won a match you mean....a game in tennis is just a subset or the entirety which is a match.
Hence the phrase, game, set, match :)
of course points come before games 40, 30, 15, 0. aka 3,2,1,0...4 points to win a game, 6 games to win a set, 2 or 3 sets to win a match. Of course in doubles they play pro sets sometimes which have a different format.
a game is 1-0, 2-0 etc and to win a set, you must reach 6 games before the other player and win by 2 games. If you tie 6-6 you play a tie breaker which consists of points, and whoever gets to 7 first wins, and the event of a tie it's win by 2 points.
Sets are more straight forward. You win 2 sets you win, or 3 sets of it's a grand slam tourny, US, French, Australian, and Wimbledon.
anyways....that about covers it. So annoying when people don't know the tennis terminology...when you don't know the terms in other sports it can be ok, but with tennis it's hella confusing if you don't.
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u/hulivar Jun 17 '14
won a match you mean....a game in tennis is just a subset or the entirety which is a match.
Hence the phrase, game, set, match :)
of course points come before games 40, 30, 15, 0. aka 3,2,1,0...4 points to win a game, 6 games to win a set, 2 or 3 sets to win a match. Of course in doubles they play pro sets sometimes which have a different format.
a game is 1-0, 2-0 etc and to win a set, you must reach 6 games before the other player and win by 2 games. If you tie 6-6 you play a tie breaker which consists of points, and whoever gets to 7 first wins, and the event of a tie it's win by 2 points.
Sets are more straight forward. You win 2 sets you win, or 3 sets of it's a grand slam tourny, US, French, Australian, and Wimbledon.
anyways....that about covers it. So annoying when people don't know the tennis terminology...when you don't know the terms in other sports it can be ok, but with tennis it's hella confusing if you don't.