Whether you love playing tennis or just watching annual tournaments like Wimbledon and the French Open, you'll want to learn some French vocabulary related to tennis.
le tennis tennis
(le tournoi de) Roland Garros, les Internationaux de France French Open
(le tournoi de tennis de) Wimbledon Wimbledon
simple messieurs men's singles
simple dames women's singles
double messieurs men's doubles
double dames women's doubles
People and Players
un arbitre referee
une invitation wild card
un joueur de tennis tennis player
un juge de ligne line judge
le serveur server
le ramasseur de balles ball boy
Courts and Equipment
la balle de tennis tennis ball
le carré de service service box
le choix de côtés choice of sides
le choix de service choice of service
le court court
le court de terre battue clay court
le court en dur hard court
le court en gazon grass court
le filet net
la ligne de fond baseline
la ligne de service service line
la raquette tennis racket
Serves and Shots
un ace ace
un amorti drop shot
la balle de service service ball
un coup stroke
le coup droit forehand
la deuxième balle second serve
une double faute double fault
une faute fault, error, out
un let let
le lift topspin
un lob lob
le revers backhand
le revers à deux mains two-handed backhand
le service service, serve
le slice slice
un smash smash
la volée volley
Scoring
rien, zéro love
quinze fifteen
trente thirty
quarante forty
partout / quinze partout all / fifteen all
égalité deuce
avantage service ad-in, advantage in
avantage dehors ad-out, advantage out
la balle de break break point
la balle de jeu game point
la balle de match match point
la balle de set set point
une décision call
le jeu game
un jeu décisif tie-breaker
jeu, set, match game, set, match
le match match
out out
le set set
sur la ligne on the line
Verbs
donner de l'effet (à une balle) to put spin (on a ball)
être au service to have the service, to be serving
frapper to hit
prendre le service de quelqu'un to break someone's serve
servir to serve
tenir le score to keep the score
French Tennis Vocabulary
French vocabulary related to tennis, Wimbledon, and the French Open
By Laura K. Lawless, About.com Guide
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