{"id":37609,"date":"2023-07-18T23:22:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:22:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:22:35","slug":"can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a tennis match go on forever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Tennis_Terms_Explained\" >Tennis Terms Explained<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Triple_Set_Point\" >Triple Set Point<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#8_Game_Pro_Set_in_Tennis\" >8 Game Pro Set in Tennis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Triple_Match_Point\" >Triple Match Point<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Tennis_Match_Details\" >Tennis Match Details<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Tennis_and_Wealth\" >Tennis and Wealth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/#Duration_of_Tennis_Matches\" >Duration of Tennis Matches<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tennis_Terms_Explained\"><\/span>Tennis Terms Explained<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Technically Yes. A tennis match can go on forever if the deciding set doesn&#8217;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. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Triple_Set_Point\"><\/span>Triple Set Point<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Game_Pro_Set_in_Tennis\"><\/span>8 Game Pro Set in Tennis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Triple_Match_Point\"><\/span>Triple Match Point<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>0-40 or love-40 and the competitor only has one point to win the game, this tennis competitor has a &#8216;triple game point&#8217;. This means this tennis competitor has three consecutive chances to close out and win the game. <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tennis_Match_Details\"><\/span>Tennis Match Details<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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 &#8216;average&#8217; score of 6-4. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tennis_and_Wealth\"><\/span>Tennis and Wealth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Tennis is considered a rich sport because there are private tennis clubs and private golf clubs, whereas there aren&#8217;t really any private baseball, football, basketball, soccer clubs with nice grounds, restaurants, bars, pools, saunas, jacuzzis, and ballrooms. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Duration_of_Tennis_Matches\"><\/span>Duration of Tennis Matches<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A round of doubles is between 30 minutes to 45 minutes. As soon as it&#8217;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Terms Explained Technically Yes. A tennis match can go on forever if the deciding set doesn&#8217;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 &#8230; <a title=\"Can a tennis match go on forever?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/can-a-tennis-match-go-on-forever\/\" aria-label=\"Per saperne di pi\u00f9 su Can a tennis match go on forever?\">Leggi tutto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}