Has the Number of Lets Rule Changed Recently?

[tennis tom]

Played a meaningless rec match today and our opponent hit three lets in a row and then penalized himself the point and went and served from the other side. He said it was a USTA rule. My partner was a pro and he'd never heard of it either. I'm pretty sure this guy was wrong, has there been a rule change recently at any level of tennis where if you hit three lets in a row you lose a point? I don't think so but..

 

[S&V-not_dead_yet]

If the rule was changed, I certainly didn't get the memo.

 

[newpball]

Look if you manage to score three lets in a row you deserve the point!

 

[xFullCourtTenniSx]

Must've been a rule that his league and that league ONLY added and enforces.

 

[winchestervatennis]

Three strikes and youre out has always been a rule. Keep up.

 

[Moveforwardalways]

I have never heard of any limit on the number of lets.

 

[tennis tom]

Must've been a rule that his league and that league ONLY added and enforces.

That's what I think too, he plays in a pretty provincial area, East Bay.

 

[tennis tom]

Three strikes and youre out has always been a rule. Keep up.

OK--pass the Viagra.

 

[tennis tom]

Look if you manage to score three lets in a row you deserve the point!

NO--he penalized himself a point!

 

[kevrol]

There's no rule on the number of lets in USTA play.
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[OrangePower]

Three lets in a row you win the point. One let is chance/luck. Two lets in a row is extreme chance. Three in a row can only be a purposeful and masterful demonstration of pinpoint serving accuracy, leading to immediate concession of the point by the opponent.

 

[sureshs]

What is the world record on the number of lets?

 

[lockbox]

NO--he penalized himself a point!

That's the point - he deserved to win it himself, not the penalize himself.