Im confused about tennis rules. will someone be so kind as to help me out?

Question

im a beginner, and my school tryouts, which will be next week, will require me to know the rules of tennis.

anyways, im confused about two things:

1. how is score kept?

ok, so this is how i think it is kept. tell me if im wrong

please.

no point- love

one- 15

two - 30

three-40

40/40- duece

winning by a margin of 2- GAME

am i correct?

2. i am also confused about the tie break games.

what kinds of tiebreak games are there? whats the difference between an advantage set and a tiebreak set?

Answer 1

I don't know what you mean by advantage set - to win a set it's the same as a game; you have to win by at least two. So 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, and 6-4 wins the set, or 7-5. The tiebreak is played when it's 6-6. The first one to seven points wins, and again, you have to win by at least two points.

Answer 2

you are right about the score.  when you play a tiebreak game, the server serves once on the duece court. then the next one serves on the ad side twice. you keep going like this until someone has 7 points.. you have to win by two just like in normal games but you keep score 1-7   good luck!

Answer 3

Go to wikipedia and type in Tennis.

Answer 4

1. score is kept in games and sets. first player to reach 6 games won wins the set. however, if the score is 5-5 then it has to be a difference of 2 and goes unto 7. in a game theres 15-0, 30-0 40-0 then its a game. 40/40 means deuce. whoever wins the point at deuce has 'advantage' if he wins the next point then its a game.

2. theres no such thing as an advantage set. maybe set advantage would mean like in a grand slam, if a player has won 2 sets and the other player 1. a tie break is played when the score in the set is 6-6. player 1 serves once. then player 2 serves twice then player 1 once and so on until a person reaches 7. if its 6-6 then difference of 2. if 7-7 then difference of two and so on.

i tried writing it as simple and as understandable as possible.

Answer 5

I agree with Vanessa go to Wikipedia.org

Answer 6

There are heaps of answers for question 1 so i'll just answer question 2.

A tie-break is played at 5-5 or 6-6 depending on the tournament. They are played to 7 points and you have to win by 2 points. The first person serves 1 point and from then on each player has 2 serves each.

Also... an advantage set is where you don't play a tiebreaker at all. You just keep on going until someone gets 2 games ahead. But don't bother about that because they are usually played at pro level and only in the 5th set.

Answer 7

the only thing wrong with the score is that love is zero not no score.  good luck at tryouts! :-)