• It is played on a rectangular court by either two
players (singles) or four (doubles).
• Players stand on opposite sides of a net and use
a stringed racket to hit a ball back and forth to each
other.
• Each player has a maximum of one bounce after
it has been hit by their opponent to return the ball
over the net and within the boundaries of the court.
• Once a player fails to do any of these three things,
their opponent wins a point. The aim is to win enough
points to win a game, enough games to win a set and
enough sets to win a match.
• The first person to win six games wins a set, but only
if they are leading by two clear games.
• That means that if your opponent wins five games, you
must win the set 7-5, or play a tie-break if the game score
reaches six all.
• Matches are usually the best of three (women) or the
best of five sets (men), although some men's tournaments
just play the best of three sets.
