Who has the best tie break record?

Goran Ivanišević won a 20–18 deciding set tiebreak against Greg Rusedski in the semifinals of the 1997 Stella Artois Championships at Queen's Club. Roger Federer and Marat Safin played a tiebreaker that lasted 26 minutes in the semifinals of the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup in Houston. Federer won the match 6–3, 7–6.
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Who has played the most tie break in tennis?

Roger Federer has long been the most dominant tie-break competitor on the ATP World Tour. No other player in the history of tennis has won a higher rate of tie-breaks (65.1 per cent) or a greater number of tie-breaks (432), according to the FedEx ATP Performance Zone.
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What is a 10 point tiebreaker?

Also called super tiebreakers, 10-point match tiebreakers are sometimes used in lieu of a final set when a match becomes tied at one set all or, in the case of a best-of-five-sets match, two sets all. Specific rules must be followed, and the player or doubles team who wins the super tiebreaker wins the match.
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Who has won 20 Grand Slam titles tied with two other for most time?

Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles (tied with Novak Djokovic) second only to Rafael Nadal and has reached a joint-record 31 Grand Slam finals (10 consecutive, and another 8 consecutive – the two longest streaks in history), 46 semifinal appearances, and 58 quarterfinal appearances.
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Has anyone won all 4 Grand Slams a year?

Only five players in history have won all four Grand Slams in the same year, and the last to do it was Steffi Graf in 1988. The only men to achieve the feat are Don Budge (in 1938) and Rod Laver (in 1962 and 1969). The pressure on Djokovic at the US Open when he tries to complete the set for the year will be immense.
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Rivalling Wimbledon's greatest tie-break?



Which is the hardest Grand Slam to win?

The toughest major to win is the French Open. Toughest physically and tons of tough clay court specialists, especially from Europe and South America who consider Roland Garros as the most prestigious tournament.
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Is there a tie break in 5th set?

In the US Open, a tiebreak is played in the deciding set (fifth set for the men, third set for the women) at 6 all. Since 2019, in Wimbledon, a tiebreak is played if the score reaches 12 all in the final set.
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Who serves first in a tiebreak?

Tiebreaks follow the sequence of play established in the set, so whoever is due to serve next at the end of game twelve, serves first in the tiebreak.
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Who serves first in a match tiebreak?

At the beginning of the tiebreaker, the first point is served by the player who received in the previous game. The serve happens and is done from the deuce court (the right side of the center mark). However, they only serve the first point, and the opponent serves the next two.
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Who is the greatest tennis player of all time?

Roger Federer

There was a time when Roger Federer was miles ahead of the competition. We had absolutely no doubt in our mind that we were watching the greatest tennis player of all time. At the tennisbros.com we love Roger Federer, and he's held onto the number one spot in this list for a very long time.
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Has there ever been a draw in tennis?

In tennis, a "draw" is a schedule (or order) of matches to be played in a tournament. The draw is often determined by a literal draw of names at a draw ceremony.
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What is the longest match in Grand Slam history?

The match was between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, and it lasted a jaw-dropping five hours and 53 minutes – the longest Grand Slam final of all time. Two tennis players many put in the conversation for greatest of all time, Djokovic sat atop the ATP rankings and Nadal was right behind him at No. 2.
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Who started the second set in tennis?

The player or team who was receiving in the last game of the first set will serve first in the second set. In other words, the alternating of serves continues in the same manner.
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Who serves first US Open?

There is no such rule that establishes who serves first in a tennis match. In professional tournaments, the umpire performs a coin toss, and the winner of the coin toss decides if he or she wants to serve or receive first.
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What happens if the score is 6 6 in tennis?

In a tiebreak set, a player or team needs to win six games wins a set. If the score gets to 5-5 (5-all), one player must win the next two games to win the set. If the score reaches 6-6 (6-all) in the set, a tiebreak game is played.
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Are there tiebreakers in Grand Slams?

The Grand Slam Board announced Wednesday that beginning in May with the French Open, all four major tournaments will put in place a tiebreaker at 6-6 in decisive sets: the third set in women's singles matches and the fifth set in men's singles.
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Are all Grand Slams 5 sets?

In Grand Slams (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open), men play best-of-five sets, which means that players need to win 3 sets to win the match.
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Does the French Open Use tie-break?

The French Open, which begins on May 22 at Roland Garros, is currently the only major which does not have a final set tiebreak, with matches continuing until a player secures a two-game lead in the decider.
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Which tennis Open is hardest?

Between the devilish surface and having to beat the greatest of all time, the French Open is by far the hardest grand slam to win.
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What's the fastest tennis surface?

This is the fastest surface used in tennis and is what Wimbledon is played on. The balls skid off the court more and bounce lower. This is Federer's favourite surface as it suits his attacking game (he prefers to play shorter points and finish them with volleys at the net).
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Who is the only player to have won the Golden Slam?

What is the Golden Slam? Steffi Graf is the only player to win the Golden Slam. She did so in 1988 when she added gold at the Seoul Olympics to her trophy case, alongside the four tennis majors that year.
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