Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament
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| contents | Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament Jaime Prieto-Bermejo Miguel Ángel Gómez-Ruano Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) top 10 ranking ATP world tour professional tennis performance analysis The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between entering tennis men’s singles Grand Slams within the top-10 ranking (i.e. title favourites) and the fact of winning the tournament. In order to differentiate between these players in a more powerful way than just considering the ranking number, a cluster algorithm was used to classify the players into two groups depending on their number of ranking points (i.e. higher level top-10 players vs. lower level top-10 players). The possible winners entering the tournament outside the top-10 (if any) were also considered. The sample comprised all the 92 men’s sin- gles Grand Slams played between 1990 and 2012. As was expected, the majority of Grand Slams were won by players entering the tournament ranked in the top-10. However, the main result is contrary to the hypo- thesis that there would be significant differences in the number of titles won in favour of the players ente- ring the tournament from the higher positions of the top-10 when comparing to those won by the players entering from the lower positions of the top-10. Several factors that may influence whether and to what extent a player is more or less favourite to win a Grand Slam title are presented in the discussion. 2016 artículo científico 1885-3137 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71047482006 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/71047482006.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=710 RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte application/pdf Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (España) Num.46 Vol.XII |
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| spellingShingle | Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament Jaime Prieto-Bermejo Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) top 10 ranking ATP world tour professional tennis performance analysis Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament Jaime Prieto-Bermejo Miguel Ángel Gómez-Ruano Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) top 10 ranking ATP world tour professional tennis performance analysis The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between entering tennis men’s singles Grand Slams within the top-10 ranking (i.e. title favourites) and the fact of winning the tournament. In order to differentiate between these players in a more powerful way than just considering the ranking number, a cluster algorithm was used to classify the players into two groups depending on their number of ranking points (i.e. higher level top-10 players vs. lower level top-10 players). The possible winners entering the tournament outside the top-10 (if any) were also considered. The sample comprised all the 92 men’s sin- gles Grand Slams played between 1990 and 2012. As was expected, the majority of Grand Slams were won by players entering the tournament ranked in the top-10. However, the main result is contrary to the hypo- thesis that there would be significant differences in the number of titles won in favour of the players ente- ring the tournament from the higher positions of the top-10 when comparing to those won by the players entering from the lower positions of the top-10. Several factors that may influence whether and to what extent a player is more or less favourite to win a Grand Slam title are presented in the discussion. 2016 artículo científico 1885-3137 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=71047482006 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/71047482006.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/710/71047482006/movil en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=710 RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte application/pdf Editorial Ramón Cantó Alcaraz RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (España) Num.46 Vol.XII |
| title | Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament |
| topic | Multidisciplinarias (Ciencias Sociales) top 10 ranking ATP world tour professional tennis performance analysis |
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