tennis_serve_time {fivethirtyeight}

Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever

Description

The raw data behind the story "Why Some Tennis Matches Take Forever" https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-some-tennis-matches-take-forever/.

Usage

tennis_serve_time

Format

A data frame with 120 rows representing serves and 7 variables:

server

Name of player serving at 2015 French Open

sec_between

Time in seconds between end of marked point and next serve, timed by stopwatch app

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

date

Date

Source

See https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/tennis-time

See Also

tennis_events_time and tennis_players_time