Knowledge Organiser – PE – Tennis Vocabulary Skills Professional Tennis Backhand: a stroke in which the ball is struck on Forehand Roger Federer the opposite side of the body to the racquet A shot hit from the racket-arm side of the body. Usually Federer is the hand played as a one-handed shot. Hit the ball side on, creating a most successful Drop Shot: a gentle shot that just lands just ‘star’ shape with your body and swinging with a low to high men’s player of all time holding over the net swing path. many records, having won 20 Grand Slam Forehand: a shot hit from the racket-arm side of titles (he reached 10 finals in a row), 6 ATP the body Finals, 103 career titles and has spent a record 310 weeks (237 consecutive) as World Grip: how to hold the racket in tennis that is hit Number 1! in a high arc, usually over the opponent's head Net: the woven barrier dividing a court into halves, over which the ball must be hit Backhand Serena Williams Racket: a stringed 'bat' that players hold and A stroke in which the ball is struck on the opposite side of the use to hit the ball Williams is the body to the racquet hand. A backhand shot is now more most successful Rally: a long series of shots commonly hit with a two-handed grip, however some players women’s player of Return: to hit a shot back to the opponent (Federer) will use a one- all time and has Umpire: the official who is in overall charge of a won the most handed grip. Use the Grand Slam titles match same technique as the with 39: Singles 23, Doubles 14, Mixed 2. She Volley: a shot on which the ball is hit before it forehand just from the is also the most decorated player (along with bounces her sister Venus) in Olympic history with 4 other side of your body. Gold Medals Serve: the shot that begins each point, in which the server hits the ball after tossing it into the air. The serve must go diagonally across the Scoring Point Ready Position Major In scoring, a game is 0 Love Allows a player to be alert, Championships: court and bounce in the serving box. won by winning 1 15 2 30 making sure they are on their Grand Slams points, a set is won toes as it enables them to react The majors are by winning games, 3 40 and a match is won 4 Game to where their opponent hits the played anually in 40-40 Deuce by winning sets ball. After a shot is played, Mens + Womens (singles and doubles), and Game: A sequence of points with the same player returning to the centre of the Mixed Doubles. serving. To win a game a player must win at least 4 court is important. points but at this point have 2 more points than Australian the opponent. Open Set: A player must win at least six French Open games to win a set. Wimbledon Match: Usually a best of 3 sets win a match. In Grand Slams, men play best of 5 sets, all other US Open formats are best of 3.