Table 7 Gender comparison of players’ performance before reaching the top 1° ranking position
From: Analysis of tennis champions’ career: how did top-ranked players perform the previous years?
Male | Female | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Previous ranking at 1 year | 2.17 ± 1.92 | 2.21 ± 1.59 | 0.70 |
Previous ranking at 2 years | 7.02 ± 18.07 | 4.78 ± 4.09 | 0.44 |
Previous ranking at 3 years | 10.73 ± 29.31 | 14.97 ± 26.75 | 0.83 |
All top-1° ranked at 1 year | 1°- 10° | 1°- 6° | |
Same player top-1° as past year | 52.50% | 48.71% | 0.73 |
Grand Slam winner the year before | 65.85% | 69.23% | 0.86 |
Grand Slam winner the same year | 92.68% | 82.05% | 0.15 |
Grand Slam winner the same year in # 1 players for first time | 100.00% | 81.81 | 0.07 |