Table 2. Summary statistics on handedness in ladies’ professional tennis.
| Handedness (%) | ||||||
| Dataset | Category | N | N/A | Left | Right | Ambidextrous |
| Year-end rankings (1975–2011) | Top 100 | 827 | 93 | 8.58 | 91.42 | – |
| Top 10 | 86 | – | 8.14 | 91.86 | – | |
| World no. 1 | 10 | – | 20 | 80 | – | |
| Grand Slams (1968–2011) | All players (first rounds) | 1631 | 602 | 9.23 | 90.48 | 0.29 |
| Finalists | 69 | – | 8.70 | 91.30 | – | |
| Runner-up | 58 | – | 8.62 | 91.38 | – | |
| Winner | 41 | – | 9.76 | 90.24 | – | |
This table shows the handedness distribution for female professional tennis players in different datasets and categories. The column “N/A” indicates the number of players whose handedness for playing tennis was not available.