Sprinting back and forth across the baseline can really add up. 🎾
Tuning into this week’s U.S. Open tennis tournament looks a lot different than year’s past without the fans due to the
. But you might still be wondering: How far does a professional tennis player actually run during a match? It sure looks like a lot of work chasing balls back and forth along the baseline.from the 2015 Australian Open, it varies depending on playing style. The research reveals that, among the top men, David Ferrer, who is known for his speed and agility, covers the most distance. Through three rounds of the tournament, Ferrer had run approximately 10,000 meters or 6.2 miles, which is particularly impressive when you consider how tiny a tennis court is .
On the other end of the spectrum, top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who was forced to stop due to a shoulder injury in last year’s tournament and has reached Round 3 in this year’s tournament, had covered less than half that distance, somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 meters or about 2.5 to 3.1 miles through three rounds of play.SI.com reports that this is because Djokovic tends to play closer to the baseline, while Ferrer plays farther back.
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