1. Miss Acevedo Individual Sports Unit 2- Semester 1
TENNIS
Miss Acevedo
Individual Sports
Unit 2- Semester 1

2. Scoring 0 pts = Love 1 pt = 15 2 pts = 30 3 pts = 40 4 pts = Game
If the score is 40-40, then its called “deuce”
Two options
1. Next point wins!
2. Play “ad” scoring, must win 2 points to win game. The server wins the point, “ad in,” server loses the point “ad out.”
0 pts = Love
1 pt = 15
2 pts = 30
3 pts = 40
4 pts = Game

3. Whoever calls out the score, their points are listed first.
Scoring Continued…
Whoever calls out the score, their points are listed first.
Ex. The serving player has 3 points, the opponent has two points, the score would be 40 – 30. To the opponent who is not serving, the score would be 30 to 40.

4. Must win best 2 out of 3 games to win a match
Match Information
Points, games, set, match
4 points= 1 game
6 games= 1 set
2-3 sets= 1 match
Must win best 2 out of 3 games to win a match

5. Miss the ball completely on a swing.
Ways of losing a point
Miss the ball completely on a swing.
Ball bounces twice before you hit it.
Hit the ball into the net.
You run into or touch the net.
You double fault on the serve.
If you hit the ball more than once with your racket.
If you hit the ball out of bounds.

6. Scoring Vocabulary
All - indicates the scores are level, example: “15 all” means that both players have a score of 15
Deuce – when the score is 40-40
Love - a score of zero points in a game or zero games in a set

7. Vocabulary
Ace – When the opponent cannot touch the serve with their racket.
Double Fault – when you fail to get the second serve into the proper service court, loss of point
Fault - a serve which hits the net and / or lands outside the service box.
Foot fault - this happens when a server's foot touches the ground in front of the baseline or the wrong side of the center mark (on the baseline) before the player hits the ball
Service box - the area where players serve into
Let - when a serve hits the top of the net and lands within the service box, the server must serve again.
Rally - the exchange of shots between players. A rally starts when the receiver returns serve and ends when the point is won

8. Types of Shots
Drop shot - a gently played shot that just gets over the net so the other player can't reach it
Ground stroke - a shot that is made after the ball has bounced

9. Types of Shots cont…
Lob - a shot played deliberately high into the air to land at the back of the opponent's court
Smash - an overhead shot hit very hard
Volley – a shot when the player is at the net, the ball usually will not bounce on this shot

10. Game Play
The first serve is always done from the right side of the court.
After every point, the players switch to the other side of the center line for the service.
The ball must bounce on the return of service.
You have 2 chances to serve the ball into the proper service court, which is diagonal.
The players switch sides of the court when the total game score is an odd number,
examples: 1-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 5-2, 5-4, or game score is vice-versa.

11. COURT DIAGRAM