Game Point

A game point occurs in tennis whenever the player who is in the lead in the game (the smallest unit of play) needs only one more point to win the game. The terminology is extended to sets (set point), matches (match point), and even championships (championship point). A break point occurs if the returner, not the server, has a game point. It is of importance in professionals since service breaks happen less frequently.

It may happen that the course of play has been such that the player who is in the lead in the game has more than one chance to score the winning point, even if their opponent should take the first point(s); this circumstance is called double game point (double set point, etc) and triple game point, as the case might be. Should the player in the lead take any one of those points, they win the game (set, etc).