How's tennis score counted?

Question

For basketball, if you shoot behind the three point line, its considered 3 point, if you shoot inside the box or inside the 3 point line its counted as 2 points, for soccer every goal counts as 1. How about for tennis, how's the score counted? and what does the "love" mean. Thx :)

Answer 1

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Love means zero. You say "all" when you and your opponent have the same score.
ex: 15-all.
ex: 3 games-all.
ex: 1 set-all

There is point score. It goes, Love, 15, 30, 40 game. If you and your opponent are tied at 40-all, that is called deuce. Deuce, Advantage (last name of whoever won the point when it was deuce), game(if the same person won the next point. If they didn't, then it goes back to deuce).

After a game, the game score is tallied up. ex: 3 games-all.

First person to get to 6 games and they are winning in games by at least two wins the set.

If it's 6 games all, then there is a first-to-7 point tiebreak, win by two.

If you are playing just one set, than that's the end of the match. If not, then first person to win two sets wins. If you are playing in a professional tournament, then first person to win 3 sets wins.

Source(s):

Playing Tennis since I was 4.

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Thx a bunch, tough I really didn't get it, however I'm sure I will later on but. But thx for taking your time to explain this to me, appreciate it :)

Answer 2

Just as "Teenage T" said in the previous answer except to add that women on the tour only play the best of three sets, even in Grand Slams. While the men play best of three in most tournaments, but always best of 5 in grand Slams. Most of the tournaments that you or I are likely to play would be best of 3 only.