# Law 20: Second Service (ITF Rules of Tennis)

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What follows a first-serve fault: a second serve, without delay, from the same half of the court, unless the fault was served from the wrong half.

## 20.201 Second Service

The second serve, its timing and the half it is served from.

### Test 1: The second serve

- A fault on the first serve gives the server a second service. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The second serve follows straight away. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The server stays on the half the fault was served from. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The same-half rule does not apply when the fault came from the wrong half. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The second serve is played without delay. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- A foot fault is a fault, so a second serve follows. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- Halves alternate between points, not between the first and second serve. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- No change of half and no pause before the second serve. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The second serve comes from the correct half. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)
- The second serve is made from the same half as the fault. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20)

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 20 (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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