Introduction: A tennis player has a very limited time to hit an incoming ball; however, the ball delivery time is affected by playing on different surfaces. Consequently, the playing surface can affect also other match characteristics as players can reach more incoming balls or can move on the court with different intensity (cover more distance). Aim of Study: The aim is to analyze the rally pace characteristics and the frequency of rally shots in men’s matches in the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2017. Material and Methods: We analyzed 24 male matches in the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon in 2017. Analysis of variance including post-hoc tests and Cohen d were used to compare the point duration, number of rally shots, time between the points, rally pace and work to rest ratio among these tournaments. Results: The rally pace (mean ball flight time between the opponents) was the fastest in the Australian Open (1.22 s) and was significantly faster (p=0.003) compared to the French Open (1.35 s). The rally pace in the Wimbledon reached 1.27 s and Cohen d showed large effect between the rally pace in the Wimbledon and French Open or moderate effect between the Australian Open and Wimbledon. There were other differences among the tournaments, but the lowest number of rally shots (4.07), point duration (5.30 s) and time between points (18.82 s) was reached in the Wimbledon. More than 50 % of all points were finished within the first four shots (most in the Wimbledon – 66%). Conclusion: These findings show and endorse the impact of surface differences on the game performance in professional tennis and can be used to shape specific training sessions on different surfaces.

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三项大满贯赛事中男子网球比赛的比赛特征和反弹节奏

简介：网球运动员打进球的时间非常有限。但是，在不同的表面上打球会影响送球时间。因此，比赛表面也会影响其他比赛特性，因为球员可以到达更多的进球或以不同的强度在球场上移动（覆盖更多距离）。研究目的：目的是分析2017年澳网，法网和温网男篮比赛的拉力节奏特征和射门次数。材料和方法：我们分析了澳网，法网的24场男赛以及2017年温布尔登网球公开赛。使用方差分析（包括事后测试和Cohen d）来比较这些赛事的得分持续时间，反弹次数，得分之间的时间，反弹速度以及工作休息比率。结果：与法国公开赛（1.35 s）相比，反弹速度（对手之间的平均球飞行时间）是澳大利亚公开赛最快的（1.22 s），并且明显快于（p = 0.003）。温布尔登网球公开赛的反弹速度达到1.27 s，科恩d在温布尔登网球公开赛和法国公开赛的反弹速度之间表现出较大的影响，或者澳大利亚网球公开赛和温布尔登网球公开赛之间的影响适中。锦标赛之间还存在其他差异，但是在温网达到了最低的拉力射击次数（4.07），得分持续时间（5.30 s）和得分之间的时间（18.82 s）。在前四次投篮中，所有得分的50％以上都完成了（大多数在温网– 66％）。结论：