Patterns of Play
The tactical series: what the data says about where the ball should go, and why.
Should You Come to the Net in Tennis?
The famous "net wins 66% of points" stat is selection-biased. Here is what the open data actually shows, and when coming in is genuinely worth it.
Tennis Recovery: Stop Running to the Middle
Get back to the centre is the most-taught, least-correct instruction in tennis. Hawk-Eye data on 5,679 shots shows where pros actually recover.
When to Change Direction in Tennis
Most baseline errors come from changing the ball's direction on the wrong ball. The inside/outside rule tells you exactly when you are allowed to.
Why Crosscourt Is the Safer Shot
The crosscourt gives you 5.8% more court and a net six inches lower. Two separate edges — and the "ten percent longer" figure quietly confuses them.
Tennis Serve Placement Zones: T, Wide, Body
Placement beats power. Learn what the T, wide and body serve each do to your opponent, and how to read your own serve data to build a winning pattern.
Serve & Return
The two shots that start every point, and the numbers that describe them.
Tennis Return of Serve Analysis
Your return wins matches as often as your serve. Learn the return-of-serve stats that matter, the patterns that cost you breaks, and how to read your data.
Tennis Serve Kinetic Chain, Explained
Learn how the kinetic chain builds serve power, why the sequence matters more than strength, and how to read your own serve biomechanics from match video.
How to Analyse Your Tennis Serve With Data
How to analyse your serve with data: placement, speed, first and second serve, and the numbers worth acting on.
Reading Your Data
What each metric means, and how to turn a match report into a training plan.
What Break Point Conversion Really Tells You
Break point conversion is the most quoted stat in tennis and the most misread. Here is what it actually measures, and the number to look at instead.
Tennis Stats Explained: What Each Number Means
A plain-English guide to the tennis stats that matter: what each number means, and what good looks like at club level.
How to Read a Tennis Heatmap
A player's guide to reading tennis heatmaps — serve, return, groundstroke and court-position maps — and turning the colours into tactics that win points.
What Is a Rally in Tennis? Meaning and Analysis
A rally in tennis is the exchange of shots after the serve. Here's what rally length and aggression reveal about where you really win and lose points.
How to Reduce Unforced Errors in Tennis
Unforced errors cost club players more matches than missed winners. Learn to find, measure and cut them using your own tennis match data.
What Is Tennis Match Analysis?
What tennis match analysis is, what it measures, and how a club player turns one filmed match into a training plan.
Getting Started
Filming, first steps, and analysis for junior players.
Tennis Analytics for Juniors: What to Track
Which junior tennis stats actually matter, which ones parents should leave to the coach, and how to track progress across a season without adding pressure.
How to Film Your Tennis Match for Analysis
How to film a tennis match for AI analysis — the angle, height and settings that turn phone footage into clean match data. No branded stick needed.
Comparisons
How Ten-Fifty5 stacks up, and where tennis technology is going.
Best SwingVision Alternative for Android
Looking for SwingVision for Android? It does not exist - SwingVision is iPhone-only. Here is what works instead, on any Android phone, with no app to install.
SwingVision Alternative: The 2026 Comparison
How Ten-Fifty5 compares to SwingVision and Tennis Cut in 2026 - platform, cost, what each one actually measures, and which suits a club player.
5 Ways AI Is Changing Tennis Training in 2026
From personalised game plans to pre-match scouting and democratised coaching, here are five ways AI is reshaping how serious club players train and improve.