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Home Court Advantage |
Because of the commonly euphoric support of native players through the
crowd at ATP tournaments it is likely to assume that those players have
a small advantage over other players and thus win more matches against
favorites easier than on "neutral" ground.
To find an answer to that question I examined all matches played in the
years 1991 to 1997. I found out that among those players who both played
matches in their native country and in other countries were...
... 211 players with a better match record,
... 48 players with an equal match record,
... 190 players with a worse match record
at tournaments in their native country compared to tournaments in other countries. Or, to say it in a different way, 47% of the players had an advantage in their native country, 42% had a disadvantage. You cannot claim that there are significantly more players who have an advantage than there are players who have a disadvantage. The figures are within the limits of a random distribution. Nevertheless, the tendency is leaning towards an "advantage".
To compare the different countries to each other there are two ways:
1. What percentage of players of a country have a better match record in their native country than in other countries?
Country total players players with disadv. players with adv. GB 11 1 9,09% 10 90,91% BRA 5 1 20.00% 4 80.00% NZL 5 0 0.00% 4 80.00% ISR 7 1 14.29% 5 71.43% AUT 10 1 10.00% 7 70.00% MEX 6 1 16.67% 4 66.67% RSA 11 4 36.36% 7 63.64% RUS 8 2 25.00% 5 62.50% ESP 40 15 37.50% 21 52.50% BEL 6 2 33.33% 3 50.00% JAP 6 1 16.67% 3 50.00% USA 85 37 43.53% 38 44.71% CAN 7 4 57.14% 3 42.86% SWE 32 18 56.25% 13 40.63% FRA 37 15 40.54% 15 40.54% NED 18 10 55.56% 7 38.89% ITA 21 10 47.62% 8 38.10% GER 38 20 52.63% 13 34.21% ARG 12 7 58.33% 4 33.33% AUS 27 16 59.26% 9 33.33% CZE 19 10 52.63% 6 31.58% SUI 6 4 66.67% 1 16.67%
That means: The most native players gain an advantage (no matter how small it is) at tournaments in Great Britain.
2. How high are the average advantages of the different countries?
"Advantage" is defined here as the difference of the match
percentage in the native country and the match percentage in other countries.
Assumed that a player won 66% of his matches in his native country and
only 40% of his matches in other countries. His advantage would be 26%.
Among all players of a country who had an advantage in their native country
the average advantage was calculated.
Country Advantage MEX 29.42% NZL 18.50% ISR 18.24% AUT 16.70% ARG 16.53% FRA 16.07% GB 15.88% CZE 15.78% RSA 15.41% RUS 15.12% BRA 14.12% ESP 13.74% AUS 13.14% USA 12.87% SWE 11.85% GER 10.41% ITA 9.81% NED 8.71%
That means: If a Mexican player has a home court advantage, then he has the highest average advantage among all countries.
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