tennis & stats

“An avid tennis fan, Vecer developed the idea for a new program while watching the Wimbledon tournament. During the broadcast Vecer found himself at odds with the television commentators’ analyses. The match points deemed pivotal by the sportscasters made little sense from Vecer’s statistical perspective. To confirm his intuition, Vecer developed a statistical model capable of measuring the importance of individual points in predicting the outcome of a game, set and match. As the game progressed, the model could instantly recalculate the chances of an outcome with each rally.”