Doubles tennis has received little interest from quantitative research to date. Coach-led anecdotes therefore abound. The aims of this study were therefore to evaluate the veracity of the following common anecdotes: (a) serving teams have an advantage regardless of the length of the point; (b) serving teams have a greater advantage with new balls; (c) regular teams perform better when serving than new teams and (d) serving teams decrease their performance during break points. Data from doubles hard-court and clay-court tennis were collated for 52 doubles teams during 2018 ATP tournaments. Results revealed that the advantage of serving teams was evident on the points lasting up to 4 shots. Serving teams only had a greater advantage with new balls when playing on clay courts and suffered reduced winning probabilities on break points. A team’s familiarity only seemed to positively influence outcomes on hard courts. In sum, our novel findings highlight the important role that quantitative analysis can play in challenging doubles convention and shaping contemporary practice design and match strategy.

迄今为止，双打网球几乎没有受到定量研究的兴趣。因此，教练主导的轶事比比皆是。因此，本研究的目的是评估以下常见轶事的准确性：（b）服务球队在使用新球方面具有更大的优势；（c）常规团队的服务表现要好于新团队；（d）在休息点，服务团队的表现有所下降。在2018年ATP锦标赛中，对52支双打球队的硬双和红土网球双打数据进行了整理。结果显示，在持续多达4次射门的得分上，服务球队的优势显而易见。在红土场上比赛时，发球队在使用新球时只有更大的优势，并且在破发点上获胜的概率降低。团队的熟悉程度似乎只会对硬地球场的结果产生积极影响。总而言之，我们的新发现凸显了定量分析在挑战双打惯例，塑造当代实践设计和比赛策略中可以发挥的重要作用。