Question:

What is the terminology of tennis?!!?

by  |  earlier

0 LIKES UnLike

I need help and I don't understand how to find the answer. I tried looking up the definitions of terminology and I don't understand it.

 Tags:

   Report

4 ANSWERS


  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_term...

    your welcome


  2. yeah i agree. we need to know what terms your talking bout

  3. what particular terms are you looking for...there's tons of terms in tennis and i nor anybody else im sure feels like listing them...

  4. There are lots so I'll just write the main ones. (Go to the link in the above answer for them all)

    Ace – a serve where the tennis ball served is served in and not touched by the receiver, aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near the one of the corners at the back of the service box

    Advantage – when one player wins a point from a deuce and needs one more point to win the game

    Break – to win a game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve.

    Call – an utterance of a line judge declaring that a play was outside of the play area

    Challenge – to request the official review of the location where the ball has landed after a shot using the means of electronic ball tracking technology.

    Deuce – the score 40-40 in a game. A player must win two consecutive points from a deuce before winning the game

    Fault – a serve that fails to place the ball in the correct area of play, therefore not starting the point

    Love game – a shutout game, won without the opponent scoring

    Mini-break – to win a point from the opponent's serve in a tiebreak without losing points on your own serve.

    Net point – a point won or lost on approaching the net, as opposed to a point won or lost by a stroke from the baseline

    Rally – (Following the service of a tennis ball) – A series of return hits of the ball that ends when one or other player fails to return the ball within the court boundary or fails to return a ball that falls within the play area.

    Set point – a situation when the player who is leading needs one more point to win a set. If the player is serving in such a situation, (s)he is said to be 'serving for the set'

    Straight sets – a match victory in which the victor never lost a set

    Tiebreak (also: tiebreaker) – a special game at the score 6-6 in a set to decide the winner of the set; the winner is the first to reach at least seven points with a difference of two over the opponent.

Question Stats

Latest activity: earlier.
This question has 4 answers.

BECOME A GUIDE

Share your knowledge and help people by answering questions.
Unanswered Questions