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Rules for a
12 Point Tie Break
Rules for a 12
Point Tie-Break
(1st Team to 7, win by 2)
Singles:
- Player A, having served the first game of the
set, serves the first
point from the right court;
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Player B serves points 2 and 3 (left then right);
- Player A serves points 4
and 5 (left then right);
- Player B serves point 6 (left) and after they
change ends, point 7
(right);
- Player A serves points 8 and 9 (left and
right);
- Player B serves points 10 and 11 (left and right);
- Player A
serves point 12 (left).
- A player who reaches seven points during
these first 12 points wins the game and set.
- If the score has reached
6-6, the players change ends and continue in the same pattern until
one player establishes a margin of two points which gives that
player the game and the set.
- Note that the players change ends every six
points and that the player who serves the last point of one of these
6-point segments also serves the first point of the next one (from
the right court).
- For a
following set, the players change ends and Player B serves the first
game.
Doubles:
- The same pattern as in
singles applies with partners preserving their serving sequence.
- In a game
of Team A-B versus Team C-D, with Player A having served the first
game of the set, Player A serves the first point (right);
- Player C
serves points 2 and 3 (left and right);
- Player B points 4 and 5
(left and right);
- Player D serves point 6 (left) and after the
teams change ends, Player D serves point 7 (right);
- Player A serves points 8
and 9 (left and right);
- Player C serves point 10 and 11 (left
and right);
- Player B serves point 12 (left).
- A team
that wins seven points during these first 12 points wins the game
and set.
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If the score has reached 6-6, the teams change ends.
- Player B
then serves point 13 (right), and they continue until one team
establishes a two-point margin and thus wins the game and set.
- As in
singles, they change ends for one game to start a following set,
with Team C-D to serve first.
Court Side:
Left = ad court = backhand side for
right-handed players
Right =
duece court = forehand side for right-handed players
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