How do they score in Tennis?

Question

Im watching the matches at the Rod Laver area in Melbourne and i cant get how they acctually score the points and lyk Duece and Ad. and Break Point and Love , can someone explain all this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you win your first point, your score is 15. Win a second point and your score is 30. Third point - 40. If you win a fourth point, the game is yours, unless you and your opponent have won three points - in this case, the score is known as deuce and you must win by two clear points. If you win the point at deuce, the score is called advantage to you and you must win the next point to win the game, otherwise the score reverts to deuce.

The historical origins of the 15, 30, 40 and so on are believed to be derived from the presence of a clock face at the end of the court. A quarter move of the appropriate hand was made after each point, with the score being called as 15, 30, or 45 as the case might be. When the hand moved to 60, making the complete circuit, that was game.

Winning six games wins a set; except that you must win by a margin of two games. Players change ends when the total number of games is an odd number (e.g. 1-0, 2-1, 3-2). The tie-break system of scoring is often adopted to decide a set which reaches six games all.

A match can be best of 3 sets (you need to win 2 sets to win the match) or best of 5 sets (you need to win 3 sets to win the match).

In a tie-break, the player who first wins seven points wins the game and the set, provided there is a margin of at least two points. If the score reaches six points all, the tie-break continues until the two point margin is achieved. Numerical scoring is used (e.g. 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, etc). The player whose turn it is to serve serves the first point (from the right side of the court). The other player serves the second point (from the left) and the third point (from the right). Each player then serves alternately for two consecutive points (first from the left and then from the right). Players change ends after every six points (and at the conclusion of the tie-break). The first game of the next set is served by the player who did not start the tie-break.

Answer 2

A tennis match usually comprises one to five sets. A set consists of a number of games, and games, in turn, consist of points.

Matches consist of an odd number of sets, the match winner being the player who wins more than half of the sets. The match ends as soon as this winning condition is met. Some matches may consist of five sets (the winner being the first to win three sets), while most matches are three sets (the winner being the first to win two sets).

A set consists of a sequence of games played with service alternating between games, ending when the count of games won meets certain criteria. Typically, a player wins a set when he wins at least six games and at least two games more than his opponent. It has become common, however, to play a "twelve-point tiebreak" or "tiebreaker" when each player has won six games. A tiebreaker, played under a separate set of rules, allows one player to win one more game and thus the set, to give a final set score of 7-6. (See Tennis score for a description of both tie-break scoring and its history.)

A game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving, and is won by the first player to have won at least four points and at least two points more than his opponent. The running score of each game is described in a manner particular to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love" or "zero," "fifteen," "thirty," and "forty" respectively. When at least three points have been scored by each side and the players have the same number of points, the score is "deuce." When at least three points have been scored by each side and a player has one more point than his opponent, the score of the game is "advantage" for the winning player. During informal games, "advantage" can also be called "ad in" or "ad out", depending on whether the serving player or receiving player, respectively, is ahead. (See Tennis score for further explanation of how to score a game.)

A game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game (the smallest unit of play) needs only one more point to win the game. The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 40-love, he has a triple game point (triple set point, etc.).

A break point occurs if the receiver, not the server, has a game point. It is of importance in professional tennis, since service breaks happen less frequently with professional players. It may happen that the player who is in the lead in the game has more than one chance to score the winning point, even if his opponent should take the next point(s). For example, if the player who is serving has a score of 15-40, the receiver has a double break point. Should the player in the lead take any one of the next two points, he wins the game

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