Talk:Tennis

Edit request from 92.22.201.112, 20 June 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} please add History of tennis to "See also" list. thank you.

92.22.201.112 (talk) 14:22, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Done Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:10, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Technical Aspects

The article was fairly descriptive if you just wanted to know a little bit about the sport. I wish it included more about "in" and "out" calls as well as scoring and some other technical terms like lets, faults, etc. If you are wondering, the scoring goes luv, 15, 30, 40, game. The game count is called as 1, 2, 3, etc. The server's score is always first, both in set count, game count, and the score. The typical "in"/"out" call is that if the ball is on the line, it is in. If it is outside the line and does not come into contact with the line, it is called out. Sometimes, the line will be called out, but that's not too common. A let is when there is some sort of interference with the play. Like if for some strange reason a ball boy ran across a court mid-point. Sometimes, a let is also called if the serve bounces off the net and into the correct box. If it hits the net and goes out, it is called out. A fault is when a serve hits the net or fails to land in the correct box. The point is lost if a player double faults.

Also, the rule that a server must have one foot on the ground at all times is not enforced. Many servers jump and have both feet off the ground at one point. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202195.stephens.a (talk • contribs) 03:40, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

You didn't read carefully enough. The rule about the server having to keep a foot on the ground ended around 1961. Since that time period players can jump when they serve. Fyunck(click) (talk) 10:15, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Challenges

Everything said about Challenges is correct... unlimited as long they're correct, otherwise 3 per set, plus 1 for tie breaks. But is it complete information? What about the 5th set in Grand Slam tournaments? Does a player not get 3 more challenges per each 12 points once the set goes beyond 6-6 and there is no tie break (anymore)? I'm not so into tennis and just wanted to find this piece of information here... so I'm not sure about it... maybe I'm just confusing this with something else. --116.118.89.194 (talk) 02:43, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

You're right, more challenges get added on once the tiebreak extends. I'm not sure about the actual number of challenges added on, as it might differ from tournament to tournament, but thanks for bringing it up. Maybe a larger section on the actually mechanics of the challenges system would be good. Marchfur (talk) 09:33, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Left-handed "advantage"/

No discussion about the so-called lefty advantage? I've been arguing this "advantage" since I was ten. Starting with paddleball to raquetball to tennis. How about some information.Dcrasno (talk) 00:25, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

I would say it's not needed. Most articles I've ever read on the subject talk about the lefty advantage in all sports, not just tennis. This is not a tennis specific theory. There could be an article on it under general sports, but I'm not sure we need anything in this article. Fyunck(click) (talk) 02:13, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Greatest male players

The article cites Agassi as "the first man to win slams on all modern surfaces." I don't believe that's accurate if we're dividing court surfaces into clay, grass, and hardcourt. Connors was the first to accomplish the feat -- see 2d paragraph of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Connors. Perhaps the snippet is borrowed from the Agassi article, which says "He was the first male player to win all four Grand Slams on three different surfaces (hard, clay and grass)." [1]. That's awkwardly phrased, making it sound as if each tournament changed surfaces during his career. Agassi was the first to win all four Slams during his career when that feat meant that he had to win on all three surfaces to do so.

Also, it's not at all clear why there is a section on greatest male players, but not greatest female players. And if there are going to be such sections in the article at all, some attention should be paid to doubles. Margaret Court, Billie Jean King, and Martina Navratilova won way more grand slam titles overall than any male player because they were also exceptional doubles players. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.99.93.219 (talk) 18:21, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request

Novak Djokovik has won (5) Grand Slam Tournaments now. Please update this on this page. Thank you. --Devansh.sharma (talk) 16:12, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

I second the above request.

As far as Agassi being the "the best returner" and only man to win on all Slam surfaces, I think that feat is far surpassed by Borg - the only man to continously win Wimbledon 5 times at the same time as winning Roland Garros 5 times. I assure that will be harder to repeat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.8.85.240 (talk) 07:08, 2 February 2012 (UTC)