Notes for Tennis Data

All data is in csv format, ready for use within standard spreadsheet applications. 

Key to results data:

ATP = Tournament number (men)
WTA = Tournament number (women)
Location = Venue of tournament
Tournament = Name of tounament (including sponsor if relevant)
Data = Date of match (note: prior to 2003 the date shown for all matches played in a single tournament is the start date)
Series = Name of ATP tennis series (Grand Slam, Masters, International or International Gold)
Tier = Tier (tournament ranking) of WTA tennis series.
Court = Type of court (outdoors or indoors)
Surface = Type of surface (clay, hard, carpet or grass)
Round = Round of match
Best of = Maximum number of sets playable in match
Winner = Match winner
Loser = Match loser
WRank = ATP Entry ranking of the match winner as of the start of the tournament
LRank = ATP Entry ranking of the match loser as of the start of the tournament
WPts = ATP Entry points of the match winner as of the start of the tournament
LPts = ATP Entry points of the match loser as of the start of the tournament
W1 = Number of games won in 1st set by match winner
L1 = Number of games won in 1st set by match loser
W2 = Number of games won in 2nd set by match winner
L2 = Number of games won in 2nd set by match loser
W3 = Number of games won in 3rd set by match winner
L3 = Number of games won in 3rd set by match loser
W4 = Number of games won in 4th set by match winner
L4 = Number of games won in 4th set by match loser
W5 = Number of games won in 5th set by match winner
L5 = Number of games won in 5th set by match loser
Wsets = Number of sets won by match winner
Lsets = Number of sets won by match loser
Comment = Comment on the match (Completed, won through retirement of loser, or via Walkover)


Key to match betting odds data:

B365W = Bet365 odds of match winner
B365L = Bet365 odds of match loser
B&WW = Bet&Win odds of match winner
B&WL = Bet&Win odds of match loser
CBW = Centrebet odds of match winner
CBL = Centrebet odds of match loser
EXW = Expekt odds of match winner
EXL = Expekt odds of match loser
LBW = Ladbrokes odds of match winner
LBL = Ladbrokes odds of match loser
GBW = Gamebookers odds of match winner
GBL = Gamebookers odds of match loser
IWW = Interwetten odds of match winner
IWL = Interwetten odds of match loser
PSW = Pinnacles Sports odds of match winner
PSL = Pinnacles Sports odds of match loser
SBW = Sportingbet odds of match winner
SBL = Sportingbet odds of match loser
UBW = Unibet odds of match winner
UBL = Unibet odds of match loser


Tennis-Data would like to acknowledge the following sources which are currently utilised in the compilation of Tennis-Data's results and odds files.

Results:
TBWSport - http://www.tbwsport.com/
ATPtennis.com - http://www.atptennis.com/
ATP Tour Rankings and Results Page - http://www.stevegtennis.com/
Livescore - http://www.livescore.net/

Rankings:
ATPtennis.com - http://www.atptennis.com/
ATP Tour Rankings and Results Page - http://www.stevegtennis.com/
WTA TOur Rankings - http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com

Betting odds:
Tip-Ex - http://www.tip-ex.com/

Betting odds for matches generally represent the closing odds, i.e. last available before the start of each match, but when unavailable through Tip-ex are supplimented by odds collected on the morning of the day each match is played.