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Duties and Procedures 2014 (English)

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4 Score a The server's score is always called first, except in the tie-break. b The score is announced: • "Fifteen-Love, Love-Fifteen, Thirty-Love, Love-Thirty, Forty-Love, LoveForty, Fifteen-All, Fifteen-Thirty, Thirty-Fifteen, Fifteen-Forty, FortyFifteen, Thirty-All, Forty-Thirty, Thirty-Forty, Deuce (never Forty-All), Advantage, Game" c If the No-Ad Scoring System is used, the announcement after deuce is: • "Deciding point, receiver's choice" d The score should be announced loudly and clearly when a point is finished. The announcement should be made quickly and before writing the score on the scorecard unless circumstances are such that a delayed announcement would be more effective. e At the end of a game or set the Chair Umpire, in addition to "Game ", should announce the score in games in conformity with the following examples: • "Game Smith, he/she or Jones leads 4-2, first set" or • "Game Smith, 3 games all, first set" or • "Game and third set Smith, 7 games to 5. Jones leads 2 sets to 1" If there is a scoreboard visible to the spectators, then the set score need not be mentioned. At the beginning of each set the Chair Umpire may announce: • "Second Set, Smith to serve" f When a set reaches the tie-break, announce: • "Game Smith, 6 games all. Tie-break" Before the start of a match tie-break, announce: • "Ladies and Gentlemen, a ten-point match tie-break will now be played to decide this match." g During the tie-break, the score is announced by first giving the score and then the name of the player who is leading: • "1-0 Jones" or "1-0 Jones/Smith" • "1-All" • "2-1 Smith" Use "Zero" rather than "Love" in the tie-break. At the conclusion of the tie-break, announce: • "Game and set, 7-6" h At the conclusion of the match, announce the winner: • "Game, set and match Smith, (3 sets to 2), 6-4,1-6,7-6,4-6,6-2" In each set, call first the number of games won by the winner of the match. 5 Code of Conduct a Violations of the Point Penalty Schedule of the Code shall be announced in accordance with the following examples: • "Code Violation, Delay of Game, Warning, Mr/Ms______" • "Code Violation, Racquet Abuse, Point Penalty, Mr/Ms ______" • "Code Violation, Verbal Abuse, Game Penalty, Mr/Ms______" 17

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