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🎾 TennisLesson 2 of 10

Points, games and sets

Understand 15, 30, 40, deuce and advantage.

Points make a game, and games make a set. A standard game is called love, 15, 30 and 40. At 40-all the score is deuce; under standard scoring, a player needs two consecutive points from deuce to win the game.

A common set format is first to six games with a two-game margin, with a tie-break at 6-all. Other announced formats exist, so agree on the format before play.

Rules reference: ITF Tennis Glossary.