Studia Kinanthropologica 2014, 15(3):279-288

Peak performance age at woman tennis players at Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympics games

R. Vobr1,*, D. Psalmanová2
1 Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Pedagogická fakulta, Katedra tělesné výchovy a sportu
2 Masarykova univerzita, Fakulta sportovních studií

This thesis deals with the age of peak performance female tennis players at the Olympics and the Grand Slam tournaments in the years 1970 - 2011. Based on the collected data, including date of birth of the first eight players in each tournament, the analysis has been made of the age structure at each Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympics. Output data is compiled in tables and graphs. The Wimbledon women quarter final participant distinguish significantly. The average age of 24.7 years in comparison to other tournament significantly higher at the p ≤ 0.01. The youngest are quarter finalists at the Olympic Games of 22.7 years, followed by the French Open 22.9 years and about one year on average, older quarter finalists at Australian open 23.7 and U.S. open 23.9. The case studies of the world's best players show that with tennis began mostly aged 3-5 years. The total length of training to proffesional career should be about 12 years. And Length of professional career then most often lasts about 18 years.This results may serve for a better planning in women's tennis.

Keywords: tennis; age; Olympic Games; Wimbledon; Australian Open; French Open; US Open; sports performance

Published: September 30, 2014  Show citation

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Vobr R, Psalmanová D. Peak performance age at woman tennis players at Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympics games. Studia Kinanthropologica. 2014;15(3):279-288.
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