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Differences in parameters of service situational efficiency between players who won and lost matches at Wimbledon 2017

The successful performance of first and second service is considered as a very important factor and one that can have quite a considerable influence on the match outcome. The above stated particularly relates to playing on grass surfaces where the tennis ball has a somewhat lower and faster bounce due to the lower friction of the grass surface. The afore-said fact often places the opponent who returns the service in a somewhat unfavourable position with regard to other playing surfaces, and this is precisely the specificity of grass courts of Wimbledon. For this reason, the aim of this research is to determine the differences in parameters of service situational efficiency between tennis players who won and lost matches at Wimbledon 2017. For the purpose of this research, analysis was conducted by using statistical indicators of all singles matches played between ATP ranked players participating in the main part of Wimbledon 2017. Service variables were observed during the first three sets for tennis players who won and lost in all played matches. The research sample for this study is composed of the statistics of played matches for a total of 127 players, whereas the sample of variables includes 16 statistical parameters that were officially recorded by the International Tennis Federation at Wimbledon 2017. Basic parameters of descriptive statistics were calculated for all the variables, while the differences in parameters of service situational efficiency between players who won and lost were determined by using the t-test for independent samples. The results of this research regarding the parameters of service situational efficiency indicate that players who won the matches show a statistically significant difference in their performance of faster services, winning more aces and playing fewer points on their service, especially in the second and third set.

tennis ; service situational efficiency ; fast surface

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