# Law 13: Ball Touches a Permanent Fixture (ITF Rules of Tennis)

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What happens when a ball in play touches a permanent fixture: after landing in the correct court, the hitter wins the point; before touching the ground, the hitter loses it.

## 13.131 Ball Touches a Permanent Fixture

Fixtures touched after a good bounce, fixtures touched on the full, and which objects count.

### Test 1: Fixtures and the point

- Touching a fixture after a good bounce wins the point for the hitter. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)
- Touching a fixture on the full loses the point for the hitter. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)
- The roof is a fixture above the court; hitting it before the ground loses the point. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13 with Rule 2)
- An official in position is a fixture, and the ball had already landed in. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13 with Rule 2)
- Spectators are fixtures; touching one before the ground loses the point, wherever it was heading. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13 with Rule 2)
- With singles sticks, the net posts outside them count as permanent fixtures. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13 with Rule 2)
- After a good bounce the hitter wins; before any bounce the hitter loses. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)
- A ball that lands in and then strikes a fixture has won the point; if the opponent returns it the point simply goes on; one that hits a fixture before the ground loses it. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)
- The good bounce comes first, so touching the fixture afterwards wins it. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)
- Ball A had already landed in the correct court before touching the fixture. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13)

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 13 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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