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Type	Working Paper
Scope	Discipline-based scholarship
Title	Momentum in tennis: controlling the match
Organization Unit	Services & Operations Management (Helmut Max Dietl)
Authors	Helmut Max Dietl Cornel Nesseler
Language	English
Institution	University of Zurich
Series Name	UZH Business Working Paper Series
Number	365
ISSN	2296-0422
Number of Pages	26
Date	2017
Abstract Text	Although many studies examine if players in sports and especially in tennis bene t from a psychological or physiological boost (momentum) none examine whether the set score as a dependent variable or tournament rounds as independent variables are important determinants when assessing momentum. We empirically investigate whether professional female and male tennis players benefit from momentum. In contrast to previous work, we nd players we find players bene t from momentum as long as they control a match. Once players lose control over a match, they have a signi cantly lower chance to win the next set than their opponent. This loss of control results in what we call anti-momentum.
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