Roehampton: Lui Maxted vs Gabi Boitan

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Market context

Lui Maxted and Gabi Boitan are scheduled to meet in a tennis match at Roehampton on 20 August 2026, with the contest originally set for 6:00 AM ET. Polymarket's conditional token structure currently prices this fixture at 100% implied probability for Maxted, reflecting either exceptionally strong backing or minimal liquidity depth on the Polygon-based contract. The settlement window extends to 27 August, allowing a seven-day buffer for rescheduling without triggering a 50-50 split resolution—a material consideration given summer scheduling volatility at grass-court tournaments.

Roehampton's historical context matters here. The venue has hosted qualifying rounds and lower-tier ATP events where seeding disparities and surface-specific form create outsized volatility. Boitan's record against British players on grass, and Maxted's home-court advantage at a domestic fixture, represent the kind of granular factors that typically compress extreme probabilities. A 100% reading suggests either the market has insufficient USDC depth to absorb contrarian positions, or traders possess non-public information about player availability or withdrawal.

Watch for official tournament draw confirmations and any injury bulletins from either player's camp in the fortnight before the match. Grass-court tournaments frequently shuffle schedules due to weather or player withdrawals; any announcement affecting Roehampton's draw could shift conditional token valuations sharply. Recent ATP communications on summer scheduling have emphasised fixture flexibility, making schedule-dependent resolution scenarios more plausible than typical hard-court events.

Methodology

We track Roehampton: Lui Maxted vs Gabi Boitan across the five venues with material prediction-market liquidity. The probability shown is the live Polymarket mid; the comparison rows summarise how each venue treats the underlying contract — fees, KYC thresholds, settlement currency, deposit options. The highlighted row marks the cheapest route into Polymarket's order book.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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