The Rules to Earn Points In Tennis?
After each point is played out, the receiver rotates from the right side of the center mark to the left side of the center mark and continues the rotation for each point until the game is over.
Earning Points
A tennis competitor earns points if his or her opponent…
Double faults when attempting to serve the ball into the designated service court on the opponent’s side of the court.
Returns the ball and it lands out of the boundary lines. This is commonly termed ‘out-of -bounds’, ‘long’, ‘wide’, or simply ‘out’.
Crosses over the net to return the ball.
Returns the ball into the net.
Is unable to return the ball before it bounces more than once. This is commonly termed a ‘double bounce’.
Touches the net, net post, or the competitor’s side of the court with any apart of the body, clothes, or racquet.
Purposely catches the ball or carries it with the racquet when attempting a return.
Deliberately interferes or prevents the server from executing a successful shot.
Connects with the ball during game play with anything other than his or her tennis racquet.
Strikes the ball more than once before it crosses over the net.
Reaches over the net to volley, smash, or return the ball.
Throws a racquet, smashes a racquet on the ground, or any kind of deliberate intent of racquet abuse.
catches the ball before or after it bounces out-of-bounds.
Throws the racquet in an attempt to return the ball.
Physically touches the competitor, a spectator, or an official during a match.
If the ball touches a boundary line during game play at anytime, it is considered ‘in bounds’. When the game is over, the competitors move on to the next game where the server becomes the receiver and the receiver becomes the server. The rotation of serves continues until a winner is determine and the match is over.