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2024 Australian Open Semifinals Preview: Women's Draw
Of the top 4 players in Clutch Factor over Expected per Point in the Australian Open women’s draw, 3 are in the semifinals. The fourth,...
jdweck42
Jan 25, 20244 min read


Re-Introducing Excitement Index: All Tennis is Good Tennis
What makes a sporting event exciting? What happens when you are watching sports at 3 am and you care deeply about the result but struggle...
jdweck42
Dec 23, 20233 min read


Introducing Clutch Factor Over Expected: Tennis’s Answer to Expected Points Added
My experience in sports analytics has come primarily in two sports: tennis and football. In football, Expected Points Added is one of the...
jdweck42
Dec 22, 20236 min read


Best of the Slams: 2023 US Open
This column includes the best men’s and women’s match from this year’s Grand Slam tournaments, as determined by Excitement Index. Each...
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Dec 20, 20238 min read


Best of the Slams: 2023 Wimbledon
This column includes the best men’s and women’s match from this year’s Grand Slam tournaments, as determined by Excitement Index. Each...
jdweck42
Dec 11, 20237 min read


Best of the Slams: 2023 Roland Garros
This column includes the best men’s and women’s match from this year’s Grand Slam tournaments, as determined by Excitement Index. Each...
jdweck42
Dec 10, 20239 min read


Best of the Slams: 2023 Australian Open
This column will include the best men’s and women’s match from this year’s Grand Slam tournaments, as determined by Excitement Index....
jdweck42
Dec 9, 20236 min read


Anatomy of a Comeback: From Bagel to Heartbreaker
Aryna Sabalenka seemed to pull that comeback out of nowhere. But what did the new Excitement Index see that everyone else missed? Madison...
jdweck42
Sep 8, 20235 min read
Best Matches of the First Week of the US Open
After Keys-Vondrousova and Alcaraz-Zverev take to Arthur Ashe Stadium, the first five rounds of the 2023 US Open will be over. This...
jdweck42
Sep 6, 20234 min read
Interpretations of the Stages of Development of Clutch Factor
When a new statistic is introduced, one of the first questions its creator must answer is “what can I do with this?” Depending on your...
jdweck42
Aug 15, 20237 min read
Near-Term Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Sports
With the recent boom of Artificial Intelligence, people in sports are among those with big dreams about its use cases. That includes me....
jdweck42
Aug 6, 20232 min read


The Greatest Men's Matches in Wimbledon History: A Data-Driven Look at the Most Important Contests
As we turn from Wimbledon to the awkward week on clay and the wind up to the US Open, let’s look back at some of the greatest men’s...
jdweck42
Jul 24, 20237 min read


Introducing Clutch Factor 1.0: A New Way of Measuring Performance Under Pressure in Tennis
There are two main camps when it comes to the importance of an athlete being “clutch.” One of them cuts off a small part at the end of...
jdweck42
Jul 13, 20233 min read


How Do You Find Data that Doesn't Exist?
Joshua Dweck July 5, 2023 Over the last few years, the analytics communities of many sports at different levels have complied and...
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Jul 5, 20234 min read
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