5 Oct 2025

Is there an advantage to being left-handed?

From Sunday Morning, 10:40 am on 5 October 2025

With 90 percent of people being right-handed, the left-handed are often left struggling with a world not designed for them. However, in one field they are overrepresented: one-to-one sports, such as tennis, badminton or fencing. 

Dr Tim Simon from the University of Trento joins Jim to discuss the left-handed advantage, and whether it extends to other parts of life. 

John McEnroe at Wimbledon in 2001.

John McEnroe at Wimbledon in 2001. Photo: Photosport