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- Title
- Two aspects of potential unfairness in tennis singles
- Author(s)
- Pollard, Graham; Pollard, Geoff
- Abstract
- Several different types of equivalent players are identified in this paper. 'Identical', 'symmetrically identical', and 'equal' players are defined. The tie-break game is shown to be unfair for 'identical' players but fair for 'symmetrically identical' players, whilst the 'no-ad game' is shown to be unfair for players who are merely 'equal'. Simple solutions to these unfairness problems are given.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis, Vol. 14, no. 3 (Oct 2009), pp.20-23
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 010404 Probability Theory
- Keyword(s)
- 50-40 tennis; No-ad game; Scoring systems; Sports statistics; Tie-break
- Publisher
- Society for Tennis Medicine
- ISSN
- 1567-2352
- Publisher URL
- http://www.stms.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1240&Itemid=356
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 Society of Tennis Medicine and Science. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the copyright holder.
- Peer reviewed
