This table contains data behind the story Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever.
serve_times.csv
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
server |
Name of player serving at 2015 French Open |
seconds_before_next_point |
Time in seconds between end of marked point and next serve, timed by stopwatch app |
day |
Date |
opponent |
Opponent, receiving serve |
game_score |
Score in the current game during the timed interval between points |
set |
Set number, out of five |
game |
Score in games within the set |
players_time.csv
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
player |
Player name |
seconds_added_per_point |
Weighted average of seconds added per point as loser and winner of matches, 1991-2015, from regression model controlling for tournament, surface, year and other factors |
events_time.csv
| Header | Definition |
|---|---|
tournament |
Name of event |
surface |
Court surface used at the event |
seconds_added_per_point |
Seconds added per point for this event on this surface in years shown, from regression model controlling for players, year and other factors |
years |
Start and end years for data used from this tournament in regression |
Data license: CC Attribution 4.0 License · Data source: fivethirtyeight/data on GitHub · About: simonw/fivethirtyeight-datasette
| rowid | tournament | surface | seconds_added_per_point | years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | 1.21 | 2009-2014 |