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Tennis Etiquette

be_polite How to behave in the world of tennis ? So, would you consider it to be good tennis etiquette, to pick up the tennis ball that has rolled on to the court next to you? How about trying to hit one of your opponents with your serve, because that's a legitimate way to win the point? Probably not, right?

Here are some tennis etiquette do's and don'ts.

Simple Introduction to Tennis Scoring for Beginners

To put the tennis scoring system as simply as possible, one must win:

four points to win a game
six games to win a set
two (or, more rarely, three) sets to win a match

Be Fun to Have On Court

One of the biggest advantages tennis has over many other sports is that you only need to round up one other person (or three for doubles) in order to have a game. Even so, some players have a hard time getting a game, either because they can't find opponents of similar skill or because they're just not much fun to have on the court, lacking understanding of some points of tennis etiquette. I'll address the latter problem here by looking at some often-overlooked rules of on-court behavior.