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Tennis · Laws of Tennis

Law 5: Score in a Game

1 parts · 2 tests · 20 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

How a game is scored: the calls from love to game, deuce and advantage, the tie-break game and who serves in it, and the No-Ad game with its deciding point.

5.51Score in a Game

The standard game, deuce and advantage, the tie-break game, and No-Ad scoring.

Test 1The standard gameTake a test

  1. A standard game starts at love; 'zero' is the call in a tie-break game.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  2. The server's score always comes first in the call.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  3. The calls run 15, 30 and 40 before the game.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  4. Three points each is deuce, whatever happens next.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  5. Losing the point after advantage takes the game back to deuce.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · applied

  6. Advantage, then game: two consecutive points from deuce.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  7. Two points is 30, three is 40, and the server's score comes first.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · applied

  8. From two points behind, to one behind, to level, to one ahead after deuce.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · recall

  9. Each point after deuce moves the call one step towards one side.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · applied

  10. Three points each is called deuce.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a · applied

Test 2The tie-break game and No-Ad scoringTake a test

  1. The tie-break goes on past seven until one side leads by two.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · recall

  2. Service order carries on: the next server in turn starts the tie-break.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · recall

  3. The opponent serves points two and three, then the sides alternate every two points.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · recall

  4. Serving first in the tie-break means receiving first in the next set.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · recall

  5. No-Ad replaces advantage with one point that settles the game.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Ad scoring) · recall

  6. The receiving side chooses the half of the court to receive from.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Ad scoring) · recall

  7. The receiving team cannot swap positions for it.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Ad scoring) · recall

  8. One serve to start, then two each in turn.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · applied

  9. At deuce the receiver chooses the court and one point decides it.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Ad scoring) · recall

  10. At 7-6 nobody has won yet: a gap of two is needed.

    Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b · applied

Sources

ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5 with Appendix VI (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

  • ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5a10
  • ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 5b6
  • ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (No-Ad scoring)4