Tennis Terms Explained
Technically Yes. A tennis match can go on forever if the deciding set doesn’t have a tie break. If the rule is to win the match in the deciding set with a difference of two games, then what happened at Wimbledon in 2010 could be repeated.
Triple Set Point
If the server is winning 40-0, the next point would be referred to as triple set point because they are winning the game by three points.
8 Game Pro Set in Tennis
An 8 Game pro-set is a race to 8 games. The first player to win 8 games wins the match. If the score reaches 7-7, a 7-point tiebreaker is played to determine the winner.
Triple Match Point
0-40 or love-40 and the competitor only has one point to win the game, this tennis competitor has a ‘triple game point’. This means this tennis competitor has three consecutive chances to close out and win the game.
Tennis Match Details
How many games are in an average tennis match? There are few statistics available on this, but the evidence that has been published suggests that around 10 games per set would be typical, equating to an ‘average’ score of 6-4.
Tennis and Wealth
Tennis is considered a rich sport because there are private tennis clubs and private golf clubs, whereas there aren’t really any private baseball, football, basketball, soccer clubs with nice grounds, restaurants, bars, pools, saunas, jacuzzis, and ballrooms.
Duration of Tennis Matches
A round of doubles is between 30 minutes to 45 minutes. As soon as it’s over, the six singles match starts. Whoever gets 6 games first against the opponent wins. The tennis match is played best out of three.