Tennis terminology refers to the terminology applied to the field of tennis competition, due to the particularity of the game, some tennis terms will be used in the commentary or commentary of the event, including the format of the tennis game, the characteristics of the players, etc.
The process of watching the game must be very tense and exciting, but occasionally there will be some words that are not well understood, such as often listening to the referee shout out, let, ace... and other tennis game technical terms.
Friends who do not understand the rules of tennis games do not understand what they see, let alone explain to the children around them.
So today I will introduce some tennis-related professional terms to help you better understand and watch the game, and at the same time, it is convenient to introduce children and understand professional games more clearly.
A
Ace Ace Ball: A quality serve that a player on the receiving side can't touch. Simply put, it is the direct scoring of the serve. On serve, the ball falls within the serving zone and the opponent does not touch the ball and scores directly.
Advantage Serve First: When a player scores after deuce and needs to score another point to win the innings.
All-court: An all-round style of play that combines the style of the bottom line, the net on the serve and the style of the big serve, when the bottom line kung fu does not work, they will change to the internet strategy; when the internet is not effective, they will change to play on the bottom line.
Alley: The part of the field that has more doubles than singles, also known as tramlines.
Allez: A French word, equivalent to "come on" in English or "vamos" in Spanish, a word that French and Belgian players often shout when they score a key point and complete a difficult return.
Approach shot Surfing the Net with the Ball: Use the serve as a cushion to surf the Net to find an edge.
All Equal score: When the score is the same, all is added before the score.
B
Backhand: This is a way to inject the strength of your whole body into the racket, swing it from the front of your body, and hit the ball with the backhand of your own shot.
Back-hand volley backhand interception
Ball Tennis
Ball sense of the net
Ball control ball control technology
Blocked return blocked the return shot
Bodyline ball close-fitting ball
Ball machines servers
Ball Person Caddies: Their job is to pick up the ball that has been punched out of the court and send it back to the pitch.
Ball toss throws the ball
Baseline Bottom Line: Chalk lines at both ends of the pitch that are used to mark the extent of the pitch.
Baseliner Bottom-Line Players: A type of player who is always near the bottom line and relies heavily on the quality of their draw. Djokovic, Murray and other players are typical bottom-line wrestlers.
Big serve vigorously
Break Break: A player or combination that receives a serve in order to win a match and thus break an opponent's serve.
Break point: The innings where you can break by one point.
Bye Direct Promotion: Indicates a situation in which a player automatically advances in a certain round of a tournament without encountering an opponent.
C
Carve cut ball
Center Mark Midpoint: Is a marker in the middle of the bottom line that must be on the side of the marker when serving.
Challenge: After a shot is completed, the referee and staff are asked to reconfirm where the ball landed, using the technique of electronically tracking the trajectory of the ball.
Chip chip balls
Cross-court shot slash ball
Change sides exchange
Championship tournament
Champion Champion
Correction correction
Chair-umpire referee
D
doubles doubles
double-handed backhand two-handed backhand shot
Drop shot short ball
Depth shot Playing depth ball
Driven return pump back hit the ball
Double fault double serve error: Two consecutive errors in a one-point game cause the serving party to lose that point.
Default abstained
Disqualify disqualification
Double elimination tournament doubles knockout
F
fault Serve error: Serve off the net or out of bounds, counted as a mistake.
First Service: The first of two serves allowed when a tennis player serves.
forced error: The opponent hits a sharp ball and directly causes the golfer to receive the ball incorrectly, the opposite: unforced error is not a forced error
Forehand forehand
Foot fault Foot error: The foot steps on the white line in the serve area when the ball is served
G
Game point: A situation where a player needs one more point to win the game.
Golden Set Golden Set: Win a set without losing a point.
Golden Slam: In one year, win gold medals in both Grand Slam and Olympic tennis tournaments.
H
Half Volley Half Intercept: A cut made after the ball has landed.
Hold Serve: Save the serve when you serve.
hitting the ball 击球
Hand signal gesture
Hindrance hinders
I
Inside-out from the inside out: for example, a forehand sideways attack, hitting the opponent's backhand.
Inside-in From the inside in: For example, the forehand sideways attack, hit the opponent's forehand.
L
Let wipe the net when serving: When the ball is sent is wiped, but falls in the serve area, the serve is not counted, and the server can serve the ball again.
Lob high hanging ball
Linesman Lineman; Side Cut
Love game: love is the meaning of 0 points, such as 15-0 time is fifteen-love, 30-0 time is try-love, in a game of the own side to win 4 points in a row, the opponent did not get a point is called love game.
M
Mmatch point match point: A situation where the leading player still needs a point to win the game.
Midcourt midfielder
Mixed Doubles: A tennis match played by four men and two women, each consisting of a man and a woman.
N
net net
net player Online player
New balls New balls: In the game, from time to time with a new set of balls to replace the original ball, because the continuous hitting will make the temperature of the ball increase and change the elasticity of the ball; the player who uses the new ball first must clearly signal to the opponent that this is a new ball.
Or
Out of bounds: Any ball that falls outside the area of the court.
overhead high pressure ball
Overrule Referee Change: The referee changes the penalty originally made by the referee.
P
Passing shot crossing: A blow that crosses an opponent
Placement landing point
Permanent fixtures
Point points
R
Rally Round: After serving, a series of balls are fired back until one of the players knocks the ball out of bounds or doesn't hit the ball into the effective zone.
Receiver picks up the serve
trial trial
Racket tennis racket
Rallies continuous
ready positionPreparation position
Receiving formation the position of the serve
Return hit the ball back
rules rules
Round robin tournament round rob
Ranking rank
S
Second Service 2 serve: At the start of each point, the player is allowed a second and last chance to serve.
Serve serve
Service Court Tee Zone
Service game serves
Serve and volley serves on the net: Serve and immediately move forward to create interception opportunities and hopefully win the winning tactics.
Set point inventory
Singles singles
Singles base line Singles bottom line
Singes side line singles sideline
Slice cuts the ball
Smash slams
The Spin ball rotates during the flight, affecting the ball's flight trajectory and take-off after landing
T
Tiebreak Rush Seven: When the authorities count 6-6, the decisive game is won; the player who reaches 7 points or more and leads by 2 points wins the game.
Topspin spins the ball
Touch Touch: While the game is still in progress, the player hits the mesh belt, causing them to lose this point.
TOSS Pick The Edge: The pick is decided by the referee toss a coin, the player guesses the front and back, and the party who guesses can choose the side first. TOSS originally meant throwing, and by extension here is picking edges.
Tactics tactics
Throwing position Prepare for the batting position
Timing the timing of the batting time
In the
Underspin spin down
Umpire Chief Judge: The person responsible for enforcing the rules of the game independently and autonomously in the game, usually sitting in a high chair next to the net.
Unforced error: Unattainable mistakes on serves or hits back between games and mistakes made by players due to errors in their own judgment.
In
Volley intercepts
In
Wild card Wild Card: Even if you don't rank enough or don't register in time, you still qualify for the competition. Generally given, players with potential are still under-ranked; well-known players are under-ranked due to long-term non-participation; high-ranking players are not registered in time to participate, and so on.
Winner-winning goal: A powerful goal that the opponent can't reach, so he scores the point.
Women's doubles women's doubles
Formal large-scale tennis matches need to pay attention to too many details, just by eye viewing is not enough, to make full use of the eyes and ears, in order to truly integrate into the wonderful game, feel the charm of the game.