Analyzing Wimbledon: The Power of Statistics

by Franc Klaassen and Jan R. Magnus

The game of tennis raises many questions that are of interest to a statistician. Is it true that beginning to serve in a set gives an advantage? Are new balls an advantage? Is the seventh game in a set particularly important? Are top players more stable than other players? Do real champions win the big points? These and many other questions are formulated as "hypotheses" and tested statistically.

Analyzing Wimbledon also discusses how the outcome...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199355967
• ISBN13: 9780199355969
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"