How does mathematics relate to tennis?

Question

Math concepts linked to tennis, examples of equations, formula, theorem etc.

Answer 1

well, if you add the physics equations in... then you have lots of math. You have the acceleration of the ball. The amount of gravity pulling the ball back down onto the court. The different angles you can hit. The dimensions of the court. There are billions of things that relate to math in tennis. There's actually an equation to figure out how much a ball will come back after hitting a slice. It depends on the angle that you hit the tennis ball at, at what height you hit it at, and how much power was put on the ball. At this current time i can't tell you what the equation is, but i'm sure you'll figure it out.

Answer 2

Is always.  Tennis is a point system on a 52 week year.  Adding and subtracting are constantly happening in the tennis world, loose points from the points you gained last year.  The only thing that might make the math easier is if the player is consistent year after year, but then you have other players doing better one year more than the next, so MATH is always at play in the tennis.  No pun intended.

Answer 3

Simple Math:

The closer a player is to the net, the fewer angles that player's opponent has to hit the ball.  The further away from the net, the more angles a player's oppenent has.

The taller a player happens to be, the better his/her serve.

Lots and lots of other math (Geometry, Trig, Statistics, and Calculus) applicable to tennis.

Answer 4

Simple example from the GEOMETRY of a Tennis court.

Why do you hit the ball cross court for higher consistency?

The (SINGLES) court is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide

therefore a2 + b2 =c2

the hypotenuse of the triangle (hitting the ball cross court) is 82.5 ft.

Therefore, we hit the ball cross court because the court is 4.5 ft longer than down the line (more margin for error), the net is lower at the center strap 36" vs 39" inches down the line and you have the ability to pull the opponent off the court in the cross court direction!  YOU CAN NEVER PULL THE OPPONENT OFF THE COURT WHEN YOU HIT DOWN THE LINE! (unless you use a degree of side spin)

Answer 5

how dosn't math relate to tennis?

Answer 6

Point scoring is to do with maths and tennis. Without maths we wouldn't have seeds.