Keeping score of tennis matches can be confusing, but in reality it's quite simple to understand. If you find yourself following the journey of Alcaraz or any of the many American athletes ...

In 2023, The Athletic asked players, coaches and other figures involved in the sport about the one thing they would change about tennis. From having one serve per point and mixing up Grand Slam match ...

The tennis scoring system uniquely increases the stress of competition because, throughout a match, some points are substantially more important than others. This makes it a “pressure” scoring system ...

The game of tennis traces its roots back to medieval France, and although history cannot exactly pinpoint the origin of tennis' scoring system, the modern version of tennis scoring was finalized in ...

The Wimbledon final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz broke viewership records for broadcasters, with 8.3 million viewers turning to linear free-to-air (FTA) channel BBC One for the blockbuster ...

There's no getting away from it, tennis has an unusual scoring system. The score does not go up in units of one or even in units of the same amount. The first point in a game is called 15 and the next ...

15, 30, 40, game. Have you always wondered how this “strange” tennis scoring system came about? Well, according to Daria Gavrilova, there’s a straight-forward story behind it. “The most known story is ...