What is the ruling in tennis if ball bounces back over the net untouched?

Question

the opponent hit the ball with spin on it and it bounced once on my side and then bounced back over on their side

Answer 1

the opponent will get the point

Answer 2

You can research this at: http://www.itftennis.com/shared/medialib...

This is the ITF (2007) tennis rules. Refer section 25 on page 14 for some info on this.

A GOOD RETURN: After the ball in play has hit the ground within the correct court and has spun or been blown back over the net, the player reaches over the net and plays the

ball into the correct court, provided that the player does not break Rule 24....

Outside of the above occurrence where the "receiver" plays the ball when it is on the other side of the net; to answer your question directly:

If you hit a ball on your opponents side and the spin brings it back OVER the net to your side and your opponent doesn't hit it - it is your point. If they cannot reach the ball before it hits the ground on your end, they lose the point as the ball has correctly hit their side of the court.

This actually happened a couple of times to myself - both times I was the fortunate person to hit such a shot. There was a fair bit of debate after the first (as it was during competition play), however the rule book sorted that one.

Answer 3

Your racket has to hit the ball before it bounces the 2nd time, so if it spins back to opponent side and your racket did not touch the ball, it's opponent's point.

Answer 4

I actually managed to this once so i asked my coach. Because the other opponent does not hit the ball before it bounces again, you get the point. Once the first bounce is in, it does not matter where the second bounce lands as long as the opponent does not stop the ball from landing. yeah, i play tennis, and i didn't steal this answer from the person above me.

Answer 5

I'm sure that you would win the point.

Answer 6

the opponent would get the point because it as the same as the ball bouncing twice before u hit it, but if u could hit the ball before it bounced on their side it would be legal.

Answer 7

The opponent would have to hit it again because it's on their side. I don't know if there actually is a rule like that.

Answer 8

I actually managed to this once so i asked my coach. Because the other opponent does not hit the ball before it bounces again, you get the point. Once the first bounce is in, it does not matter where the second bounce lands as long as the opponent does not stop the ball from landing.