In tennis, what is the number in brackets?

Question

Eg.

6–4, 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(8), 9–7

What do the numbers in brackets mean?

Answer 1

The number in the brackets is the score of the tiebreak.

It reflects the loser of the tiebreak's points.

If it's (5), the tiebreak score is 7 points to 5 points.

Answer 2

Richiec is correct. If the number in brackets is 5 or lower, then the tiebreaker score would be 7 - # (0 through 5). If the number is 6 or higher, than the tiebreaker score would be (#+2) - # (example: # is 8, then tiebreaker score is 10-8)

Answer 3

kinva - that's what I thought, but you can't win a tie break with 5 points, so it makes no sense at all!

EDIT - you learn a new thing everyday - cheers chaps

Answer 4

It's the number of points scored to win the tie-break

Answer 5

Its the number the loser got to in the tie break ie (5) = 7-5

(8) = 10-8 as it need to be won by 2 clear games if it were (3)  it would be 7-3 knowing the losers score lets you know the winners score as they need to get to 7 or get two clear above 7.

Answer 6

The number in parenthesis is the loser's score in the tiebreak. If the loser's score is below 6, then the winner scored 7 points; if 6 or above, the winner of the tie break scored two more than the loser.