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2 Responses to “How Do I Know Who’s Serve It Is In Tennis?”

1. banana on February 8th, 2010 at 11:54 pm

   If its your serve, you start on the right (or deuce) side of the court and say, you serve and win the point, then the score is 15-love, you always call the servers score first… the scoring sytem goes up in love-15-30-40/deuce if its 40 all-advantage-game. You only have the advantage point if it gets to 40 all (deuce) then you need to win 2 points in a row, so say sever wins the first point, its “advantage server” receiver wins the next point, its back to “deuce” then server wins next two points, “advantage server”, “game”. You change sides at the end of each point, but remember that you get 2 serves, the first is “fault” if its out, the secound is “fault” again, or, some call it “double-fault” - but “double-fault” Isn’t International and nation procedure. If the ball flicks the net, then goes out, it is still a fault, but if flicks the net and goes in, its a “let”. On the first let, if the sever hasnt done a fault in the current point, you call: “let, take two”, if the server has already done a fault, you call “let, take 1″. If you think of the scorings as love=0, 15=1, 30=2, 40=3 and then game, you should be on your left side of the court on odd points, say: 15-love or 40-30, and on the right side at even points, say 30-all or 30-love. You are on the right side if its deuce, and on the left if its advantage server/receiver. And after the first game you’ve played in each set (usually first to 6 games) you swap ends, after that, you swap ends every second game. - confusing I know! The fastest way to learn is to go up to local club practises, or play ‘interclub’.

2. eNnAiRa on February 9th, 2010 at 4:50 am

   You keep track of the score. In singles, If the total of the set score is odd, then it’s the 2nd server’s turn to serve and vice versa. In doubles, it’s the same concept it’s just that you and your partner alternate in serving.
   In a game, you also keep track of the score (love-15-30-40-deuce) If the total number of the serves done (not the love-15-30-40-deuce scoring) is even, then it’s your turn to serve on the right side. Always remember, when the score is deuce, it’s your serve on the right side of the court.

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