Best-of-five: Number Crunching the 2020 Australian Open
When I started in on the best-of-three and best-of-five set rules for matches, I mentioned that the format is inextricably linked to gender politics. InRead More
WTA Player Age Eligibility Rules Genesis: Summer of 1994
I think that I would have skipped on past the nuance that the WTA Age eligibility rules emerged from the insane summer of 1994, butRead More
The Crazy Summer of 1994 Part 2: The WTA
Yesterday in Part 1 of the Crazy Summer of 1994, I wrote about how turmoil in many of the WTA star player’s lives were dominatingRead More
The Crazy Summer of 1994 Part 1: The Players
Context is important to fully understand any historical event. Today I want to take us back in time to the summer of 1994 as bracketedRead More
An Inconvenient Truth
Every once in a while there is a modern perspective about past events that doesn’t exactly align with all the facts. Current conventional wisdom isRead More
Best-of-five, a Major, and the WTA (Oh my!)
On March 29 1994, Tennis Australia announced that the finals of the women’s singles the following year would be played best-of-five sets. If history wasRead More
A Fact Checking Pause
Today I am writing about my journey of discovery. Specifically about whether or not one of the majors decided to play the women’s final asRead More
When Women Played Best of Five
Following the “Battle of the Sexes” in 1973, the debate over gender pay equity in women’s tennis hit a boiling point. A New York TimesRead More
Match Making
Today I move into a new topic within the USTA Friend at Court. Cue the balloon and confetti drop. I am once again making progressRead More
Desperately Seeking Fast4
I spent some time this weekend scouring the USTA participation portal, TennisLink, for data about tournament offerings and participation using the Fast4 format. Locating relevantRead More
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