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Received: 2022-05-12  |  Accepted: 2022-07-15  |  Published: 2022-09-30

Title

Determinants of the tennis players' success and their effect on the sports organizations' sustainability


Abstract

The article aims to reveal whether the number of tournaments in different categories, GDP, and the average wage impact athletes' success. GDP and average wage are viewed as the factors influencing the financial support of athletes. It allows the players to participate in the tournaments in their home country, increasing the chances of achieving better results. On the other hand, a high average wage can change athletes' decisions to pursue university studies. The main research question is: Which of the selected factors affect the success of juniors, men, and women playing tennis professionally? This was studied on the sample starting with fifty European countries (geographically assigned in this international research perspective). The relationship was corroborated between the number of tournaments organized in the country and the number of athletes from the country in the TOP 100 rankings. The article builds on the previous research works conducted worldwide, focusing on other relevant factors and their effect on the success of professional tennis players. The empirical research focuses on economic factors playing a pivotal role in tennis associations' operation and economic sustainability and other entities involved. Econometric regression modeling was applied to the panel data as a quantitative method to justify the relationships among the variables studied.


Keywords

sport, tennis, tournaments, average wage, GDP


JEL classifications

Z22 , Z28 , D02


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/988


DOI


Pages

132-157


Funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the Slovak Research and Development Agency under the project Sustainability strategy of a sports organization in the conditions of the Slovak Republic, APVV-20-0481

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Varmus, Michal
University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia https://www.uniza.sk
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Mičiak, Martin
University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia https://www.uniza.sk
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Kubina, Milan
University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia https://www.uniza.sk
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Adámik, Roman
University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia https://www.uniza.sk
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

10


Number

1


Issue date

September 2022


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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