# Law 15: Order of Receiving in Doubles (ITF Rules of Tennis)

Tennis · Law 15: Order of Receiving in Doubles · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/tennis/laws/law-15-order-of-receiving-in-doubles/)

Who receives in doubles: each team chooses who takes the first point of its first receiving game, the partners then alternate point by point, and after the return either partner may play the ball.

## 15.151 Order of Receiving in Doubles

Choosing the first receiver, the point-by-point rotation, and playing as a pair.

### Test 1: Receiving in doubles

- Each team decides its own first receiver. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- Partners alternate as receivers, point by point. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- Odd points go to X and even points to the partner. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- The same pattern carries on for the rest of the set. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- Only the return is tied to one player; after it, either partner may play. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- A doubles team plays as two. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15, Case 1)
- The receiving order is chosen afresh for each set. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- Only the return is fixed to one player. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- Partners alternate from the first point of the set. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)
- The receivers alternate point by point. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15)

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 15 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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