All-Comers: Tournament in which all players took part except the reigning champion.

Advantage: When one player wins the first point from a deuce and needs one more point to win the game not applicable when using deciding points.

All advantage sets were used at the final set of matches at the Olympic tennis events (until 2012), Davis Cup (until 2015), Fed Cup (until 2015), Australian Open (until 2018), Wimbledon (until 2018) and French Open (until 2021) when they were all switched to tie breaks.

Advantage set: Set won by a player or team having won at least six games with a two-game advantage over the opponent (as opposed to a tiebreak format).

Ad: Used by the chair umpire to announce the score when a player has the advantage, meaning they won the point immediately after a deuce.

Ad court: Left side of the court of each player, so called because the ad ( advantage) point immediately following a deuce is always served to this side of the court.Initially, the term was used to indicate the scoring of a point. Aces are usually powerful and generally land on or near one of the corners at the back of the service box. Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the service box and is not touched by the receiver thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace.

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