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Gender Competitiveness and Predictability, and Prize Money in Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments

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  • David Feldman

    (School of Banking and Finance, UNSW Business School, The University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia)

  • Shulamith T. Gross

    (Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Bernard M. Baruch College, The City University of New York, New York, USA)

  • Yang Long

    (Department of Information Systems and Statistics, Bernard M. Baruch College, The City University of New York, New York, USA)

Abstract

Tournament competitiveness and predictability of outcomes are inversely related. We introduce a new measure of competitiveness or predictability using discrepancies between tennis players’ seed values and attained ranks in all rounds of the four Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments (GST). Using data from the Association of Tennis Professionals and Women’s Tennis Association, we study gender-differentiated competitiveness or predictability and its dependence on prize money. Men’s GST are less predictable and more competitive than women’s GST. While competitiveness increases with prize money, the increase for women is significantly larger than for men.

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  • David Feldman & Shulamith T. Gross & Yang Long, 2020. "Gender Competitiveness and Predictability, and Prize Money in Grand Slam Tennis Tournaments," Quarterly Journal of Finance (QJF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(02), pages 1-23, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:qjfxxx:v:10:y:2020:i:02:n:s2010139220500068
    DOI: 10.1142/S2010139220500068
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    1. Lackner, Mario & Weichselbaumer, Michael, 2023. "Can barely winning lead to losing? Gender and past performance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 208(C), pages 258-274.

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