{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4416392881","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060","title":"Minimax Under Pressure: The Case of Tennis","display_name":"Minimax Under Pressure: The Case of Tennis","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-11-18","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4416392881","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/g16060060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S6552842","display_name":"Games","issn_l":"2073-4336","issn":["2073-4336"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078126039","display_name":"Ben Depoorter","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210137306","display_name":"Stanford Medicine","ror":"https://ror.org/03mtd9a03","country_code":"US","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210137306","https://openalex.org/I97018004"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I895289948","display_name":"University of St. Francis","ror":"https://ror.org/04nfs2483","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I895289948"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ben Depoorter","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Internet & Society and Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA","University of California Law SF, San Franciso, CA 94102, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Internet & Society and Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210137306"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of California Law SF, San Franciso, CA 94102, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I895289948"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5049602761","display_name":"Simon Jantschgi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6331-3755"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197141962","display_name":"Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/02ejkey04","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197141962"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","display_name":"University of Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/02crff812","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210119586","display_name":"Center for Pediatric Endocrinology Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/02cvt8e16","country_code":"CH","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210119586"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Simon Jantschgi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Zurich Center for Market Design and SUZ, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zurich Center for Market Design and SUZ, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119586","https://openalex.org/I197141962","https://openalex.org/I202697423"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5118665132","display_name":"Ivan Lendl","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210121988","display_name":"Film Independent","ror":"https://ror.org/036cy3843","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210121988"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ivan Lendl","raw_affiliation_strings":["Independent Researcher, San Diego, CA 92130, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Independent Researcher, San Diego, CA 92130, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210121988"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5118665133","display_name":"Miha Mlakar","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210094502","display_name":"Counselling Centre for Children, Adolescents and Parents","ror":"https://ror.org/00myd9a07","country_code":"SI","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210094502"]}],"countries":["SI"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Miha Mlakar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pareto Lab, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pareto Lab, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210094502"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000830106","display_name":"Heinrich H. Nax","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1261-8134"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197141962","display_name":"Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/02ejkey04","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197141962"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I202697423","display_name":"University of Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/02crff812","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I202697423"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35440088","display_name":"ETH Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/05a28rw58","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I35440088"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210119586","display_name":"Center for Pediatric Endocrinology Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/02cvt8e16","country_code":"CH","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210119586"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Heinrich Nax","raw_affiliation_strings":["Behavioral Game Theory, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland","Zurich Center for Market Design and SUZ, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Behavioral Game Theory, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35440088"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Zurich Center for Market Design and SUZ, University of Zurich, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210119586","https://openalex.org/I197141962","https://openalex.org/I202697423"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5000830106"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197141962","https://openalex.org/I202697423","https://openalex.org/I35440088","https://openalex.org/I4210119586"],"apc_list":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"apc_paid":{"value":1400,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1515},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.44086789,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"6","first_page":"60","last_page":"60"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11674","display_name":"Sports Analytics and Performance","score":0.8615999817848206,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11674","display_name":"Sports Analytics and Performance","score":0.8615999817848206,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10813","display_name":"Sport Psychology and Performance","score":0.03720000013709068,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10157","display_name":"Sports Performance and Training","score":0.01679999940097332,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2732","display_name":"Orthopedics and Sports Medicine"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/minimax","display_name":"Minimax","score":0.8860999941825867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/natural","display_name":"Natural (archaeology)","score":0.3896999955177307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/field","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","score":0.3610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prospect-theory","display_name":"Prospect theory","score":0.35260000824928284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/expected-utility-hypothesis","display_name":"Expected utility hypothesis","score":0.3433000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/face","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","score":0.33649998903274536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/coin-flipping","display_name":"Coin flipping","score":0.29350000619888306}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149728462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751319","display_name":"Minimax","level":2,"score":0.8860999941825867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144237770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534","display_name":"Mathematical economics","level":1,"score":0.46560001373291016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776608160","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4785462","display_name":"Natural (archaeology)","level":2,"score":0.3896999955177307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.38600000739097595},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149782125","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160039","display_name":"Econometrics","level":1,"score":0.38580000400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.3610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.3578000068664551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C339426","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1151839","display_name":"Prospect theory","level":2,"score":0.35260000824928284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205706631","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2319304","display_name":"Expected utility hypothesis","level":2,"score":0.3433000147342682},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3416999876499176},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779304628","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503480","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","level":2,"score":0.33649998903274536},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97399411","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q825367","display_name":"Coin flipping","level":2,"score":0.29350000619888306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.2919999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28901747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177571","display_name":"Decision theory","level":2,"score":0.28529998660087585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.28439998626708984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75432250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29654355","display_name":"Real line","level":2,"score":0.2824000120162964},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50817715","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79895177","display_name":"Regret","level":2,"score":0.2809999883174896},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87007009","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210832","display_name":"Statistical hypothesis testing","level":2,"score":0.27959999442100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781054738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4813730","display_name":"Athletes","level":2,"score":0.27720001339912415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143724316","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312468","display_name":"Series (stratigraphy)","level":2,"score":0.2655999958515167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88959737","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1546627","display_name":"Strategy","level":3,"score":0.25130000710487366}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/g16060060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S6552842","display_name":"Games","issn_l":"2073-4336","issn":["2073-4336"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:doi:10.3929/ethz-c-000791069","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/791069","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4406922384","display_name":"Open MIND","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:1b666c13f2b04dce81f602bc4ba92dd9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/1b666c13f2b04dce81f602bc4ba92dd9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Games, Vol 16, Iss 6, p 60 (2025)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/g16060060","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/g16060060","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S6552842","display_name":"Games","issn_l":"2073-4336","issn":["2073-4336"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Games","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":26,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1501399288","https://openalex.org/W1523611435","https://openalex.org/W1966719265","https://openalex.org/W1968014229","https://openalex.org/W1995688837","https://openalex.org/W2006655145","https://openalex.org/W2021031922","https://openalex.org/W2024756248","https://openalex.org/W2029785513","https://openalex.org/W2043425503","https://openalex.org/W2047681432","https://openalex.org/W2070003395","https://openalex.org/W2073338847","https://openalex.org/W2075567596","https://openalex.org/W2079011572","https://openalex.org/W2082868623","https://openalex.org/W2094687257","https://openalex.org/W2098546658","https://openalex.org/W2141112037","https://openalex.org/W2161736093","https://openalex.org/W2566201977","https://openalex.org/W2592403190","https://openalex.org/W3122826866","https://openalex.org/W4239900517","https://openalex.org/W4285401437","https://openalex.org/W4384571285"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0],"series":[1],"of":[2,71,84,137,188],"articles":[3],"has":[4,22],"tested":[5],"von":[6],"Neumann\u2019s":[7],"minimax":[8,66,88,128],"theory":[9],"against":[10,65],"behavioral":[11,85,133],"evidence":[12,21,30,64],"based":[13,50],"on":[14,51],"field":[15],"data":[16,55,147],"from":[17,87],"professional":[18],"sports.":[19],"The":[20,82],"been":[23,80],"viewed":[24],"and":[25,41,56,62,114,149,175,185],"collectively":[26],"cited":[27],"as":[28,135],"positive":[29,132],"that":[31,89,121,138,151,171],"elite":[32],"athletes":[33],"in":[34,43],"their":[35],"familiar":[36],"sports":[37],"contexts":[38],"mix":[39],"well":[40],"behave":[42],"line":[44],"with":[45],"minimax.":[46,189],"In":[47,160],"this":[48,161,163],"paper,":[49],"open":[52],"state-of-the-art":[53],"tennis":[54],"analytics,":[57],"we":[58,90,95],"shall":[59],"uncover":[60],"new":[61],"significant":[63],"at":[67],"the":[68,72,97,122,156,168],"very":[69],"top":[70],"game,":[73],"where":[74],"previously,":[75],"such":[76],"results":[77],"had":[78],"not":[79,106,130,144],"obtained.":[81],"kinds":[83],"deviations":[86],"find":[91],"become":[92],"apparent,":[93],"because":[94,141],"enrich":[96],"test":[98],"strategy":[99],"to":[100,126,146,183],"take":[101],"into":[102,167],"account":[103],"whether":[104],"or":[105],"players":[107,172],"face":[108],"\u2018pressure\u2019":[109],"situations":[110,177],"like":[111],"break":[112],"points":[113],"other":[115],"decisive":[116],"points.":[117],"Our":[118],"paper":[119],"highlights":[120],"prior":[123],"literature\u2019s":[124],"failure":[125],"reject":[127],"does":[129],"constitute":[131],"evidence,":[134],"some":[136],"literature":[139],"argued,":[140],"it":[142],"is":[143],"robust":[145],"aggregations":[148],"separations":[150],"are":[152],"psychologically":[153],"natural":[154],"given":[155],"relevant":[157],"real-world":[158],"context.":[159],"case,":[162],"means":[164],"separating":[165,176],"serves":[166],"serve":[169],"types":[170],"actually":[173],"consider":[174],"by":[178],"pressure":[179],"levels,":[180],"which":[181],"leads":[182],"clear":[184],"sound":[186],"rejection":[187]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-07T16:01:11.037858","created_date":"2025-11-19T00:00:00"}