In Tennis, what is the score when the receiver wins the next point after deuce?

The correct answer is Advantage out.

Key Points

• Tennis is a game played on a rectangular-shaped court, which can be one of many surfaces.
• It is either played with two players (singles match), or four players (doubles match).
• Players stand on opposite sides of the net and use a stringed racquet to hit the ball back and forth to each other.
• Most tennis matches are played in a best-of-three format, which means that players need to win 2 sets to win the match.
• The score when the receiver wins the next point after deuce Advantage out.
• In Grand Slams, men play best-of-five sets while women play best-of-three sets.
• Doubles matches are best-of-3 with a 10-point tiebreak in lieu of the third set.
• USTA and club matches are usually best-of-3.
• There are two main ways of scoring a set.
  • Advantage Set
    • In an advantage set, a player or team needs to win six games, by two, to win the set.
    • This means that there is no tiebreak game played at 6-6.
    • The set continues until one player/team wins by two games.
  • Tiebreak Set
    • In a tiebreak set, a player or team needs to win six games wins a set.
    • If the score gets to 5-5 (5-all), one player must win the next two games to win the set.
    • If the score reaches 6-6 (6-all) in the set, a tiebreak game is played.

Additional Information

• Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages.