Watch this Tennis for dummies explainer video to understand tennis, so next time you watch a match, you will know what the scoring is all about.

Are you curious what does a break point or rules for tie break mean?

In short:

A key aspect is that points are always counted from the point of view of the server in a game. So If you see a tennis ball, yellow circle, or line or arrow near a players name, that means they are serving and the points are from their perspective.

We have points that make up a game. Games making up a set and sets making up a match. For points we have 0 or love as its called, 15, 30, 40. If the server wins the first point, its 15 0. If the opponent wins the second, 15 15. If the opponent wins another, its 15 30. If player one wins the next, its 30 30. If again the next one, its 40 30. After 40, if the server wins, they win the game. If there is deuce, 4040, and the server wins a point, that will make the score A 40. If the server wins another point, wins the game.

There are 6 games to be won in a set where the winner needs to win by at least 2 games. If there is a tie at 55, it means that players need to compete for another 2 games and whoever wins that two game, making the set to be 75 wins the set. If both players won 6 games in a set and its 66, a tie break is introduced to the set to close it quicker than using the game scoring method. In the tie break, the first player to win 7 points, by two, wins the tie break and that set as a result. If both players have 6 points in the tie break, it continues until someone wins two points consecutively.

When they say a match is played for best of 3 sets, that means that whoever wins 2 sets first, wins the match so there can be a maximum of 3 sets. Grand Slam men’s singles and doubles matches differ in two ways from the rest of the matches in tennis.

One, matches are played for 3 won sets or the best of 5 sets, making it a maximum of 5 sets in a match. And two, for some time, if the score is 66 in set number 5, there is no tie break, but a player only wins that set and the match if they win by 2 games. There are various limitations for the 5th set tie break in the Grand Slams.

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