Win three-sets sports: Game patterns, gender comparisons, and comeback analysis : a commentary

Csató, László ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8705-5036 (2025) Win three-sets sports: Game patterns, gender comparisons, and comeback analysis : a commentary. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching . DOI 10.1177/17479541251333948

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541251333948

Abstract

Goldschmied et al. (2025) have conducted a longitudinal survey of three sports where the winner must win three sets to win a match. This note investigates their results in a simple statistical model.

Item Type:

Article

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Comeback, probability, scoring, table tennis, tennis, volleyball

Divisions:

Institute of Operations and Decision Sciences

Subjects:

Decision making

Funders:

National Research, Development and Innovation Office, János Bolyai Research Scholarship

Projects:

145838