Editing Tennis (section)

=== Rule variations ===
{{See also|Types of tennis match}}

* '''No ad'''
: From 'No advantage'. Scoring method created by [[Jimmy Van Alen]]. The first player or doubles team to win four points wins the game, regardless of whether the player or team is ahead by two points. When the game score reaches three points each, the receiver chooses which side of the court (advantage court or deuce court) the service is to be delivered on the seventh and game-deciding point. Utilized by [[World Team Tennis]] professional competition, ATP tours, WTA tours, ITF Pro Doubles and ITF Junior Doubles.<ref>{{cite web|title=WTT Firsts & Innovations|url=http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=626|publisher=WTT.com|access-date=3 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225082726/http://www.wtt.com/page.aspx?article_id=626|archive-date=25 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Alternative Procedures and Scoring Methods|url=http://www.itftennis.com/technical/rules/equipment/appendixiv.asp|publisher=ITF|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206034754/http://www.itftennis.com/technical/rules/equipment/appendixiv.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* '''Pro set'''
: Instead of playing multiple sets, players may play one ''pro set''. A pro set is first to 8 (or 10) games by a margin of two games, instead of first to 6 games. A 12-point tiebreak is usually played when the score is 8–8 (or 10–10). These are often played with no-ad scoring.

* '''Match tiebreak'''
: This is sometimes played instead of a third set. A match tiebreak (also called ''super tiebreak'') is played like a regular tiebreak, but the winner must win ten points instead of seven. Match tiebreaks are used in the [[Hopman Cup]], Grand Slams (excluding [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]) and the [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] for mixed doubles; on the [[Association of Tennis Professionals|ATP]] (since 2006), [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] (since 2007) and [[International Tennis Federation|ITF]] (excluding four [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments and the [[Davis Cup]]) tours for doubles and as a player's choice in USTA league play.

* '''Fast4'''
: [[Fast4 Tennis|Fast4]] is a shortened format that offers a "fast" alternative, with four points, four games and four rules: there are no advantage scores, lets are played, tiebreakers apply at three games all, with it being first to five points with a "sudden death" point at four points all, and the first to four games wins the set. In the event of a no advantage deuce, the receiver gets to choose the service side. If a let occurs, the point continues as normal, and the non-receiver (in a doubles game) is permitted to return the serve. When players swap sides, they are not permitted to sit down and must be ready to play within sixty seconds. Between sets, players are permitted to sit down, and must be ready to play within ninety seconds.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 2017|title=2017 Australian Ranking Tournaments – FAST4 scoring format|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/New-Tournament-Regulations_FAST4_V3.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2021|website=Tennis Australia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122064724/https://www.tennis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/New-Tournament-Regulations_FAST4_V3.pdf|archive-date=22 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=11 January 2016|title=Fast4 Tennis: What is it, what are the rules and how is it played?|url=https://foxsports.com.au/tennis/fast4-tennis-what-is-it-what-are-the-rules-and-how-is-it-played/news-story/a21b0b33e340bd643aa9bfc14abf7512|access-date=22 November 2021|website=Fox Sports}}</ref>

Another, however informal, tennis format is called [[Canadian doubles]]. This involves three players, with one person playing against a doubles team. The single player gets to utilize the alleys normally reserved only for a doubles team. Conversely, the doubles team does not use the alleys when executing a shot. The scoring is the same as for a regular game. This format is not sanctioned by any official body.

"Australian doubles", another informal and unsanctioned form of tennis, is played with similar rules to the [[Canadian doubles]] style, only in this version, players rotate court position after each game, each player taking a turn at playing alone against the other two. As such, each player plays doubles and singles over the course of a match, with the singles player always serving. Scoring styles vary, but one popular method is to assign a value of 2 points to each game, with the server taking both points if he or she holds serve and the doubles team each taking one if they break serve.

[[Wheelchair tennis]] can be played by able-bodied players as well as people who require a wheelchair for mobility. An extra bounce is permitted. This rule makes it possible to have mixed wheelchair and able-bodied matches. It is possible for a doubles team to consist of a wheelchair player and an able-bodied player (referred to as "one-up, one-down"), or for a wheelchair player to play against an able-bodied player. In such cases, the extra bounce is permitted for the wheelchair users only.