Analysis of Research Documents of Tennis in China from 1979 to 2009

Using literature review and mathematical statistics,this paper analyzes the research documents of tennis from 1979 to 2009 in China and endeavors to figure out the main research groups of tennis,development trends and problems existing in the recent 30 years,thus to provide a theoretical basis of practical significance for the development of tennis in China.The result shows that the research is many done by the middle-aged researchers,and the researching methods are improved from a single direction to diversification.However,imbalance in posture of the research subject is apparent,with more articles on competition sports but less on popular sports.There are more articles focusing on the current situation investigation and reflection,while papers of pertinence and utility are insufficient.