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Why is tennis scored in French?

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Peter Fryer is a Tennis Instructor based in Derry, Northern Ireland. He works as both a tennis writer and a coach. He completed his professional tennis teaching qualification shortly after finishing university and has been teaching the sport for over 13 years. Peter began the Love Tennis Blog in 2010, and is a contributing writer for the BBC and a variety of other national media outlets.

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The origins of the scoring in tennis are said to come from France. The French used a face of a clock to help keep score— hence 15, 30, 40 and game. 45 was dropped and replaced with 40, as it was deemed too much of a mouthful to get out during a game.

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What is "tie break" in French?

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"Jeu décisif" is French for tie break.

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How do I say "one game all" in French?

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You can say, "un jeu tous."

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What is thirty love?

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'Love' is the term for '0' in tennis. People are unsure of its origin but it just means 0. The points system is as follows: Love(0), 15, 30, 40. So 15 = 1 rally won, 30 = 2 rallys won and 40 = 3 rallys won. (Whoever serves their score is called first. So Thirty love means the server has won 2 rallys (30) and the receiver is on 0 (Love).

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What is 40-Love?

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Love denotes the score when one player has scored and another has not, where the number represents the score of one player and love represents the score of 0 within the round. So 40-Love would describe a situation in which one player has scored three times in one round and the opposing player has not scored at all. Essentially "love" means 0 when calling out scores in tennis.

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What is the word used for "out"?

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"Away."

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How do I say "two games all" in French?

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"Two games all" in French would be "deux jeux tous."

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How do I say "let" in French?

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In French, the word for let is "laisser," pronounced "li-se."

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How do I say "Love service game" in French?

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"Jeu de service d'amour" is "love service game" in French.

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What word does the linesman call when the ball is out?

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The linesman says Out with a loud voice that carries across the pitch to affirm that the ball has left play and raises a little flag above their head in triumph to verify that the decision is correct.

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How do I say "thirty all" in French?

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Trente à (short for "trente à trente", meaning "thirty to thirty"). You could also say "trente partout" though that is less common.

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Is 15 : 30 quinze trente or quinze et trente?

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Quinze trente.

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