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<p>The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) distributes a considerable amount of money in prizes each year. Studies have shown that only the top 100 ranked players can self-finance; hence, it is convenient to introduce changes to the prize distribution to promote a more sustainable system. A Linear Programming model to distribute the tournament’s budget under a new concept for the fair distribution of prize money is proposed. Additionally, to distribute the prizes, a function based on the effort of the players is designed. The model was applied to tournaments to demonstrate the impact on improving the player’s prizes distribution.</p>
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The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) distributes a considerable amount of money in prizes each year. Studies have shown that only the top 100 ranked players can self-finance; hence, it is convenient to introduce changes to the prize distribution to promote a more sustainable system. A Linear Programming model to distribute the tournament’s budget under a new concept for the fair distribution of prize money is proposed. Additionally, to distribute the prizes, a function based on the effort of the players is designed. The model was applied to tournaments to demonstrate the impact on improving the player’s prizes distribution.

An optimization model for the fair distribution of prize money in ATP tournaments

Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

International Journal of Computer Science in Sport

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) distributes a considerable amount of money in prizes each year. Studies have shown that only the top 100 ranked...

An optimization model for the fair distribution of prize money in ATP tournaments

Publié en ligne: 24 mars 2022

Pages: 9 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcss-2022-0002

Mots clés
SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS, ATP PRIZES, LINEAR PROGRAMMING, COMPETITIVE EFFORT

© 2022 Zureneth Govea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

An optimization model for the fair distribution of prize money in ATP tournaments

Publié en ligne: 24 mars 2022

Pages: 9 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijcss-2022-0002

Mots clésSUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS, ATP PRIZES, LINEAR PROGRAMMING, COMPETITIVE EFFORT

© 2022 Zureneth Govea et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
SUSTAINABLE PROFESSIONAL TENNIS, ATP PRIZES, LINEAR PROGRAMMING, COMPETITIVE EFFORT