why does the scoring in tennis go 15, 30, 40, game and not 1, 2, 3, game ?

Answer 1

beacuse we like to be random :)

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 origins of the 15, 30, 40 and so on are not known, but have medieval and French roots. One possible explanation is that the scoring system is based on the presence of a clock face at the end of the tennis court. A quarter move of the appropriate hand was made after each rest, with the score being called as 15, 30, or 45 as the case might be. As the hand was moved to 60, making the complete circuit, this was the game.

The term "deuce" is derived from the French "deux", an advantage of two points having to be gained.

"Love" is generally taken as being derived from the French "l"oeuf", the egg, symbolising nothing. The term "love" can also be said to come from the English phrase "neither for love nor for money", indicating nothing. (Taken from the book entitled The Guinness Book of Tennis Facts & Feats and Fifteen Love).

Answer 3

Tennis scoring has its origin in medieval numerology. The number 60 was considered to be a "good" or "complete" number back then, in about the same way you'd consider 100 to be a nice round figure today. The medieval version of tennis, therefore, was based on 60 -- the four points when 15, 30, 45 (which we abbreviate to 40) and 60, or game. Although neither of these answers is definitive, it was the closest I could come to acing the question.

Answer 4

Tennis is somewhat a controversy as to when it was actually invented, but the scoring system must of had something to do with multiple partners in the game when it was invented.

Answer 5

That's actually a good question. My friend and I were wondering that the other day on the court, so I looked it up.

"As simple as this scoring appears, the running score of each game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" (or "zero"), "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty", respectively. The origin of this scoring comes from the (quarterly) stations of the clock, where "forty" was, presumably, easier to say than "forty-five." The use of "love" for zero comes from "l'oeuf," French for 'egg.' (The use of 'goose-egg' for a zero score is common in baseball.) When stating the score, the server's score is stated first. If the server announces the score as "thirty-love," for example, it means that the server has won two points and the receiver none."

Answer 6

Who the hell cares??

Tennis is only marginally less boring than Cricket. Give me Rugby any day all those bulging thigh muscles!

Answer 7

The system was probably developed by the British which would explain why it is unnecessarily difficult.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Because people would then think it was baseball,

Answer 10

coz when it was invented we didnt know how to count?