Viraj Shah
Independent Researcher

MLA 8
Shah, Viraj. "Game, Set, Profit: An Analysis of the Business Structure of Tennis Tournaments." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 11, no. 10, Oct. 2026, pp. 5457-5470, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.006. Accessed Oct. 2026.
APA 6
Shah, V. (2026, October). Game, Set, Profit: An Analysis of the Business Structure of Tennis Tournaments. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 11(10), 5457-5470. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.006
Chicago
Shah, Viraj. "Game, Set, Profit: An Analysis of the Business Structure of Tennis Tournaments." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 11, no. 10 (October 2026), 5457-5470. Accessed October, 2026. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2026.v11i10.006.

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