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- Title
- A comparison of the ATP ratings with a smoothing method for match prediction
- Author(s)
- Bedford, Anthony B.; Clarke, Stephen R.
- Abstract
- A simple method of rating tennis players is investigated. An exponential smoothing method based on margin of victory in terms of sets and games won is used for rating players. The method is optimised over a year's data and compared with the ATP rating for predicting the winner of each match in major tournaments. Results suggest the exponential method performs as well as the more cmplicated ATP rating method for both match prediction and tournament seeding.
- Publication type
- Conference paper
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. School of Mathematical Sciences
- Source
- Proceedings of the 5th Australian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sport, 14-16 June 2000, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 43-51
- Publication year
- 2000
- Publisher
- UTS Printing Services
- ISBN
- 1 86365 535 2
- Publisher URL
- http://www.iacss.org/meetings/iacss_mcs05.html
- Copyright
- © Copyright 2000 Stephen R. Clarke & A. B. Bedford.
- Peer reviewed
