In tennis when your serving and miss both shots does this cost one point or two for the opposing team?
2007-03-16 09:27:42 · 6 answers · asked by Sexymonkeylol 2 in Sports ➔ Tennis
You have 2 chances to get your serve in. If you double fault, you opponent gets only 1 point.
2007-03-16 13:39:00 · answer #1 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The weird thing about tennis is the point system !
To win a match you have to win the SET first: 3 of 5 sets, 2 of 3 sets or just one set.
Each set is composed of least 6 GAMES. The first person to reach 6 games wins the set (in case of tie you can win 7-5 or even 7-6 with a tiebreaker).
Each game can be won by winning 4 points and are called in tennis jargon:
1st point = 15
2nd point = 30
3rd point = 40
4th point is game and the serve switches.
If you are tied at 40-40 (3 points each) its called a DEUCE and you have to win by 2.
Now when you serve, you have 2 tries, if you miss your first serve its called a FAULT, if you miss your second serve, is called a DOUBLE FAULT and your opponent gets a point.
So that's the Tennis point system in a nutshell.
2007-03-16 16:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by zuperdan_99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person Serving loses one point because it is called a double fault. There is also something called LET and if when you are serving the ball hits the top of the net and bounces over in the box you get a serve back if you have one serve left, two if you have two.
2007-03-16 16:55:37 · answer #3 · answered by dirtydozenwannabe_22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are allowed one fault when serving, if you double fault on the serve the opponent receives one point.
2007-03-16 16:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by notaxpert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first serve, u miss, doesn't count
second serve, u miss, they get a point
2007-03-17 02:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by GGman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only one. U basically get two chances to get the ball in
2007-03-16 17:02:48 · answer #6 · answered by Lou 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋