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- Written by: Kevin Kirk
No-ad scoring has been a part of tennis for long time now. I'm not sure what it's original purpose was, other than to keep matches from going on forever. Now, it's used in the competitions I'm involved in when it's important to keep lots of matches progressing at the same rate. But it's certainly become a standard format even when time isn't an issue. All of the pro doubles tournaments use it (as well as the 10 point matchbreaker instead of a third set). It's the scoring system for college matches. And I think it's high time that we adopt it for high school tennis as well. It's already an option if both coaches agree. In the matches we've played that way, it has made little (probably no) difference in the outcome of the match or any individual line. I will continue to ask opponents if they'd like to use it, but I'd like to see it become the standard.
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