Eva Lys Is in the Fast Lane to Fame

Even as she hovers in the middle of the WTA Top 100, the German player's popularity is off to the races with fans and peers alike.

Court assignments are a public-facing metric by which fans can assess the perceived popularity of tennis players. Behind the scenes at the biggest tournaments, there’s another set of decisions being made which mirrors these judgment calls about the relative public interest in various tennis players: in which room each player is scheduled during their pr…