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Professional tennis is getting older: Age for the top 100 ranked tennis players
The aim of this investigation was to determine age-related factors of the top 100 ranked men and women tennis players over the last few decades. The birth date and the ranking position of 1,040 top-100 tennis players (647 men and 393 women) were obtained from official public websites. The mean age of top 100 male tennis players increased significantly from 1984 to 2013 (24.6 ± 3.9 to 27.6 ± 3.2 yr; P P vs 22.8 ± 3.1 yr; P vs 24.8 ± 2.9 yr).
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| Notations: | sport games biological and medical sciences |
| Published in: | International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwic/ujpa/2015/00000015/00000003/art00010 |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 873-881 |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |