Table 3 Combined data from all three tournaments on the number of strokes and stroke distribution (see results section for statistical analysis). Service and return games.
Service games | Return games | ||||
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Stroke type | Stroke type | ||||
Serves | First | 6.4 (2.9) | Returns | Fore | 2.3 (1.7) |
Second | 2.5 (1.9) | Back | 3.0 (1.9) | ||
Topspin | Fore | 4.4 (4.2) | Topspin | Fore | 3.0 (3.4) |
Back | 3.0 (3.6) | Back | 2.6 (3.1) | ||
Slice | Fore | 0.2 (0.8) | Slice | Fore | 0.2 (0.7) |
Back | 0.5 (1.0) | Back | 0.8 (1.2) | ||
Half volley | Fore | 0.2 (0.5) | Half volley | Fore | 0.1 (0.3) |
Back | 0.1 (0.4) | Back | 0.1 (0.2) | ||
Volley | Fore | 0.3 (0.7) | Volley | Fore | 0.1 (0.3) |
Back | 0.4 (1.0) | Back | 0.1 (0.4) | ||
Overhead | 0.2 (0.5) | Overhead | 0.02 (0.2) |
See results section for statistical analysis. Values are mean (SD).