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The purpose of the study was to evaluate the role of semen quality in predicting unexpected TFF.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> A single-center retrospective cohort analysis was performed on 19539 cycles between 2013 and 2021. Two algorithms, a Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and an Extreme Gradient Boosting (Xgboost) were used to create models with cycle characteristics parameters. By including semen parameters or not, the contribution of semen parameters to the performance of the models was evaluated. The area under the curve (AUC), the calibration, and the net reclassification index (NRI) were used to evaluate the performance of the models.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The prevalence of TFF were .07 (95%CI:0.07-0.08), and .08 (95%CI:0.07-0.09) respectively in the development and validation group. Including all characteristics, with the models of LASSO and Xgboost, TFF was predicted with the AUCs of .74 (95%CI:0.72-0.77) and .75 (95%CI:0.72-0.77) in the validation group. The AUCs with models of LASSO and Xgboost without semen parameters were .72 (95%CI:0.69-0.74) and .73 (95%CI:0.7-0.75). The models of LASSO and Xgboost with semen parameters only gave the AUCs of .58 (95%CI:0.55-0.61) and .57 (95%CI:0.55-0.6). For the overall validation cohort, the event NRI values were \u22125.20 for the LASSO model and \u2212.71 for the Xgboost while the non-event NRI values were 10.40 for LASSO model and 0.64 for Xgboost. In the subgroup of poor responders, the prevalence was .21 (95%CI:0.18-0.24). With refitted models of LASSO and Xgboost, the AUCs were .72 (95%CI:0.67-0.77) and .69 (95%CI:0.65-0.74) respectively.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> In unselected patients, semen parameters contribute to limited value in predicting TFF. 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