Disagreement how score is said by receiver/returner?

corbind · 10-12-2011, 12:29 AM

Scenario:

Four points have been played in the first game of the match
The Server won 1 point
The Returner won 3 points

How would the Server say the score?
How would Returner say the score?

tennis tom · 10-12-2011, 02:37 AM

15-40
15-40

Is this a trick question? If I got it wrong, my excuse is I have't had my coffee yet--uh, no, it was the wind,...
uh, the sun was in my eyes,...

I reserve the right to change my answer after I'm fully awake, I think this is a trick question...I want to see the Shot-Spot Replay...I'm filing an official protest...I'm changing my answer...40-15, 15-40...I can't remember...I WANT MY MOMMY!

SweetH2O · 10-12-2011, 03:57 AM

15-40
15-40
Server's score comes first no matter who is saying it.

The only time it gets confusing is during a changeover and someone verifies the number of games won so far in the set. The previous game has ended and the next hasn't begun, so who comes first? I usually say "it will be 3 serving 2" or whatever to be clear as to who has 3 games and who has 2.

Darkhors · 10-12-2011, 05:42 AM

If people aren't sure, I always point to the person whose score I'm saying. So if I were the returner, I would point to the server and say 15, then point to me and say 40.

Sometimes it's the easiest way to stop the madness.

DH

Sim · 10-12-2011, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SweetH2O

15-40
15-40
Server's score comes first no matter who is saying it.

The only time it gets confusing is during a changeover and someone verifies the number of games won so far in the set. The previous game has ended and the next hasn't begun, so who comes first? I usually say "it will be 3 serving 2" or whatever to be clear as to who has 3 games and who has 2.

This is how I do it. Sometimes I'll say 15 serving 40 also just to make things extra clear (if necessary).

NoQuarter · 10-12-2011, 09:52 AM

I have always played (and heard) that the server's score comes first....So...
15-40
15-40

The Bawss · 10-12-2011, 10:12 AM

So you're playing with an EXO3 tour and have another racquet strung with natty gut and you don't know that the server's score is always called out first?

jht32 · 10-12-2011, 10:35 AM

Server: "F'ing double-break point"
Returner: "Double-break point"

corbind · 10-12-2011, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Bawss

So you're playing with an EXO3 tour and have another racquet strung with natty gut and you don't know that the server's score is always called out first?

I played I guy who kept saying his score first no matter what. Anyone have a section or link to the USTA rules so I can show him next time I see him that it's customary to always say the server's score first?

jht32 · 10-12-2011, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corbind

I played I guy who kept saying his score first no matter what. Anyone have a section or link to the USTA rules so I can show him next time I see him that it's customary to always say the server's score first?

http://assets.usta.com/assets/1/USTA...c_13_16051.pdf

See page 9

PushyPushster · 10-12-2011, 10:54 AM

... I always thought you said your score first. So,

Server: 15-40
Returner: 40-15

If I play this sport for another 5 years I might just learn some of the rules.

volleygirl · 10-12-2011, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PushyPushster

... I always thought you said your score first. So,

Server: 15-40
Returner: 40-15

If I play this sport for another 5 years I might just learn some of the rules.

You never watch a match on tv? Just once doing that would show you that the servers score is ALWAYS said first.

GlennK · 10-12-2011, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PushyPushster

... I always thought you said your score first. So,

Server: 15-40
Returner: 40-15

If I play this sport for another 5 years I might just learn some of the rules.

That would be way too confusing. As the rule says, the server's score first.

15-40
15-40.

jht32 · 10-12-2011, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PushyPushster

... I always thought you said your score first. So,

Server: 15-40
Returner: 40-15

If I play this sport for another 5 years I might just learn some of the rules.

Quote:

Originally Posted by volleygirl

You never watch a match on tv? Just once doing that would show you that the servers score is ALWAYS said first.

Watching a match on TV wouldn't help someone who learned to announce the score incorrectly. The players do not announce their score on TV. The announcers or umpire will announce the score.

BobFL · 10-12-2011, 12:08 PM

It happened to me once. Well, what can I say?! Only complete %#^^&#%@@& can call the score from "their perspective". That was his official explanation in my case ("I'm calling the score from my perspective"). So, I serve and he calls "ad out" which actually was game point for me. How idiotic is that?

Soianka · 10-12-2011, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by corbind

I played I guy who kept saying his score first no matter what. Anyone have a section or link to the USTA rules so I can show him next time I see him that it's customary to always say the server's score first?

Why would the returner ever be saying the score anyway?

volleygirl · 10-12-2011, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jht32

Watching a match on TV wouldn't help someone who learned to announce the score incorrectly. The players do not announce their score on TV. The announcers or umpire will announce the score.

So hearing the servers score said first every single time by the announcer would just come across as a coincidence then?

Tar Heel Tennis · 10-12-2011, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soianka

Why would the returner ever be saying the score anyway?

it happens quite often in USTA junior tournaments, especially in the 12s/14s. "what's the score?"

jht32 · 10-12-2011, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by volleygirl

So hearing the servers score said first every single time by the announcer would just come across as a coincidence then?

Nope.

If "Joe" incorrectly thinks that the score should be called from one's perspective when playing, then hearing an announcer announce the score as opposed to the players announcing the score will not necessarily teach Joe to call out the score correctly.

Joe may conclude that a third party always calls out the servers score first and can incorrectly continue to think that a player calls out the scores from his perspective.

Therefore, the best way to inform Joe of the correct way to call out the score is to point Joe to the rules as opposed to telling Joe to watch a match on TV. Simple, no biggie.

dizzlmcwizzl · 10-12-2011, 01:39 PM

Really ... 19 replies to say always call the severs score first.

10-12-2011, 12:29 AM	#1
corbind Professional Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 831	Disagreement how score is said by receiver/returner? Scenario: Four points have been played in the first game of the match The Server won 1 point The Returner won 3 points How would the Server say the score? How would Returner say the score? __________________ Becker London Tour, 12.6oz, Wilson gut 17g 65lbs \|\| Prince EXO3 Tour 18x20, 12.5oz, Wilson gut 16g 70lbs, S&V, DII '88-90

10-12-2011, 05:42 AM	#4
Darkhors Rookie Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The D Posts: 226	If people aren't sure, I always point to the person whose score I'm saying. So if I were the returner, I would point to the server and say 15, then point to me and say 40. Sometimes it's the easiest way to stop the madness. DH __________________ Head UTek Prestige Pro - Stringway ML100-T92

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