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| A single game played when a set reaches six games all, during which both players or teams will serve. In the twelve-point tiebreaker, the winner scores a minimum of seven points, leading by two. The winner of the tiebreaker wins the set. |
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| The approach to tennis game of getting up to the net as often as possible to force the play. |
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| Playing mostly from behind the baseline, with the player seldom coming to the net. |
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| – Moving the body to one side of the ball to hit a preferred shot. (Some players run around a ball coming to their backhand side so they can hit the favored forehand.) |
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| – A ground stroke hit softly with underspin so that the ball will bounce near the net and stop. |
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| A modified ground stroke that allows the player to continue to the net. |
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| A racquet turned past perpendicular so that its hitting side begins to look toward the sky rather than straight ahead. |
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| A type of stance where the foot opposite the ball does not step across or in line with the foot nearest the same sideline as the ball. |
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| The midcourt area of the court where a player is vulnerable to balls being effectively hit at his or her feet. |
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| A high, arching ball designed to clear the net by more than ten feet and land in the backcourt near the baseline. |
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| A ball hit immediately after it has bounced. |
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| A volley (hit before the ball bounces) that is hit up so as to arc over the opponent at net. |
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| Stepping across the body with the foot opposite the ball as the ball is hit. |
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| The basic position that readies the body for movement in any direction. |
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| Doubles team play where each doubles team consists of a male and a female. |
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| A contest between players or teams, usually in the format of two out of three sets. |
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| The stroke used to return a ball hit to the player’s racquet side. |
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| The swing at a ball hit to the player’s non-racquet side of the body. |
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| The shot that immediately follows the serve. |
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| A shot that travels diagonally across the court. |
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