Purpose The objective of present study was to compare some technical parameters of male tennis players in the top 10 (G1) and 11-200 (G2) rankings in the last week of 2023 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Methods Participants were 200 tennis players (1.-200.) in the ATP rankings by the end of 2023. Data on points from the tournaments, age, height, weight, left-right hand dominance, 1st ServeAVG, 2st ServeAVG, Serve Game Won % and Acematch were collected from official ranking and statistics websites (atptour.com and ultimatetennisstatistics.com). The variables were analyzed using the Independent t test. Cohen's d value was used to determine the effect size (d=0.2 small, d=0.5 medium, d=0.8 large effect). Results The number of matches played by tennis players in G1 and G2 groups was determined as 73.8±7.6 and 24.9±18.7, respectively (p<0.05, d=2.67). Height in G1 and G2 groups: 191.6±5.3 cm and 185.9± 6.6 cm (p<0.05; d=0.87), 1st ServeAVG 197.6±5.2 km·h-1 and 187.3±11.2 km·h-1 (p<0.05; d=0.94), 2st ServeAVG 156.8±5.3 km·h-1 and 154.2±11 km·h-1 (p>0.05; d=0.24), Serve Game Won was determined as 85.9±2% and 76.6±9% (p<0.05). Also, Acematch numbers of the G1 group were higher than the G2 group (p>0.05; d=0.64). Conclusion It can be said that the tennis players in the ATP top 10 are higher than others and more speed serve, service game winning rate and aces. It is recommended that young players who want to play tennis at elite level should improve serve and service game winning rates at early age.
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