A dazzling final weekend dispelled the clouds and rain which had hung over much of the 2007 Championships, with familiar...
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Wimbledon has a new king! In the latest, magnificent chapter of their storied rivalry, Rafael Nadal dethroned five-time...
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The official review of the 2008 Wimbledon championship takes a look back at a fortnight full of the unexpected and the...
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World No.1 Rafael Nadal has confirmed his place at the pinnacle of men’s tennis following a classic five-set victory over...
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An extraordinary look into one of Wimbledon's greatest players of all time.
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Legends of Wimbledon Bjorn Borg offers a unique insight into the life of one of the all-time greats of men's tennis.
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Legends of Wimbledon - John McEnroe is a new, different and fascinating profile about one of Wimbledon's most famous sons.
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The prospect of Arthur Ashe beating Jimmy Connors in the final seemed remote, with Connors winning their last three matches....
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An enthralling contest between two great rivals.
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This DVD features some of the most memorable Gentlemen's Singles Final's ever.
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There have been numerous classic encounters during The Wimbledon Championships, none more so than the 1981 Men's Final...
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Features one of the most memorable Gentlemen's Singles Final's ever.
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Roger Federer had to dig deep as he fought back to beat Andy Roddick and claim a second successive Wimbledon title in a...
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From the opening ceremonies through the championship finals, relive the excitement of Wimbledon 2004.
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Venus Williams captured her third Wimbledon title in the space of six years in a final of high drama and record length when...
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Highlighting the best and most memorable moments from the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.
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This is the definitive story of The Wimbledon Championships 2006. In the Men's Singles Roger Federer was attempting to join...
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Roger Federer retained his crown as king of Wimbledon, beating young Spanish prince Rafael Nadal to secure his fifth...
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In this 5-set classic match from 2001, Pete Sampras, who ruled Wimbledon in the 1990’s with 7 Men’s Singles titles,...
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“Wimbledon – The Record Breakers” is a highly informative and entertaining account of the most important records and...
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Welcome to the tennis instructional DVD page. Here we will get to see which tennis DVDs are getting the four & five star customer reviews. A tennis game consists of a sequence of points played with the same player serving, and is won by the first player to have won at least four points and
at least two points more than their opponent. (Note: the term "game" is not to be confused with "match".
An entire competitive encounter between two players or teams is referred to as a "match". A game is a small part of a match.) Although the server remains the same for the entire game, the half of the court used for service alternates between courts, beginning with the right half for the first
point.
The score of an incomplete game is described in a manner peculiar to tennis: scores of zero to three points are described as "love", "fifteen", "thirty", and "forty". These are usually represented textually as "0", "15", "30", "40". When stating the score, the server's score is stated first.
Thus, for example, the phrase "thirty-love" or text "30/0" means that the server has won two points in the game and the receiver none. Verbally, the word "all" is used when the scores are tied, so "fifteen-all" (written "15/15") means that each player has won one point.
If each player has won three points, the score is described as "deuce" rather than "forty-all". It may be written either as "40/40" or "deuce". From this point on, the exact number of points won is not counted, because it is no longer significant: each player now has sufficiently many points
that they need only get two points ahead of their opponent in order to win the game. Whenever the score is tied, it is described as "deuce", and may still be written "40/40" regardless of how many points have been won. When a player is one point ahead, the score is "advantage" to that player, for
example "advantage Smith" if Mr Smith is one point ahead of Mr Jones. This score may be written in that form, or as "40/A" or "A/40" as appropriate. If the player with advantage loses the next point then the score returns to "deuce".
Thus, using the tennis terminology for scores, a player wins the game when they win a point while their score is "forty" and their opponent's score is "thirty" or less, or when they win a point while they have "advantage".
