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- Title
On the Advantage of Serving First in a Tennis Set: Four Years at Wimbledon.
- Authors
Magnus, Jan R.; Klaassen, Franc J. G. M.
- Abstract
Summary. 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 90000 points at Wimbledon.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; WIMBLEDON (London, England); LONDON (England); SERVING (Tennis); STATISTICS; WIMBLEDON Championships
- Publication
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician), 1999, Vol 48, Issue 2, p247
- ISSN
0039-0526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-9884.00186