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
Published: 2015
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