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Activity Number: 337
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics
Abstract - #306348
Title: Do Smashes Win Matches?
Author(s): Sarah Budrus*+ and Dianne H Cook
Companies: and Iowa State University
Address: 3008 West Street, Ames, IA, 50011, United States
Keywords: sports statistics ; exploratory data analysis ; web data ; statistical graphics ; data mining ; tennis
Abstract:

What does it take for a tennis player to advance in a tournament? Does winning depend on passing shots and aces or on consistency and a solid second serve? This paper takes a graphical approach towards investigating the statistics necessary for a player to advance to the final round. Using html scraping, we obtained match data from the websites of the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon. We then tracked variables including number of aces, winners, double faults, and break points won to look for similarities amongst those players who advanced into further rounds of the tournaments. Results from the three tournaments were then compared to investigate overarching patterns.


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