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11:17 am
September 22, 2011


Peter Warman

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I came across this and thought I would share it with you as it makes some interesting reading (like proving that badminton is the bestest sport, ever! Laugh).

 

This is a comparison of two matches from WorldBadminton.com:

 

At the 1985 All England (Tennis) Championships, Boris Becker defeated Kevin Curren 6-3,

6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

At the 1985 World Badminton Championships in Calgary, Canada, Han Jian of China

defeated Morten Frost of Denmark, 14-18, 15-10, 15-8. The following is a statistical

comparison of those matches.

 

Time:

Tennis = 3 hours and 18 minutes. Badminton = 1 hour and 16 minutes.

 

Ball/Shuttle in Play:

Tennis = 18 minutes. Badminton = 37 minutes.

 

Match Intensity*:

Tennis = 9 percent. Badminton = 48 percent.

 

Rallies:

Tennis = 299. Badminton = 146.

 

Shots Per Match:

Tennis = 1,004. Badminton = 1,972.

 

Shots Per Rally:

Tennis = 3.4. Badminton = 13.5.

 

Distance Covered:

Tennis = 2 miles. Badminton = 4 miles.

Note that the badminton players competed for half the time, yet ran twice as far and hit

nearly twice as many shots.

 

*The actual time the ball/shuttle was in flight, divided by the length of the match.

 

So, this shows that not only tennis uses completely different strokes but the game play is completely different. And I would put a bet on that the length of tennis would be EVEN longer now because professional tennis players are now forever using their towels in-between every point played! Smile

 

This just goes to show, badminton rules! Wink

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I'd Rather Be Playing Badminton…………..

3:13 pm
September 22, 2011


Yves

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I've read this before on wikipedia, very interesting statistics. One has to say though that Becker and Curren were serve-and-volley players so they didn't even come close to what the likes of Djokovic or Nadal are running on court nowadays. Nonetheless I think that badminton is more intense than tennis, and yes it rules absolutely haha ;D

<3 Badminton!

4:01 pm
September 22, 2011


Matthew Seeley

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Both nadal and djokovic take at least a minutes break in between rallies too. Imagine a badminton player doing this? Crazy.

4:20 pm
September 22, 2011


Peter Warman

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That would be great if we did that in badminton, I would use the time to check my phone, look up football scores and maybe update my Facebook status to "now winning 15-11 after my partner did a good smash", "Doh! Just served into the net, now 12-15" Laugh

 

I'm trying to think of other things that I would do in that minute but I think the only thing I can really think of is, become really bored!

 

I didn't get this information from Wiki but I am glad that it is on there. It's always difficult to get good honest information or statistics these days. For example, whilst the worlds fastest smash is 261.6mph, what they don't tell you was this was during testing with a feeder feeding the shuttle. However, the worlds fastest smash in a game (that's on record) is 206mph. Whilst this is still very impressive, how many people will be thinking that the 261 mph is what professionals do in a match? Misleading, I think so. I won't even mention the brand that did the testing, we'll leave that one there………….Wink

 

On the subject of Djokovic or Nadal, they still do most of their running sideways and then move to the front and stay there. They also don't move as much off the ball we a badminton player does off the shuttle. I would love to see them play badminton with the constant changing direction and burst of pace, I'm sure they would have to change their training routine!

Badminton Gives Me A Purpose In Life – To Serve Others
I'd Rather Be Playing Badminton…………..

7:11 pm
September 22, 2011


RobHarrison

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They're some fancinating stats but I don't think a straight comparison is fair.

Tennis players are much bigger and stronger in general than badminton players as power is a massive factor in tennis. Nadal and Djokovic would need to lose a fair bit of weight to move like a badminton player.

Whilst it is fair to say badminton players move a lot to get back to base, tennis players have to run an awful lot further to get to the ball in first place. A top level badminton player will only move a couple of paces in any direction, you simply cannot cover a tennis court in so few steps.

The top level players in both tennis and badminton are awesome athletes in general as well as their specifically trained fields.

2:54 pm
September 24, 2011


Paul

Cheshire, UK

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I have seen these kind of stats before. It made me wonder how they would compare now bearing in mind our scoring system is different now.

 

Paul

12:29 am
September 25, 2011


dlp

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I think the top few in tennis have become good athletes now.  However if you look at some of the lower tennis pros they are not good athletes. Also you can't really compare something like Nadal/Djokavic with some of the early matches even at grand slams.  The intensity in tennis is clearly far lower but also in tennis they don't make a big effort every point , or even every game.  FOr instance they might make a big effort on one or two points in a service game, and might let other games just slip. I would like to see tennis played on a badminton style scoring

12:52 am
September 25, 2011


Matthew Seeley

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dlp said:

I would like to see tennis played on a badminton style scoring

An interesting thought this!

12:57 am
September 25, 2011


dlp

Devon

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and with no second service!

10:39 pm
September 29, 2011


Paul

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Can we also add play must be continuous so we don't have to watch them towel down after every point and get the ball boy/girl to do their fetching and carrying.
 
Am I being too harsh?
 
Paul
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