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Tiebreak in Tennis

28 Oct 2019/Start the Conversation

Tiebreak (noun) [ tahy-brey-k ]

How do tiebreaks work in tennis?

A tiebreak is one of the few elements of a tennis match which can vary from across tournaments and leagues. This fact often causes confusion among players who are new to the game, so it’s important to learn how to play tiebreakers before you take part in your first match.

To understand how a tiebreak situation arises during a match, we need to refresh ourselves with how the basic tennis scoring system works.

Break Point in Tennis

17 Sep 2019/Start the Conversation

Break Point (noun) [breyk point]

What is a ‘break point’ in tennis?

You might have heard about ‘converting break points,’ or even ‘saving a break point,’ but what does this tennis term mean?

When a player receiving a service game reaches the stage of being one point away from winning that game, they are said to have a ‘break point.’ Let’s give an example.

Roger Federer is serving to Novak Djokovic, but Djokovic has just made the score of the game 30-40 in his favor with a stunning backhand shot. This means that Djokovic is now one point away from winning a game during which Federer is serving – break point.

15 (Fifteen) in Tennis

15 Nov 2017/Start the Conversation

Fifteen (noun) [fif–teen]

Definition of 15

The score of 15 denotes a single point in tennis.