# Law 6: Score in a Set (ITF Rules of Tennis)

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How a set is scored: six games with a two-game margin, the advantage set and the tie-break set, what an event must announce, and the short sets and five-point tie-break that Appendix VI allows.

## 6.61 Score in a Set

Advantage and tie-break sets, what is announced in advance, short sets and the Short Set tie-break.

### Test 1: Advantage sets and tie-break sets

- Six games wins it, but only two games clear. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- At 6-6 a tie-break game decides the set. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- An advantage set runs on until one side is two games clear. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- Either method may be used, as long as it is announced before the event. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- The final set may follow a different method, so it is announced too. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- The tie-break game counts as the thirteenth game, so the set ends 7-6. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- A set is only won with a two-game margin, unless a tie-break decides it. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- 7-6 is a single game after a tie-break; 7-5 and 6-4 are both two-game margins, but the loser took more games in 7-5; 6-0 is a whitewash. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- From level at five, a game each, then the tie-break decides it. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)
- Advantage sets have no tie-break: the set continues until there is a two-game lead. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6)

### Test 2: Short sets

- Short sets race to four games instead of six. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- The standard short set goes to a tie-break at 4-4. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- At its discretion, the tie-break can come at 3-3 instead. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- The Short Set tie-break is first to five points. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- Unlike the standard tie-break, it ends with one deciding point at 4-4. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- There is one change of ends, after four points have been played. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- The Rules leave the serving pattern of this tie-break to the sanctioning body. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- Five, seven and ten points. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- Level at three, a game ahead, level at four, then the tie-break. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))
- Four games wins only with a two-game margin; at 4-3 the set goes on. (Source: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Appendix VI (Short Sets))

Sources: ITF Rules of Tennis 2026, Rule 6 with Appendix VI (paraphrased in original wording; original questions authored from the Rules, not reproduced)

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