Keeping score of tennis matches can be confusing, but in reality it's quite simple to understand. If you find yourself following the journey of Alcaraz or any of the many American athletes ...

All sports have their own vocabularies, the shorthand lingo to communicate intricacies of rules and how play proceeds. But usually the scoring can at least be counted on to be fairly straightforward.

Love? Deuce? Advantage? What does it all mean? Tennis has long had the most unique way of keeping score, and the origins of the sport's scoring system are actually fairly ambiguous. So if you're ...

The scoring system on the ATP and WTA Tours can be a little confusing. Why does tennis count points as '15, 30, 40' and not numerically like most other sports? Points give you games, games give you ...

The game is more engaging for tennis fans. Understanding the tennis scoring system enables the audience to appreciate the game’s rhythm. From the multiple levels of “love” to “15” and “deuce” in a ...

The tennis scoring system uniquely increases the stress of competition because, throughout a match, some points are substantially more important than others. This makes it a “pressure” scoring system ...

In an effort to simultaneously reduce match length and increase drama, the Next Gen ATP Finals introduced both no-ad scoring and a 25-second serve clock, and the results have been eye-opening. On ...

The game of tennis traces its roots back to medieval France, and although history cannot exactly pinpoint the origin of tennis' scoring system, the modern version of tennis scoring was finalized in ...

Do you have a question about history? Send us your question at history@time .com and you might find your answer in a future edition of Now You Know. All sports have their own vocabularies, the ...