A Notational Analysis of the 2025 Women’s Grand Slam Champions: Descriptive Performance Profiles

2025 Kadınlar Grand Slam Şampiyonlarının Notasyonel Analizi: Betimleyici Performans Profilleri

Mehmet Akif Gündoğdu, Göktürk Samet Kılıç*

*Correspondence: Göktürk Samet Kılıç gokturksk@gmail.com

¹Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye, akif.gundogdu@outlook.com Orcid: 0009-0009-1997-2508

²Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye, gokturksk@gmail.com Orcid: 0009-0007-9641-6586

Doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20837033

https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/v3-i2/ijoss-Volume3-issue2-06.pdf

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Received / Gönderim: 22.04.2026 Accepted / Kabul: 12.06.2026 Published / Yayın: 23.06.2026

Abstract

The aim of this study was to descriptively compare the in-match performance profiles of female tennis players who won the 2025 Grand Slam tournaments using a notational analysis approach. Methods: Match statistics were obtained from the official websites of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and US Open tournaments. The analysis included all matches played by the women’s singles champions from the first round through to the final, resulting in a total of 27 matches. Technical and performance variables analyzed included aces, double faults, unforced errors, winners, first serve percentage, points won on first serve, points won on second serve, break points won, net points won, total points won, and total match duration. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and differences between tournaments were examined using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). For variables showing statistical significance, Tukey HSD post hoc tests were applied, and effect sizes were calculated using Hedges’ g coefficient. Data visualization was performed using GraphPad Prism, and all statistical analyses were conducted using the SPSS 27.0 software package. The results revealed statistically significant differences between tournaments in ace counts, unforced errors, first serve percentage, points won on first serve, and double faults (p < 0.05).

Keywords: Grand Slam tournaments, Match performance analysis, Women’s tennis.

Özet

Bu çalışmanın amacı, 2025 yılı Grand Slam turnuvalarını şampiyon olarak tamamlayan kadın tenisçilerin maç içi performans profillerini notasyonel analiz yöntemiyle betimsel olarak karşılaştırmaktır. Yöntem: Maç istatistikleri; Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon ve US Open turnuvalarının web sitelerinden elde edilmiştir. Analize, tek kadınlar şampiyonlarının ilk turdan finale kadar oynadıkları tüm müsabakalar dahil edilmiş ve toplamda 27 maç değerlendirilmiştir. Analiz edilen teknik ve performans değişkenleri; ace, çift hata, basit hata, winner (puan alan vuruş), birinci servis yüzdesi, birinci servisten kazanılan puan yüzdesi, ikinci servisten kazanılan puan yüzdesi, kırılan servis puanı yüzdesi, file önü puanı yüzdesi, toplam kazanılan puan ve toplam maç süresini içermektedir. Verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler hesaplanmış ve turnuvalar arasındaki farklar tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA) ile incelenmiştir. İstatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık gösteren değişkenler için Tukey HSD post-hoc testleri uygulanmış, etki büyüklükleri ise Hedges’ g katsayısı kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Verilerin görselleştirilmesi GraphPad Prism programı, tüm istatistiksel analizler ise SPSS 27.0 yazılım paketi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları; ace sayıları, basit hatalar, birinci servis yüzdesi, birinci servisten kazanılan puan yüzdesi ve çift hatalarda turnuvalar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılıklar olduğunu ortaya koymuştur (p < 0.05).Anahtar kelimeler: Grand Slam turnuvaları, Maç performansı analizi, Kadınlar tenisi.

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Gündoğdu, M. A., & Kılıç, G. S. (2026). A notational analysis of the 2025 women’s Grand Slam champions: Descriptive performance profiles. International Journal of Health, Exercise, and Sport Sciences (IJOSS), 3(2), 497–508.  https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/v3-i2/ijoss-Volume3-issue2-06.pdf

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Gündoğdu MA, Kılıç GS. A notational analysis of the 2025 women’s Grand Slam champions: Descriptive performance profiles. Int J Health Exerc Sport Sci (IJOSS). 2026;3(2):497-508. Available from:  https://www.ijoss.org/Archive/v3-i2/ijoss-Volume3-issue2-06.pdf

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