Tennis Betting Online Glossary

Tennis Betting can often involve terms that some people won't be familar with. To help you avoid confusion, here is a handy glossary of common terms used.

• Ace – A serve which the reciever doesnt hit
• ATP masters 1000- a tournament where the winner gets a 1000 ranking points. ATP 500 & 250 tournaments provide 500 or 250 ranking points.
• Double fault- when you miss two serves, and you lose the point
• Foot Fault- When serving, if you put your foot over the baseline or centre line whilst hitting the ball In a serve and it is counted as a fault.
• Game- a unit or scoring, you need six games to win a set, and four points to win a game.
• Golden Slam- winning all four Grand Slams and the Olympic tennis title, all in one calendar year.
• Grand Slam- The four most prestigious tournaments in the calendar. The Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open are the grand slams. Winning a Grand Slam is winning all four of these in a calendar year.
• ITF- international tennis federation, the governing body of tennis. 
• Let- when the point is re-played for any reason, or if the ball hits the net and then bounces in the service box from a serve.
• Point- a unit of scoring in each game, you need four points to win a game.
• Return Ace- A return which the server can’t hit.
• Set- A unit of scoring, two or three sets wins the match
• Tram lines- the two areas at the sides of the court, when the ball lands in them for singles it is out, for doubles it is in.
• Unforced error- when a player makes an error which wasn’t anything to do with the shot from the opponent.
• Volley- when a player hits the ball before it bounces.
• Winner- a shot which the opponent doesn’t touch.
• World Tour Finals- a year end tennis tournament for the top 8 players in the world.
• WTA- womens tennis association, the womens professional circuit.