The Superstar Effect in Tennis - A within-match analysis

Carsten Creutzburg

No 79, Working Papers from Chair for Economic Policy, University of Hamburg

Abstract: This study is the first to investigate the superstar effect on professional men’s tennis players’ situational performance, employing novel serve and return ratings. We innovate by examining the impact of superstars on the performance of both higher-ranked (HR) and lower-ranked (LR) players. We provide evidence that HR players deliberately increase/decrease their performance in (non)dominant match situations based on their rank and the timing of facing a superstar in subsequent matches. Similarly, there are differences in the extent of performance shifts induced by superstars among different rank groups for LR players; however, the differences do not extend to different within-match situations.

Keywords: Superstar effect; tournaments; professionals; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J44 L83 Z21 Z22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2024-09-12
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Published in Hamburg Contemporary Economic Discussions, Issue 79, 2024

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