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  2. Tennis scoring system - Wikipedia

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    The tiebreaker gave tennis a definite "finish line". In what follows, the "final set" means the fifth set for best-of-five matches, and the third set for best-of-three matches. In 1970, the US Open introduced the nine-point tiebreaker rule for all sets that reach 6–6, both in singles and in doubles.

  3. Tiebreaker - Wikipedia

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    In games and sport, a tiebreaker or tiebreak is any method used to determine a winner or to rank participants when there is a tie - meaning two or more parties have achieved a same score or result. A tiebreaker provides the additional criterion or set of criteria to distinguish between the tied participants and establish a clear ranking or winner.

  4. Longest tiebreaker in tennis - Wikipedia

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    Chiesa had four match points at 9–5 in the tie-breaker, but lost them all. She had a further six as the tie-breaker progressed before Lombardo won on her third match point. Sem Wensveen defeated Sylvie Zund 7–5, 6–7 (5–7), [19–17] in the first round of qualifying at the $15k tournament in Sharm El Sheikh on February 21, 2021.

  5. 40 Tennis Rules Players, Coaches, and Fans Have to Follow

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    Here are rules tennis players, coaches, and fans follow, from Wimbledon's dress code to what happens when players smash their rackets, curse, or arrive late.

  6. Jimmy Van Alen - Wikipedia

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    He also proposed to eliminate the rules for ending the match. In case of a tied game, he proposed a nine point tie breaker, with the player who first scored five points becoming the winner of the match. [5] VASSS or the Van Alen Streamlined Scoring System is a kind of scoring system used in tennis that promoted a sudden death to a tie-breaker.

  7. Tie Break Tens - Wikipedia

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    Tie Break Tens [1] is the short tennis format in which only tie-break matches are played. There are no games or sets, only tie-break matches and the winner is the first player to reach 10 points and lead by a margin of two. Most other traditional rules of tennis are the same.

  8. Patten, Heliovaara shrug off contentious 1st set to win ... - AOL

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    Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara rallied from losing a contentious first set to win the Australian Open men's doubles title 6-7 (16), 7-6 (5), 6-3 over the Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and ...

  9. Tie (draw) - Wikipedia

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    In most professional tennis matches, a tiebreaker rule applies in each set to avoid lengthy matches, as happens quite frequently if the traditional tennis rule for winning a set is followed. When players reach a score of 6–all in a set, instead of continuing the set until one opponent wins with a two-game difference, a special game is played ...