ReviewBritish journal of sports medicine2006
Intensity of tennis match play.
Review in British journal of sports medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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90 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Metabolic Power in Team and Racquet Sports: A Systematic Review with Best-Evidence Synthesis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Olympic Sports Science-Bibliometric Analysis of All Summer and Winter Olympic Sports Research.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Pooled it
- Comparing The Effects of Singles vs. Doubles High-Intensity On-Court Tennis Training and Regular High-Intensity Interval Training on Aerobic and Anaerobic Performance Adaptations: A Randomized, Parallel-Controlled Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Trial
- Effects of low-volume court-based sprint interval training on anaerobic capacity and sport-specific performance in competitive tennis players.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Effects of Beetroot Juice Ingestion on Physical Performance in Highly Competitive Tennis Players.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Sodium citrate supplementation enhances tennis skill performance: a crossover, placebo-controlled, double blind study.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2019Trial
- Specific incremental field test for aerobic fitness in tennis.British journal of sports medicine · 2006Trial
- Development and validation of a core competency framework for professional tennis coaches in China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Sensor-Based Monitoring of Heart-Rate Responses to Ball Type in 9-11-Year-Old Tennis Players: A Preliminary Bayesian Repeated-Measures Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Neuromuscular performance and biochemical response to maximal anaerobic effort: assessment of longterm adaptations in professional tennis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Acute physiological and pupillary responses during power snatch and clean & jerk training sessions in elite female weightlifters.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Physiological and performance effects of a simulated prolonged service game in competitive male tennis players.Biology of sport · 2026Article
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- Effects of ball type and maturity status on U10 tennis players competition load.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Associations of Bilateral Deficit during Jumping with Physical Performance in Tennis Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Long-term intensity and volume of biking, swimming, and tennis: Associations with mortality risk in US older men.Preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Impact loading exercise induced osteogenesis from childhood to early adulthood in tennis players aged 8-30 years.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Review
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- Effects of isolated or combined carbohydrate and caffeine supplementation on tennis training performance: single-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover session.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
This review focuses on the characteristics of tennis players during match play and provides a greater insight into the energy demands of tennis. A tennis match often lasts longer than an hour and in some cases more than five hours. During a match there is a combination of periods of maximal or near maximal work and longer periods of moderate and low intensity activity. Match intensity varies considerably depending on the players' level, style, and sex. It is also influenced by factors such as court surface and ball type. This has important implications for the training of tennis players, which should resemble match intensity and include interval training with appropriate work to rest ratios.
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