Doing Gender

And now it's time for a very special gender analysis, where we learn the powerful role that gender is playing in FTL this year. Don't believe me? Check this out.

Table 1 reports everyone's points through the French Open this year, sorted by the FTLer's last name. The first column reports points from the men, the second column reports points from the women, and the third column reports everyone's total score. Finally, the last column reports what proportion of everyone's total comes from the women.

Table 1	ATP	WTA	Total	WTA %
Gary Bates	102.6	86.8	189.4	45.8
Roberta Bell	90.6	147.2	237.8	61.9
Chris Burge	237.8	157.8	395.6	39.9
Greg Burge	222.3	160.2	382.5	41.9
Rob Clark	201.4	130.3	331.7	39.3
Jeremy Freese	227.2	146.2	373.4	39.2
Andy Fullerton	92.8	74.2	167.0	44.4
Pallab Ghosh	229.6	81.6	311.2	26.2
Danny Kapovic	139.0	146.8	285.8	51.4
Amy Kroska	167.0	212.8	379.8	56.0
Jeff Langlais	155.8	65.7	221.5	29.7
Daniel Menchik	119.4	50.4	169.8	29.7
Todd Peterson	149.9	179.2	329.1	54.5

Okay, cool. But now look what happens when I sort by the final column, as shown in Table 2.

Table 2	ATP	WTA	Total	WTA %
Roberta Bell	90.6	147.2	237.8	61.9
Amy Kroska	167.0	212.8	379.8	56.0
Todd Peterson	149.9	179.2	329.1	54.5
Danny Kapovic	139.0	146.8	285.8	51.4
Gary Bates	102.6	86.8	189.4	45.8
Andy Fullerton	92.8	74.2	167.0	44.4
Greg Burge	222.3	160.2	382.5	41.9
Chris Burge	237.8	157.8	395.6	39.9
Rob Clark	201.4	130.3	331.7	39.3
Jeremy Freese	227.2	146.2	373.4	39.2
Daniel Menchik	119.4	50.4	169.8	29.7
Jeff Langlais	155.8	65.7	221.5	29.7
Pallab Ghosh	229.6	81.6	311.2	26.2

The two female FTLers have earned a greater share of their total points from the WTA events than anyone else. It's magic!!

So what have we learned here today? What accounts for this powerful gender effect? Send me your explanations before Wimbledon!