Article ID: | iaor20011911 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 2 |
Start Page Number: | 247 |
End Page Number: | 256 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
Journal: | The Statistician |
Authors: | Magnus Jan R., Klaassen Franc J.G.M. |
Keywords: | tennis |
We investigate four often-heard hypotheses relating to the service in tennis. They are as follows: in the men's singles the service dominance is greater than in the women's singles, a player is as good as his or her second service, there is a psychological advantage to serve first in a set and few breaks occur during the first few games in a match. Moreover, we show the effect of changing the rules of tennis by allowing for only one instead of two services. All items are investigated by using almost 90 000 points at Wimbledon.