Difference Between Men & Women

Understanding the main difference between men’s and women’s tennis – analytics from the 2012 US Open.

Keys To The Match

• Four men hit a serve faster than 140 m.p.h. and 69 of the 94 players had a serve faster than Williams’s 125-m.p.h. delivery.
• Five women of the 82 analyzed hit a serve of at least 120 m.p.h., whereas only five men failed to reach that speed.
• Milos Raonic led the men’s event at the Open in 2012 in aces, with 103 in four matches, averaging 13.5 aces per set.
• Williams led the women’s event with 63 aces in 15 sets for an average of 4.2 per set.
• Williams was first for the women in winners from the baseline, with 218 from 15 sets, for an average of 14.5 winners per set.

Men and women are different in size, shape and strength, and that difference needs to be celebrated rather than used as a tool to support one tour over the other.