A Tennis Website by Chuck Coleman

13 May 2024 Recently, I've seen a lot of tennis matches decided by the same, 7-point tiebreaker used to decide a set. It seems to me that if one player gets hot and wins 3 of the first 4 points, he or she has a high probability of winning the tiebreaker. And so, it's almost like tossing a coin, but not quite. I hope the ITF rules committee will consider using a longer tiebreak game to decide a match, say, first to 9 points or 11 points (and ahead by 2 points) ?

7 July 2024 Nice to see that Roland Garros & Wimbledon are using a 10-point tiebreaker in the final set :-)

18 August 2024
Note for Iga Swiatek: You are hitting (my opinion) your first serve too hard, and your second serve too slow.

I hope you can learn to hit what I call the 95% serve (roughly 95% of your maximum speed) on both your first and second serves. By taking a tiny bit of speed off of your first serve, you will get it in the box more often, putting mathematical & psychological pressure on your opponents. In addition, you can use the 95% serve to actually attack the ball on your second serve. Your groundstrokes and returns, of course, are just outstanding and superb. Gosh.

2 September 2024:
Prayers for Chris Evert, as she fights a tough battle with cancer +++

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