An Analysis of the First 100 Years of Wimbledon Tennis Finals

JOHN S. CROUCHER

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9639.1981.tb00433.x

An Analysis of the First 100 Years of Wimbledon Tennis Finals

JOHN S. CROUCHER^*

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Macquarie Graduate School of Management

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Abstract

The Wimbledon tennis tournament began in 1977 when the first men's singles final was played. In 1879 men's doubles were introduced and 1884 saw the advent of women's singles. Using elementary probability theory we can compare that the players and expected number of sets each match lasted under the hypothesis that the players were of equal ability. Consideration is also made of a “back‐to‐the‐wall” effect which favours the player(s) trailing in the match.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	72-75
Number of pages	4
Journal	Teaching Statistics
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.1981.tb00433.x
Publication status	Published - 1981

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