Analysis of Clutch Performance in Men’s Professional Tennis · 2016. 6. 9. · Methods 1. Assign...
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Analysis of Clutch Performance in Men’s Professional Tennis Kevin Haugh
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Clutch Performance: a player’s ability to win the important points
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Methods 1. Assign every point a value of importance 2. Evaluate players based their performance on important
points
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Point Importance
Point importance =
P(Player wins match | Player wins point) – P(Player wins match)
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Serve Importance
Most important
Least important
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Player Evaluations
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Comparison to Importance Plus-Minus
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Overall Serve/Return Clutchness
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Limitations/Extensions
• Favors players in close matches
• Include how a player wins the
point • Doesn’t take round into account
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Sources http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/us-open-2015-final-how-the-match-was-won-djokovic-federer http://i.usatoday.net/sports/_photos/2011/06/10/wimbledon-marathon-match-a-year-later-VG5SQ29-x-large.jpg http://on-the-t.com/2015/12/27/Quantifying-Clutch-Performance http://tennis.topbuzz.com/tennis-pics/d/5074-2/Roger+Federer+hoists+his+2008+US+Open+trophy.jpg