Useless Tennis Fact Day 12

The minimum number of points that can be played for a complete a set of tennis, under ATP Rules, is 19.

How do you score a 60 in less than 24points?

What's the trick? Or do they simply consider an unfinished set with 19points as a set?

Play 3 points, 40-0, losing player swears at umpire, loses a point. 1-0. Swears again, loses a game. 2-0. Play out the rest of the set, 4 points per game. 19 points played.

Ah..good one but Can't it actually get even shorter?

Takes over 20s...gets warned, takes over 20s again, get a point penality, takes over 20s....game set and match....in a dream world of course!

All that in 3 points or so.

Ah, but that's not a complete set. You could get defaulted after 1 point if you really Tarango'ed the umpire!

JuliusHMarx wrote:Ah, but that's not a complete set. You could get defaulted after 1 point if you really Tarango'ed the umpire!

Do you know that I know the line judge who tarangoed Tarango? He is in my club and I play tennis with him on a weekly basis (almost).

And I only found out about him when I lost my temper while he was referring my Double's final. I was mad at him and later learnt that he was the famous "tarango line referee".

Tenez wrote:when I lost my temper while he was referring my Double's final. I was mad at him and later learnt that he was the famous "tarango line referee".

Did you get a code violation like Tarango and default the match?

Tarango is just running his mouth with wild accusations in this clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=a6tSkVqewfw

This is cool, bit like the maximum break at snooker isn't 147, it's 155. I did hear someone make a claim for 162 but I don't agree with that.