As you stroll down to your court, you should see a regular rectangle divided in two by a net, which should be 3 feet high at its centre point if you want to check. If your court is marked out with a pair of lines on its longest sides that create a tramline effect, then it is suitable for singles and doubles play. Singles players can simply ignore the outer set of lines, and doubles players should play to the widest lines, except for when they are serving, when the court uses the singles lines.
A centre line divides the service boxes into left and right, and should also be marked on the baseline, behind which you stand to serve. Tennis is a series of single-point battles that end when one player — or a pair in doubles — fail to play a legal return, meaning the opponent's score.
Fail to fulfil those criteria and you lose the point. You also lose if you deliberately hit the ball twice an accidental double hit means you play the point again. In doubles, hitting the ball after your partner also loses you a point. The ball may legally strike the net as long as it crosses it eventually with the exception of a serve.
The game starts with a serve. Who goes first is usually decided on a coin toss or the spin of a racket. You can score whether you have the serve or not in tennis, unlike in many racket sports. You must serve with both feet behind the baseline and on the correct side of the court — start on your right-hand side, and serve diagonally into the opposite service box over both the net and the centre line.
A legal serve starts a point, two illegal serves costs the server that point. Tennis is played in points: Four points win a game, six games win a set, and two or three sets win a match. You can decide how long you want your game to be but most matches are played as best-of-three or five set contests.
Service stays with one side for the duration of each of those four-point games, which — thanks tennis! There is no limit in the rules to the number of times players can tie at deuce. At the end of a game, serve switches sides, and after the first, third, fifth and any subsequent odd-numbered games players should change ends too. Each set is won by the first player to win six games with a lead of at least two games. In all sets but the final set if the score reaches a 6 — 6 tie rather than the highest possible 7 — 5 win it triggers a tie-break.
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Tennis Shots Tennis Tournaments. Previous Next. Table of Contents. Examples Set : Also known as a bagel set, one player wins six straight games while the opponent wins zero games.
Win By Two Games One wrinkle in the amount of games played in a set, however, are tiebreakers and the "win by two" rule. Tiebreakers If the score ends up , different rules apply in different major tennis tournaments but the most common rule is a "tiebreak. Number of Sets The amount of sets played is different for men and women, men play until someone has won three sets while women play until two. Historically, these were of unlimited length, but the general introduction of tie-breaks has made them more manageable.
Sets are now sometimes lengthened to allow single-set matches or shortened to prevent matches lasting too long. A standard set of tennis is played up to 6 games with a tie-break at An average tennis match consists of 3 6-game sets. If a single set format is preferred, an 8-game set format is usually adopted. For one-day events, 4-game sets may be chosen to allow multiple matches.
The French Open is the only tournament with a no-tiebreak 5th set rule. This is the time-honored format. Players take it in turns to play and serve for a game, and the first to win 6 games wins the set, provided that they are at least 2 games ahead. If neither player can establish a two-game lead, a tie-break is normally played at 6 games all. The tie-break is definitely won by the first player to reach 7 points, provided that they are 2 clear.
The set is then scored to the winner of the tie-break. A set in this format will typically take between 20 and 60 minutes, although greater extremes are possible. There will normally be a tie-break played at 7 games, all if necessary.
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