Navigating the Court: A Comparison of Distance Demands between Sexes in Grand Slam Tennis

[...]it is critical that the distance requirements of tennis match play are contemporised. [...]Whiteside and Reid (Whiteside and Reid, 2017) have previously reported the cumulative court coverage demands of male and female players over the first week of Grand Slam tennis (Whiteside and Reid, 2017). [...]a more detailed and contemporary review of these demands is needed, which was the focus of the current study. The Hawk-Eye player tracking accuracy is unpublished, however ball tracking precision alongside single camera analysis systems error of 55mm (Dunn et al., 2014) suggest an expected error comparable to the ball tracking.