Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the competitive characteristics and maximal heart rate (HRM) for women's singles match during an official event. One elite female tennis athlete (20 years old) participated 4 matches, total 46 games in an official tennis singles championship in 2006 Taiwan University Sport Games and won the 7th position finally. HR was measured continuously during each match by Polar® Sport Tester 4000. In addition, each match was filmed and analyzed the playing time (PT), real playing time (RPT), RPT per point (RPTPP), effective playing time (EPT), sum of points (SP), sum of stroke (SS), sum of stroke per point (SSPP), frequency of stroke (SF in strokes/min), effective serve and rallies (ESR), effective serve and rallies per point (ESRPP), and HRM. Strong correlations were found between the competitive characteristics and the HRM for each game in PT (r=.42), EPT (r=.54), RPT (r=.56), SS (r=.63), ESR (r=.67), RPTPP (r=.75), SSPP (r=.91) and ESRPP (r=.92) respectively. It is suggest that the woman tennis training program should take consideration of these characteristics for the best performance during each match.