Table 1. Mean (± standard deviation) anthropometric and physiological characteristics of women and men tennis players taken from Christmass et al. (1998); Ferrauti et al. (2001); Smekal et al. (2001); Davey et al. (2003); Kraemer et al. (2003); Novas et al. (2003); Girard et al. (2006); Fernandez-Fernandez et al. (2007); Hornery et al. (2007); Mendez-Villanueva et al. (2007); Murias et al. (2007); Fernandez-Fernandez et al. (2008); Morante et al. (2008).
Gender Stature (m) Body mass (kg) VO2max(ml∙kg-1∙min-1)
Women 1.67 (.05) 59 (6) 48 (3)
Men 1.81 (.09) 77 (7) 53 (3)