Open AccessNotational analysis in female grand slam tennis competitions
Author(s) -
Alejandro Sánchez-Pay,
José Antonio Ortega-Soto,
Bernardino Javier Sánchez-Álcaraz Martínez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kinesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1848-638X
pISSN - 1331-1441
DOI - 10.26582/k.53.1.18
Subject(s) - post hoc analysis , test (biology) , post hoc , bonferroni correction , psychology , wilcoxon signed rank test , statistics , advertising , mathematics , mann–whitney u test , medicine , business , paleontology , dentistry , biology
GrandSlam tennis tournaments are played on different surfaces. The aims of thepresent study were to analyse the technical differences in the Grand Slamtournaments (Australian Open or AO, Roland Garros or RG, Wimbledon or W, and theUnited States Open or US), as well as to establish differences between winningand losing players. A total of 580 sets in 248 matches played in Grand Slamsbetween 2017 and 2018 were analysed. To observe differences between the tournaments,a one-way analysis of variance (Kruskal Wallis) with the Bonferroni post-hoc test was performed. Univariate (Wilcoxon test) analysis of data was carried outto show the differences between the winning and losing performancesof sets. Players whohad more aces, points won on the 1st serve, winning shots and net points wonmore matches in the AO, W and US than in the RG (p<.05). However, in RG,players won more receiving points (43.56% of the points played) with chances tobreak the opponents’ service game. The results also showed that the winningplayers were superior in both service and receiving, and the most influentialvariables on the outcome of the match were percentage of receiving points won,break points won, and percentage of points won on the first serve. Such knowledge may haveimplications in the design of appropriate game strategies and specific trainingsessions to improve performance in professional women’s tennis.