Jeff Sackmann on Tennis Abstract and his 128 Project

Jeff Sackmann the founder of the Tennis Abstract website is the podcast guest. Thanks to Jeff tennis conversations around the world are heavy on relative stats about the game. In this episode Jeff gets candid about his journey exploring the much needed stats for tennis. The conversation covers the ELO ratings vs traditional tour rankings comparison and Jeff takes an elemental dive for all listeners to better understand the computation. The second part of this episode explores Jeff's new project where he is ranking the top 128 players of all time. There is a lot of statistical nuance offered here by Jeff - tune in to find out more. Jeff Sackmann on twitter - https://twitter.com/tennisabstract https://www.tennisabstract.com/ https://www.tennisabstract.com/blog/2022/02/01/introducing-the-tennis-128/