Top 30 ATP - Indicators evolution since 2005

Hello,

Welcome to this second tennis post. For better visibility, I advise you to look at my posts on a computer (for the size but also because the colors differ on a phone that has a dark theme like me. If the theme is light, only the size makes it difficult to read).

Unfortunately, contrary to the other posts published so far, I won't give the code here because I don't have it anymore...Because of a bad manipulation, I lost it and couldn't find it. I couldn't find the motivation to rewrite it... 🙊!

So, this post will be almost only visual for you who read it ! "Almost" because I will still give you the data at the end !

So, today's post is about the evolution since 2005 of different indicators in the ATP top 30. These indicators are the proportions of one-handed and left-handed backhanders, as well as average age and average height.

So here is the evolution of these 4 indicators !
It may be a bit small, I apologize. But in theory, you can click on the image and zoom in afterwards.

In my opinion, the evolution of the average height and the proportion of one-handed backhands is very revealing of the change of era within the very high level of this ATP tour. The profile of the players has changed over the last 20 years and has seen the emergence of true athletes with ever more impressive build. This has also resulted in a change in the style of play employed in the top 30.
We are increasingly dealing with players whose main weapons are power, with a big serve and a big forehand where the objective is to get the point in a minimum of strokes. Player training seems to have become standardized in this way.

The increase in average age can probably be explained in large part by the aging of the top 3 (Djokovic, Nadal, Federer).

Finally, no particular trend was observed in the proportion of left-handers. The interest of this indicator was quite low, I was just curious to see the result 😊

You will find the data below by clicking the github link button.

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