Stanford University celebrated Indian-origin tennis player Samir Banerjee as he graduated this month with a degree in science, technology, and society. For his final project in Stats 100: Mathematics of Sports, Samir built an algorithm to analyze years of tennis server data across different surfaces to determine which players were most successful. “I did a pretty deep dive into serving stats,” said Banerjee, an ITA All-American who helped lead the Stanford men’s tennis team to an ACC championship in 2025. “And I realized if I was serving above 60 percent on first serves in every match, I would put myself in a pretty good position to win.”
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