining interest in this event. With over 17 points profit from Miami the worst case scenario is a 14 point profit. DTM has already highlighted Aryna Sabalenka as the most likely winner in Miami and with the addition of Raducanu to make the final both halves of the draw are covered. After Miami the tour begins to move towards the clay court season. How much profit will BHT have by then ?

+1.5 points profit (+18.93 overall) 

Radcanu duly beat Anisimova but then failed to find a way in a close encounter with Pegula. Iga’s winning formula has definitely dried up and if there is no encouragement before Paris a new clay Queen could be crowned. Will Aryna claim the crown this weekend? DTM believes so :) 

-2 points for Raducanu each way but +2.75 points profit for Aryna Sabalenka winning Miami :) 

+0.75 points profit on event investments

+19.67 points profit overall for Miami 

Qualifying Round 2 

DTM returned to action with a strong selection in qualification. This match up will also help confirm if the surface at Indian Wells remains slow enough to favour the clay court/less powerful players? 

M.Carle to beat D.Saville 

Maria Carle thrashed Saville 6-2, 6-1 to endorse the view that slower conditions remain despite the new court surface :)

0.83 points profit after qualifying 

Round 1

Slow court specialists were undone which confirmed no real bias either way this year at a new look Indian Wells. Play well and you win, play poorly and you’ll lose. 

Both Carle and Volynets lost in round 1.

-2 points (-1.17 points overall)

Bouncebackability :) Sorana Cirstea & L.Bronzetti both won on Thursday to provide a 1.74 combined profit. 

+0.57 points profit overall after 3 days

Katerina Siniakova duly dispatched an out of form Putintseva easily to provide a small profit for DTM followers. Unfortunately Begu could not convert a winning position and allowed Katie Boulter back into a match to go on and win. Boulter has the bigger game but for a while her rustiness showed but just not quite long enough:) 

+0.2 points profit (0.77 points profit overall)

Belinda Bencic came through in 3 sets to ensure further profit for DTM followers:) 

+0.67 points profit (1.44 points profit overall)

The last 16 saw two awful losses from Rybakina and Kostyuk which has left DTM facing a negative balance for an event for the first time this season ! 

-2 points (-0.56 points overall) 

BelInca Bencic proved yet again that winning is a habit and Coco Gauff has currently not got that habit ! A positive result for DTM. 

+1.1 (+0.54 overall) 

DTM had a wonderful Wednesday as Samsonova not only beat Paolini but did so 2 sets to 0 which means a great profit on the day. With the event investment on Rybakina still to come off on Saturday, this result guarantees a profit yet again on the week.

+3.16 (+3.70 overall)

The title match between Sabalenka and Andreeva means DTM's two suggestions for the title went west. Elena Rybakina has flattered to find her best form only for her mental frailties to return mid tournament. Iga Swiatek dominated the second set against Andreeva but when the heat was on at the end of sets 1 and 3 her serve was simply too vulnerable against the consistent and confident hitting of Andreeva. It will be interesting to see if Iga can retain her title on clay because this event really suited her given the conditions but she still couldn't convert. Miami will not be any different. 

-3 (+0.70 overall)

So after a mixed week DTM is grateful to take away a 0.7 points profit from a week which could have been a lot worse:) 

Backhandtips.com is having the week off after an impressive start to 2025. DTM is enjoying some safari time in Africa and will be back to work for the next 1000 event in March. Indian Wells and then MiamiI will arrive soon enough. Taking time to evaluate and simply enjoy the tennis is always important especially after lots of successful predictions:) 

The top players are all struggling for sustained success on court so will all be hoping a rest will help them out as well. Jessica Pegula and Paula Badosa are continuing to play as well as Emma Navarro but others are taking nearly two weeks off, similar to DTM. Let’s hope their inner lion is roaring when they return to court. 

This week’s events are in Mexico and Austin, Texas. It will be interesting to see if continuing to play helps or hinders the top seeds at these two events? 

Day one saw DTM‘s first two selections both win. Noskova duly dispatched Putintseva and Samsonova was even more impressive in thrashing Pavlyuchenkov. 

1.35 points profit (after day 1)

Day two saw DTM’s other two recommendations both win giving him a 100% win record through two days. A Yankee would have seen a 32 points profit :) 

2.7 points profit  (after day 2) backing singles only or 32 points profit if you combined all 4 results :) 

Samsonova lost to Pegula who played well so just a bad day which happens. 

1.7 points profit (after day 3)

Sofia Kenin defeated Paolini comfortably which gave a 1.5 point profit which was important as surprisingly Belinda Bencic was beaten in 3 sets by a rejuvenated Navarro. Although the first set was crucial and one the Swiss player should have won.

2.2 points profit (after day 4)

Mirra Andreeva completed a convincing win over world #2 Iga Swiatek and provide DTM with another winner. This indeed feels like a breakthrough win :) 

4.2 points profit (after day 5)

Wow what a week this is turning out to be for Mirra Andreeva :) DTM’s suggestion at the start of the week has made the final :) What a breakthrough week but for DTM it continues to be an amazing year :) 

5.2 points profit (after day 6)

With Mirra Andreeva first reaching the final  and then winning Dubai, DTMs tournament predictions have yet again paid dividends:) Belinda Bencic lost which took a couple of points from the week’s profit but this hardly matters given the impressive profit in total from Dubai :)

- 2 points for Bencic exit

+ 30 points profit for Mirra Andreeva winning the final. 

Total profit for the week = 33.2 points profit :)

Ashlyn Krueger run to the final gave DTM two profitable results against Fernandez and then Noskova. Despite her losing the final the week remained positive for DTM :)

1.62 points profit for the week 

The first WTA 1000 event in Doha sees an impressive field across the draw. DTM will be using some of his profit to increase his gains further:)

2 points profit after day 1:) 

Day 2 saw an easy win for Sramkova over Kalinina and a 3 set match for Uchijima & Putintseva. Although the Japanese player couldn’t find enough to win DTM’s amazing season continues:)

4.05 points profit  (day 1+2) 

Tuesday‘s predictions both won giving DTM an impressive strike rate as the event reaches the last 16 stage.  6 winners out of 7 with one voided match due to retirement. The only blot on the book so far is the early exit of Gauff  but this hardly matters given the success across the week to date. Ostapenko won in straight sets and Kenin duly defeated Parks.

5.55 points profit  (accumulated from 3 days)

E.Rybakina duly saw off Sramkova but much more impressively, DTM’s prediction that Jelena Ostapenko would blitz Paolini proved to be spot 

on.  Doha is turning out to be very predictable simply because of the slow surface. 

6.8 points profit (after 4 days)

The title looks likely to be determined by Iga Swiatek’s semi final with Jelena Ostapenko. DTM was spot on in his assessment of Jessica Pegula  and Ostapenko as Pegula lost tamely to Alexandrova and Ostapenko yet again dominating her match, this time against Ons Jabeur. Anisimova after a struggle duly beat Kostyuk to ensure a 90% success rate for DTM this week :) If Iga wins this will have been another great week in what has so far been an unprecedented year for backhandtips.com. 

7.3 points profit (after 5 days) 

Iga Swiatek was thrashed by Jelena Ostapenko in the semi finals resulting in a dent in DTM‘s profit for the week. 

4.3 points profit for the week

On Twitter DTM advised Ekaterina Alexandrova each way for this event. At 9-1 she proved to be excellent value, going onto better her final appearance in 2024 by winning the event in Austria this year.

12.5 point profit for the event 

DTM started the year with a blockbuster of a result predicting Madison Keys would win her quarter and then reach the final and  then ultimately win !

9/2 to win her quarter 

33-1 to reach the final 

66-1 to win the event

103.5 point profit:)

Even allowing for Cooc Gauff‘s exit from the other half, 2025 could not have started any better:)

- 1 point

102.5 points profit for the week