The origin of tennis scoring can be traced back to medieval France, where the game was played in monastery courtyards. The scoring system, which uses terms like "love" and "deuce," is believed to have evolved from the French word for egg, "l'oeuf," which sounds similar to "love." The term "deuce" is thought to come from the French word "deux," meaning two, representing the tie score at 40-40. Over time, these terms became standardized and are still used in tennis today.
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The word love in tennis is a corresponding call in scoring of it and the meaning of love in tennis is 0.
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The scoring system of tennis is unique and is only used in this sport. The scoring used is love (0), 15, 30, 40 & game. There are also areas of deuce (when the score is 40-40) and then add-in & add-out.
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The scoring is based on the scoring rules of real tennis. Real, here, refers to royal as opposed to fake. I real tennis, the scores were 15, 30 and 45 but the last got shortened to 40 in the "new" game of lawn tennis. Read more on real tennis at link.
By scoring more points, more quickly than your opponent.
singels is to 21 points and doubles is to 11
The reason tennis uses strange scoring is because in England they used to play by the clock tower so fifteen, thirty and then somewhere along the wayfortyfive got changed to just forty then game (or sixty).