Tennis is a game played on a rectangular court by either two players (singles) or four (doubles). Players stand on opposite sides of a net and use a stringed racket to hit a ball back and forth to ...

There's no getting away from it, tennis has an unusual scoring system. The score does not go up in units of one or even in units of the same amount. The first point in a game is called 15 and the next ...

Tennis has long had the most unique way of keeping ... then the leading player must win a seventh game to win the set. Rules are a little different for a tiebreak set. If a set should make ...

To ensure the rules of a tennis match are upheld correctly, a chair umpire is appointed in competitive matches to maintain the spirit of fair play. This umpire sits in an elevated chair by the net ...

Lest we forget, this year’s Australian Open has reminded us of those unwritten rules.

In 2023, The Athletic asked players, coaches and other figures involved in the sport about the one thing they would change about tennis. From having one serve per point and mixing up Grand Slam ...