Entering tennis men’s Grand Slams within the top-10 and its relationship with the fact of winning the tournament

  1. Jaime Prieto-Bermejo 1
  2. Miguel Ángel Gómez-Ruano 2
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

  2. 2 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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    Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03n6nwv02

Revista:
RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte

ISSN: 1885-3137

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 12

Número: 46

Páginas: 410-422

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5232/RICYDE2016.04605 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: RICYDE. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte

Resumen

El propósito del estudio fue analizar la relación entre acceder a los Grand Slam de tenis masculino desde el top-10 del ranking (favoritos al título) y el hecho de ganar el torneo. Con el objeto de diferenciar a estos jugadores de una forma más potente que simplemente considerando su número de ranking, se empleó un algoritmo cluster que clasificó a los jugadores en dos grupos en función del número de puntos de ranking (jugadores de mayor nivel dentro del top-10 v. jugadores de menor nivel del top-10). Los posibles ganadores del torneo accediendo al mismo desde posiciones fuera del top-10 (si los hubiera) fueron también considerados. La muestra comprendió los 92 torneos de Grand Slam masculinos jugados entre 1990 y 2012. Según lo esperado, la mayoría de Grand Slams fueron ganados por jugadores que accedieron al torneo dentro de los diez primeros clasificados del ranking. Sin embargo, el principal resultado es contrario a la hipótesis de que existirían diferencias significativas entre el número de títulos ganados en favor de los jugadores que accedían a los torneos desde las primeras posiciones del top-10 cuando se comparan con aquellos títulos ganados por los jugadores que accedían desde las posiciones más bajas del top-10. Múltiples factores que pueden influir en el hecho de que un jugador sea más o menos favorito para ganar un torneo de Grand Slam son discutidos.

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