# Law 22: The Let During a Service (ITF Rules of Tennis)

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When a serve is a let: it touches the net, strap or band and is otherwise good, or touches the net and then the receiving side, or is served before the receiver is ready; the serve is taken again, and an earlier fault stands.

## 22.221 The Let During a Service

Net-cord lets, lets on an unready receiver, what is served again, and the No-Let alternative.

### Test 1: Service lets

- A serve that touches the net and is otherwise good is a let. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- Posts and sticks make it a fault; the net, strap and band make it a let. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- After touching the net, a serve that strikes the receiving pair is a let. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- Touching the net does not rescue a serve that misses the box. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- A serve delivered before the receiver is ready is a let. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- A service let does not cancel a previous fault. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- Without the service let, a net-cord serve that lands in is played. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Let rule))
- The let replays only the second serve; the first-serve fault still counts. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- The serve does not count and is taken again. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)
- Touching the band and otherwise good makes it a let. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22)

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 22 with Appendix VI (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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