Terms 1
A point-winning serve that is hit beyond the reach of a receiver.
What is "ace"?
When the server has a score of advantage.
What is "ad in"?
The line marking the end of the court.
What is "baseline"?
Failure of a player to get either of the two service attempts into the proper service court.
A score of zero. In a love game, one side wins no points; in a love set, one side wins no games.
What is "love"?
When the receiver has a score of advantage.
What is "ad out"?
The next point after a deuce score. The player who wins the poin1 is said to have the "advantage"; and if that player also wins the following point, the player will have won the game; if not, the score returns to deuce.
What is "advantage"?
An even score in a game after six or more points have been played or an even score in games after 10 or more games have been played.
What is "deuce"?
Any point that must be replayed. Most often it refers to a serve that hits the top of the net, then lands in the proper serÂvice court.
What is "let"?
A high, arcing shot that lands near the opponent's baseline.
What is "lob"?
The area on either side of the singles court that is included as inbounds for doubles play.
What is "alley"?
A groundstroke hit by a player to prepare the way for approach to the net.
What is "approach shot"?
Hitting the ball from one side of the court across the net to the side diagonally opposite.
What is "cross-court shot"?
A stroke used to play a ball on a player's dominant side.
What is "forehand"?
A service delivery that is illegal because the server stepped on the baseline or into the court before the racquet conÂtacted the ball.
What is "foot fault"?
To win a game that the opponent serves.
What is "break (service break)"?
An undefined area in the vicinity of the baseline.
What is "backcourt"?
The left service court; also that court into which the serve is hit when the total number of points played in a game is an odd number.
A unit of a set completed whe1J one side wins four points before the other side wins three or, if both sides have won three points, when one side thereafter gains a two-point margin.
What is "game"?
A contest between two or four players in which one side must win a predetermined number of games or sets to be declared the winner.
What is "match"?
A stroke used to play a ball on the opposite side of a player's dominant hand.
What is "backhand"?
A short line extended inward from the baseline as a continuation of the center service line that marks the two halves of the court and indicates the sides of the court in which the server must stand.
What is "center mark"?
The right service court; also that court into which the serve is hit when the total number of points played in a game is an even number.
What is "deuce court"?
A ball hit across the net parallel to a sideline.
What is "down-the-line shot"?
The stroke used to put the ball into play at the start of each point. The more inclusive term service applies to the right to be the server and the served ball itself.
What is "serve"?