FALL 2022
The Importance of Break Point Percentage
AUTHORS
Jenny Yu, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Joshua Kwong, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Amar Kumar, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
Jeffen Zhang, University of Pennsylvania (Moneyball Academy)
ABSTRACT
In tennis, players alternate who serves in each game. Often players can hold their serving game while breaking your opponent’s serve is far more difficult. Our project examines how important break points are and how break point percentages affect the outcome of a match. Winners were found to have a higher break point percentage by 14.0%, and there is a slight variation across surfaces.
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