Open AccessAn evaluation and comparison of the height and mass of the top 250 ATP players
Author(s) -
Keith Leiting
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
itf coaching and sport science review/coaching and sport science review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1812-2310
pISSN - 1812-2302
DOI - 10.52383/itfcoaching.v23i67.145
Subject(s) - elite , ranking (information retrieval) , match play , mathematics , psychology , statistics , computer science , physical therapy , artificial intelligence , medicine , political science , politics , law
Elite level tennis performance requires perfect skill and highly developed physiological characteristics. Very little research focuses on the physical characteristics of elite level tennis. This evaluation of height and mass suggests that both variables are, on average, larger the closer a player gets to the number one ranking. This suggests that physical characteristics may influence elite level tennis performance.