Tennis Scorigami

https://www.tennis-scorigami.com/

npinsker

I can see the appeal of football Scorigami -- there's a story, an interesting one, behind some of the scores. Some seem impossible, but are barely doable. Some were only feasible in a different time, when the game was played differently. Many have to do with obscure rule clauses. It all makes for a great way to appreciate football from a different angle.

Here I'm not really invested in any of the numbers... the website is beautiful though.

gus_massa

(I didn't know it) Footbal Scorigami https://nflscorigami.com/

i_am_jl

The lore behind the idea of Scorigami:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l5C8cGMueY

jedberg

Skimming briefly, it looks like a lot of the missing score are some combo of 6-0 and then 0-6. Which makes sense. It's highly unlikely for a set to to be that unbalanced, and then be so unbalanced the other way.

Someone

Adding some math: assume player 1 has a probability of p of winning a game, and therefore, player 2 having a probability of 1-p.

Then, the probability of player 1 winning a set 6-0 is p⁶; the probability of player 2 doing that is (1-p)⁶.

Let’s assume a fairly evenly matched game, where p=0.6. Then, those probabilities are about 4.7% and 0.4%. Combined, that’s about 1 in 5,000, or 1:2500 to get either of 6:0;0:6 or 0:6;6:0.

Doesn’t sound too bad but in real life, that number will be a lot lower because of the server advantage in tennis. Especially in men’s tennis, the server has a big advantage, making even single set 6-0 scores highly unlikely.

ben0x539

Sorry OP I was so mesmerized by the cute mouse interaction in the logo that I didn't yet get around to checking out what this site is about.

yzydserd

TL;DR

In the Women’s 3-set match, where there are 735 possibilities, these scores have never eventuated:

6-0 0-6 7-5, 6-0 0-6 6-0, 0-6 6-0 7-5

Meanwhile, in the 5-set format of Men’s matches, only 8.5% of the more than 100k result possibilities have occurred.

Then add on a huge UI.