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This randomized crossover study compared the acute effects of a tennis-specific exercise protocol (TSEP) and duration-matched HIIT on salivary biomarkers, working memory-related cognitive performance, and tennis-specific performance in 12 amateur competitive male tennis players (22.1 \u00b1 1.6 years). Participants completed both protocols separated by a 7-day washout period. Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) and secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) were assessed before, immediately after, and 30 min after exercise, whereas salivary creatine kinase (CK) was assessed before and 24 h after exercise. Tennis-specific accuracy, auditory 2-back target detection accuracy, and separated and combined dual-task performance were evaluated before and immediately after each protocol. Dual-task costs (DTCs) were also calculated separately for the motor and cognitive components. Both protocols produced significant time-dependent changes in sAA and sIgA (both p &lt; 0.001), without significant condition or Condition \u00d7 Time interaction effects. Salivary CK increased following both protocols, with a significantly greater Pre-to-Post-24 h increase following HIIT (Condition \u00d7 Time, p = 0.032). The binomial generalized linear mixed-effects models showed significant overall time effects for single-task forehand and backhand accuracy and single-task 2-back target detection accuracy, whereas the time effect for serve accuracy was not statistically significant. However, none of the single-task performance outcomes showed a significant Condition \u00d7 Time interaction. Among the separated dual-task outcomes, significant overall time effects were observed for backhand and cognitive accuracy, whereas forehand and serve accuracy showed no significant time effects. Combined dual-task accuracy also showed a significant overall time effect. None of the separated or combined dual-task outcomes showed a significant Condition \u00d7 Time interaction. Relative motor and cognitive DTC outcomes were summarized descriptively and treated as exploratory because of non-normality, denominator instability, and one undefined value. Overall, both exercise protocols were followed by changes in selected salivary biomarkers and declines in selected technical and cognitive performance outcomes, but the analyses provided insufficient evidence that the magnitude of technical, cognitive, or dual-task performance change differed between TSEP and HIIT. In contrast, HIIT elicited a greater delayed salivary CK response. A multidimensional assessment combining physiological, biochemical, technical, cognitive, perceptual, and external-load measures may therefore provide a more comprehensive approach to monitoring acute fatigue in tennis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/life16091565","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,21]],"date-time":"2026-09-21T09:01:38Z","timestamp":1789981298000},"page":"1565","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Acute Salivary Biomarker, Cognitive, and Tennis\u00a0Performance Responses to Tennis-Specific Exercise Versus HIIT: A Randomized Crossover Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1371-7468","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Harun","family":"Gen\u00e7","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Bing\u00f6l University, Bing\u00f6l 12000, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3152-9495","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mustafa","family":"T\u00fcrkmen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8636-3333","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehmet \u015eerif","family":"\u00d6kmen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"visualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"\u0130smail","family":"Polatcan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u0130smail","family":"Kirkpinar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-7381-2913","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammed","family":"\u015eahin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ramazan","family":"Baltaci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-9942-1460","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hasan","family":"\u015eahin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Turgut \u00d6zal University, Malatya 44210, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Furkan","family":"\u0130dg\u00f6","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47100, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alperen","family":"Erkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ondokuz May\u0131s University, Samsun 55200, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"807","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-022-01807-8","article-title":"Physical demands of tennis across the different court surfaces, performance levels and sexes: A systematic review with meta-analysis","volume":"53","author":"Pluim","year":"2023","journal-title":"Sports Med."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"C\u00e1diz Gallardo, M.P., Pradas de la Fuente, F., Moreno-Azze, A., and Carrasco P\u00e1ez, L. 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