An evaluation and comparison of the height and mass of the top 250 ATP players

Abstract


 
 
 Elite level tennis performance requires perfect skill and highly developed physiological characteristics. Very little research focuses on the physical characteristics of elite level tennis. This evaluation of height and mass suggests that both variables are, on average, larger the closer a player gets to the number one ranking. This suggests that physical characteristics may influence elite level tennis performance.
 
 

Tipos de apoyo en el servicio y altura de los jugadores. Un estudio con los mejores sacadores de la historia

“…As can be seen in table 2 of frequencies, 72% of players in this classification of service effectiveness are taller than 1.90m, which is significant in relation to the 28% who are below 1.90m. Furthermore, comparing with other studies, we note that, if we take the average height of the 50 best servers in history by effectiveness, which is, as we mentioned, at 1.94m, we observe that it is greater than the 1.88m average of the first 50 players in the ATP ranking, and substantially greater than the 1.85m average of the players from 51 to 100 in the ATP ranking (Leiting, 2015).…”