Now, the International Tennis Federation has approved a two-year program to study the impact of “no-ad” tennis. No-ad tennis means that when the score of a game is tied at deuce, 40-40, the ...

— Tennis scoring was "originally" kept on clock faces, with hands being placed at 15, 30 and 45 minute marks to keep score. The 45-minute mark was dialled back to 40 to account for advantage ...

So, then, what exactly is the logic behind this system? Supposedly the 15, 30, 40 and 60 designations are based on the quarterly markings on a clock, which was used to score early tennis matches.

Tennis is littered with bizarre phrases, a strange layout and a 'weird scoring system' (pictured) that one expert claims found can actively influence the outcome of a match.

The modern version of tennis has some interesting history predating it. Despite the fact that a lot of rules have changed over time, the origin of the scoring system still baffles most tennis ...

Sport Tennis Tennis Wimbledon: People are only just realising why tennis scoring system goes 15, 30, 40 Tennis's historic scoring system has been in place for hundreds of years while the All ...

Tennis’ unique scoring system is believed to have originated from the face of a clock, although 45 was later truncated to 40 for reasons not known.

USTA National Coach, Richard Ashby, said: “There is a lot of uniqueness and history in the current tennis scoring system, but maybe if you are able to get some junior tournaments to try the 24 ...

The Champions Tennis League or CTL has already made a huge impact on tennis fans across India, but there has been a bit of lingering confusion about the scoring system used in the tournament.

Tennis has long had the most unique way of keeping score, and the origins of the sport's scoring system is actually fairly ambiguous. So if you're looking for why exactly tennis scoring is so ...