Where does the tennis scoring system come from?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

In the beginning, both rackets and tennis scoring were used for lawn tennis. With rackets scoring, a game comprised 15 aces, which could be won only by the server who remained "hand in" until the loss of a rally. Tennis scoring was adopted for the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877 and became the standard.

The rules of the new game of lawn tennis were drawn up by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1875. Scoring derived from real, or royal, tennis, which had its origins in medieval cathedral cloisters. The name comes from the French habit of calling out tenez! (take this!) before serving. In real tennis, each exchange was worth 15 points, the score of 40 being an abbreviation for 45. Deuce is a corruption of a deux (meaning two consecutive exchanges needed to win). Love is either a corruption of l'oeuf (an egg) or playing not seriously but for the love of the game.

Answer 3

Tennis scores used to be displayed on boards with clock faces. When a player scores a point, the hand moves a quarter of the way round the clock face (ie: 15 minutes). The second point would make the hand point to 30 minutes, the third to 45 minutes and the fourth point would win the game.

Because forty-five was a bit of a mouthful, it was shortened to forty.

Answer 4

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