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When a player has won the match’s final point in either the second or third set, the umpire will announce the game, set, and match to indicate that the final set has been won and is over. Tennis players must win with a 2-point advantage against their opponent.
Because tennis is scored set by set and game by game, a player may lose a match despite winning the majority of points and/or games played. Consider a player who wins six games in each of two sets, all by a score of game–30.
Tennis matches work in three phases: A game, a set and a match. A game is played until a player scores four points, which a player can earn in several different ways (more on that below).
In March of 2022, the four Grand Slams (Roland Garros, Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open) announced that they'll be transitioning to a consistent, final-set tiebreak format. When a match reaches 6-6 in the deciding set at these events, a 10-point tiebreak will be played.
Tennis matches are divided into three phases: game, set, and match. Each phase has its own scoring requirements before players can move on to the next one. Below is an explanation of how each portion of a tennis match is scored.
Just as with games and sets, you need to be two scores above your opponent to win a match. Match scores are usually listed by the winning number of sets, not overall points.
Game set match is the term that tennis officials announce at the end of a match as a way to signal that one player has won. A game, a set, and a match are all elements of tennis competition. Games make up a set, and three or five sets make up the match in simple terms.
The score in sets is called out by the server before the first serve in each new game. For instance, if you won the first set, you’d say “1-0.” A set is won by the player winning 6 games; the first player to win 6 games wins the set. A player must win a set by at least two games.
The phrase “game, set, match" signifies the end of a tennis match. Hearing these words means that a player has won all the sets and games needed to win the match. Keep reading to learn more about this iconic tennis phrase.