Individual performance and environment: Home advantage in ATP tennis

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107236

Gianluca Gucciardi , Massimo Ruberti

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Abstract

We investigate the role of home advantage (HA) in ATP tennis (2000–2022). Our findings confirm the existence of HA with a heterogeneous effect shaped by a combination of individual player characteristics and situational contexts. Individual mechanisms reveal that less experienced players benefit more from HA, while talent does not show a significant interaction. Cultural background plays a role, with individualistic players exhibiting a stronger HA, unlike collectivistic ones. Among situational factors, the absence of spectators during COVID-19 indicates that while HA persists, crowd presence does not seem to be the primary driver. Opponent travel fatigue amplifies HA, whereas prior knowledge of the facilities has no substantial impact. These findings extend beyond sports, indicating that structured, familiar environments enhance performance and resilience in professional settings, though their effects vary based on experience and cultural background.

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个人表现与环境：ATP网球主场优势

研究了主场优势（HA）在ATP网球（2000-2022）中的作用。我们的研究结果证实了HA的存在，它具有由个体玩家特征和情境环境共同塑造的异质性效应。个人机制显示经验不足的玩家从HA中获益更多，而天赋并没有显示出明显的交互作用。文化背景发挥了作用，与集体主义玩家不同，个人主义玩家表现出更强的HA。在情境因素中，2019冠状病毒病期间观众的缺席表明，尽管HA持续存在，但人群的存在似乎不是主要驱动因素。对手的旅行疲劳放大了HA，而对设施的先验知识没有实质性的影响。这些发现超越了体育运动，表明结构化的、熟悉的环境可以提高专业环境中的表现和适应能力，尽管它们的效果因经验和文化背景而异。

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来源期刊

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

9.10%

发文量

392

期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization is devoted to theoretical and empirical research concerning economic decision, organization and behavior and to economic change in all its aspects. Its specific purposes are to foster an improved understanding of how human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution. Research with these purposes that explore the interrelations of economics with other disciplines such as biology, psychology, law, anthropology, sociology and mathematics is particularly welcome.