Two major tennis grand slam tournaments are round the corner. The French Open will commence at Roland Garros from May 22 followed by Wimbledon from June 25. Unfortunately there are not that many tennis themed online slot games commensurate with the popularity of tennis, but the two that are available are very good. This article reviews these slot machines ahead of the peak tennis season.

The tennis themed online slot game from Playtech is titled Tennis Stars. It is a 40 payline slot machine with four rows of symbols across the reels. The main symbols are the male and female tennis players depicted in the act of playing their strokes on the type of courts used in the French Open. Each of them offers a jackpot payout of 5,000 coins. The other thematic symbols are the tennis shoes and tennis balls. The high value card symbols are crafted in green. During the animations a tennis ball bounces through them. The trophy is the wild symbol. It appears only on reels 2, 3 and 4. If it appears on all three reels at the same time then the player is awarded a bonus of 10 times the triggering bet plus 15 free spins at tripled payouts.

The pair of tennis rackets is the scatter symbol, which awards scatter payouts and triggers the Championship Bonus round. In this bonus game players will play a singles tennis match against the computer. The player can decide whether he wants to play the men’s singles or the women’s singles. The player also chooses from a flat serve and a sliced serve. The player can lose points but always wins the game. There are two multipliers applied to the total bet. One depends on the game score and can go up to 50 times and the other depends on the number of aces served and can go up to 5 times. Tennis Stars is live at all Playtech online casinos like Mansion Casino and Omni Casino.

The Microgaming tennis themed slot game is titled Centre Court. It is preferred by Wimbledon fans because of the grass court background. Centre Court is a 9 payline slot game. The regular thematic symbols are the Match Point logo and the four tennis players in action. The high value card symbols are crafted with accessories like ball, cap and wrist band. The trophy is the wild symbol in Microgaming Centre Court as well. It also offers the fixed jackpot payout of 5,000 coins.

The tennis ball is the scatter symbol. It offers the scatter payouts and awards the free spins bonus round. 18 free spins are awarded. During each free spin a mystery multiplier is revealed, which is applicable to that spin only. The multiplier varies from 2 times to 5 times. The wild symbol appears stacked during the free spins making them even more attractive. The free spins can be retriggered. Microgaming Centre Court also offers a gamble game. After every payout players can optionally activate this game. They can try to double the payout by guessing the color of the next card dealt or quadruple the payout by guessing the suit of the next card dealt. If the player guesses wrong then the payout is lost. Centre Court can be played at Microgaming online casinos like 32Red and All Slots.