For the month of November we will look at data from the 2022 Junior Grand Slams. For this we have looked at a total of 71,249 points (Boys – 36,106, Girls – 35,143).
Instead of looking at rally length ranges of 4 shots, a much clearer view is gained from breaking this down even further, into 2 shot segments…
🎾 1st 2 Shots
On hard and grass, just over 30% of all points ended before any player could hit a 2nd ball. On clay though, this was 5% lower (25%), attributed to the slower surface muting the impact of the 1st shot.
🎾 7+ Rallies
On clay, there were significantly more longer rallies than on the faster surfaces. And just like the guys, on the red clay of Roland Garros 30% of all rallies were longer than 7 shots (7% higher than the other surfaces)
🎾 Mid-length Rallies
Rallies between 3 and 6 shots averaged 45% on all surfaces.
For all surfaces, rallies of 7 shots or more were only 2% higher for girls than boys
(boys 23%, girls 25%).
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