Rally pace and match characteristics of male and female tennis matches at the Australian Open 2017

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Result on the web

<a href="https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/77851/6/JHSE_13-4_03.pdf" target="_blank" >https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/77851/6/JHSE_13-4_03.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2018.134.03" target="_blank" >10.14198/jhse.2018.134.03</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Rally pace and match characteristics of male and female tennis matches at the Australian Open 2017

Original language description

Tennis players hit very fast shots during matches and the opponent needs to hit the ball back within a limited time. The aim of this paper is to analyse the rally pace characteristics and the frequency of rally shots in the men&apos;s and women&apos;s matches at the Australian Open 2017. We analysed male (n=7) and female (n=23) matches at Australian Open 2017. We compared the (1) point duration; (2) number of rally shots; (3) time between the points; (4) rally pace; and (5) work to rest ratio. In spite of some small differences between the men&apos;s and women&apos;s matches, such as work to rest ratio (men 1:3,63+-0,38; women 1:4,05+-0,73), point duration (men 5,93+-0,67 s; women 5,44+-1,11 s) and rally shots number (men 4,85+-0,48; women 4,47+-0,72), none of these differences were significant. Both genders played at the same rally pace (while the ball is in the play), which was 1.2 s (mean ball flight time between the opponents). About 60 % of rallies were finished within the first four shots of the rally. Our findings could help coaches to utilize the practice sessions prior to the Australian Open tournament.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

ISSN

1988-5202

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

ES - SPAIN

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

743-751

UT code for WoS article

000456541000003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85059345646