What do you do when the opponent doesn't call the score?

[NE1for10is?]

It states in the rules of tennis that says the server has to call out the score at every point, but when someone doesn't call the score on every point it always irritates me.

1. "31. Server announces score. The server shall announce the game score before the first point of a game and the point score before each subsequent point of the game."

So do you just let it go and hope there isn't eventually a dispute about the score? Do you call the score for them? Ask them during a changeover to start calling the score? Hold up your hand before every serve and ask for the score? Do you use a different tactic if it's friendly play or league or tournament play? Seeing as it's in the rules, is there any penalty if someone refuses to announce the score?

 

[TahoeTennis]

this happens a LOT. I play 4 to 5 times a week, and at LEAST 2 or 3 times there is confusion about the score. I make it a point to always call the score right before serve and if the opponent doesn't simply HOLD UP your hand and ask Score please?

 

[Deleted member 733170]

Call my lawyer.

 

[jaggy]

Call my lawyer.

Murca

 

[Raul_SJ]

It states in the rules of tennis that says the server has to call out the score at every point, but when someone doesn't call the score on every point it always irritates me.

I assume once the score reaches Deuce there is no need to continually call out "Deuce"?

Or even "Ad In/Out" for that matter? Players can't even remember the previous Deuce point?

 

[The Green Mile]

I usually keep the score and when there's a debate about it, I quickly school them as I run through each point that has previously happened in the game.

 

[ollinger]

Do you call the score for them?

Yes. Not a problem, really

 

[Harry_Wild]

You can always ask the score from the server or call it yourself; for agreement!

 

[NE1for10is?]

I usually keep the score and when there's a debate about it, I quickly school them as I run through each point that has previously happened in the game.

Yes, it's amazing how guys who don't announce the score have selective memory, especially when the game gets tight, and I notice it always seems to be in their favor. I've been hooked by players this way before. That's precisely why the score should be announced before each point, otherwise, it will eventually cause a dispute.

 

[LGQ7]

Some guys don't even count the scores, and I count simple 1, 2, 3. It's like they didn't watch Sesame Street or something.

 

[TahoeTennis]

Some guys don't even count the scores, and I count simple 1, 2, 3. It's like they didn't watch Sesame Street or something.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

Call my lawyer.

I call Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer!!

 

[Big_Dangerous]

I assume once the score reaches Deuce there is no need to continually call out "Deuce"?

Or even "Ad In/Out" for that matter? Players can't even remember the previous Deuce point?

Well, that could be problematic because there's a difference between ad in and ad out. If the receiving player thinks it's ad out and the serving player thinks it's ad in, what happens at the end of that point? One person is going to think they won the game and the other is going to think it's back to deuce. It's usually a wise decision to just have the score announced after every point or before you serve. I've also had this happen before a few times, where players think the score is 30-15 or 15-30 and I'm serving to the deuce side, or they think it's 30-30 and I'm serving to the ad side.

 

[Say Chi Sin Lo]

I walk over to his/her bag and punt it as a 1st warning. And then I chuck it over the fence as a 2nd warning.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

I walk over to his/her bag and punt it as a 1st warning. And then I chuck it over the fence as a 2nd warning.

That seems like a pretty reasonable reaction.

 

[Turbo-87]

We don't keep score and we keep wondering why we reach the time limit for the court and haven't even completed one game.

 

[Topspin Shot]

I walk over to his/her bag and punt it as a 1st warning. And then I chuck it over the fence as a 2nd warning.

Was the bag on the bench?

 

[sureshs]

Yes. Not a problem, really

It is a problem. It means you have surrendered to the opponent and given him the freedom to flaunt the rules.

 

[Big_Dangerous]

It is a problem. It means you have surrendered to the opponent and given him the freedom to flaunt the rules.

Brazenly flaunt the rules.

 

[Rattler]

I call Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer!!

Don’t forget his pudgy son.

 

[mhatfieldwi]

If I hit an underhanded serve and If they stand there like a deer in the headlights not knowing what I'm doing, which of course is what hppens the first time I do it, can they use the fact that they didn't hear the score as an excuse FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE MATCH for saying the serve is illegitimate? Yes, the rules say I must state the score before serving and yes, I must state it loud enough for them to hear it. I'm not talking about a HABIT of not calling out the score. I'm talking about the FIRST TIME. Can an opponent take away a legitimate ace by saying FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE MATCH that they did not hear the score before the serve? BTW I had that happen to me.

 

[jimmy8]

If I hit an underhanded serve and If they stand there like a deer in the headlights not knowing what I'm doing, which of course is what hppens the first time I do it, can they use the fact that they didn't hear the score as an excuse FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN THE MATCH for saying the serve is illegitimate? Yes, the rules say I must state the score before serving and yes, I must state it loud enough for them to hear it. I'm not talking about a HABIT of not calling out the score. I'm talking about the FIRST TIME. Can an opponent take away a legitimate ace by saying FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE MATCH that they did not hear the score before the serve? BTW I had that happen to me.

That's the receiver's point because you can't be unsportsmanlike.