Purpose: The study was to examine the effects of serving-receiving skills of professional tennis players on their tournament outcomes. Methods: One hundred and twenty-eight male tennis player and one hundred and twenty-six female tennis player total were two hundred and fifty-four professional tennis players participating 2009 US Open were subjects in this study. Independent t-test and logistic regression ansysis were used to examine difference between varied levels of players in serving and receiving skill. Results: In 2009 US open male tennis, the ACE ball, double faults, percentage of first-serve points won, percentage of second-serve points won, and receiving points won between match winners and losers were significantly different (p<.05); in the female tennis players, the ACE ball, double faults, percentage of first-serve points won, percentage of second-serve points won, and receiving points won between match winners and losers were significantly different (p<.05). Conclusion: Similar skills should be engaged between male and female tennis players, the keys to win these matches were ACE ball, percentage of firstserve points won, percentage of second-serve points won and receiving points won. Specifically, those professional players must improve ball-speed, increase spin of ball, and more curve of ball path, either first serve or second serve, to make more attack chance. However, a serving-receiving skill mostly was ignored by the coach as they practice. If the players have outstanding serving-receiving skills, they would return the serve and more chance to break the match point.
Purpose: The study was to examine the effects of serving-receiving skills of professional tennis players on their tournament outcomes. Methods: One hundred and twenty-eight male tennis player and one hundred and twenty-six female tennis player total were two hundred and fifty-four professional tennis players participating 2009 US Open were subjects in this study. Independent t-test and logistic regression ansysis were used to examine difference between varied levels of players in serving and receiving skill. Results: In 2009 US open male tennis, the ACE ball, double faults, percentage of first-serve points won, percentage of second-serve points won, and receiving points won between match winners and losers were significantly different (p<.05); in the female tennis players, the ACE ball, double faults, percentage of first-serve points won, percentage of second-serve points won, and receiving points won between match winners and losers were significantly different (p<.05). Conclusion: Similar skills should be engaged between male and female tennis players, the keys to win these matches were ACE ball, percentage of firstserve points won, percentage of second-serve points won and receiving points won. Specifically, those professional players must improve ball-speed, increase spin of ball, and more curve of ball path, either first serve or second serve, to make more attack chance. However, a serving-receiving skill mostly was ignored by the coach as they practice. If the players have outstanding serving-receiving skills, they would return the serve and more chance to break the match point.