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by Donald Stapells on February 7th, 2005

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A winner's match score appears in the newspaper as: 6-3, 6-7(2), 7-6(5). what do the numbers in parenthesis mean?

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  • by trashcity on February 8th, 2005

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    You'll notice that those numbers only appear when the set score is 7-6, indictating that the score went to 6-6, and a tie-break game was used to decide the winner of the set. In that game, the first to score seven or more points, and lead by two, takes the game.

    The number in parenthesis is the number of points scored by the loser. In the above example, the first tie break game went to the loser of the match, by a score of 7-2, levelling the match at one set all. The third set tiebreak was won 7-5, ending the match.

    Because the game has to be won by two clear points, the number scored by the loser can be any number. If it's more than five, the points scored by the winner is two points higher. For example, a (7) would mean the score in the tiebreak game was 9-7.

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