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Better at Best-of-Five
The best-of-five-sets format used in Grand Slam men’s singles favors the mentally and physically strong. It also gives better players the edge, as it reduces the number of fluky results. However,...
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Bouchard, Halep, and First-Time Quarterfinalists
Two of the final eight women in Melbourne, Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep, are playing in their first Grand Slam quarterfinals. Let’s take a look at how other women have done in their first...
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Surprise Semifinalists at the Australian Open
Of the eight singles semifinalists in Melbourne, only two entered the tournament seeded in the top four. Rafael Nadal, the top seed in the men’s draw, has survived, and Li Na, the fourth seed in the...
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The Effect of 32 Seeds
In the middle of 2001, the Grand Slams doubled the number of seeds in the draw from 16 to 32, a change “designed to protect star players and satisfy clay and grass specialists.” The intended...
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Teenagers, Thirty-Somethings, and Americans at Grand Slams
I’ve put together a few reports showing how age distributions and US presence have changed over the years at Grand Slams. Let’s start with player age. The average age of players in the Wimbledon men’s...
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