when do you get a tiebreaker in tennis
At a score of 6 -- 6, a set is often determined by one more game called a "twelve point tiebreaker". Only one more game is played to determine the winner of the set; the score of the set is always 7 -- 6 (or 6 -- 7). Points are counted using ordinary numbering. The set is decided by the player who wins at least seven points in the tiebreak but also has two points more than his or her opponent. For example, if the score is 6 points to 5 points and the player with 6 points wins the next point, he or she wins the tiebreak and the set. If the player with 5 points wins the point, the tiebreak continues and cannot be won on the next point, since no player will be two points better. In the scoring of the set, sometimes the tiebreak points are included as well as the game count, for example 7 -- 6. Another way of listing the score of the tiebreak is to list only the loser's points. For example, if the set score is listed as 7 -- 6, the tiebreak score was 10 -- 8 (since 8 is the loser's points, and the winner must win by two points). Similarly, 7 -- 6 means the tiebreak score was 7 -- 3.