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Tennis Handicaps Explained This should
help you to understand the mysteries of the handicapping system used for
handicapped matches and tournaments.
Players or pairs are given a handicap rating which is classed as either
an 'owe' or a 'receive' amount. The best player will have the highest
owe handicap e.g.
Owe 30.2 . The lowest standard player will have the
highest receive handicap e.g. Receive 30.1 .
If they played each other, then in most games the better player would
start on owe 30 , that is minus 30 ; they would need to
win 2 points to reach love . The other player would start on 30 as if
they had already won 2 points. The .1 and .2
are fractional, only affecting selected games , as explained next.
.1 , .2 , .3 etc mean
that 15 is owed or received in 1 , 2 , or 3 out of 6 games etc. For
example, Receive 15.1 means that the player receives 15
in every game except one out of every 6, when they receive 30. Each
sequence of 6 games follows the same pattern and it restarts with every
new Set.
To look at it another way .1 represents 1/6 of 15 and
.5 is 5/6 of 15.
If the players both receive or both owe then the handicaps cancel (the
smaller is subtracted from the larger). e.g. Player A is on Receive
15.3 and Player B is on Receive .4 this results
in Player A receiving .5 .
The following table shows the games in each six to which the fractional
handicaps apply:
Odds Received
| H'cap |
1st game |
2nd game |
3rd game |
4th game |
5th game |
6th game |
| .1 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
_ |
_ |
_ |
| .2 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
_ |
| .3 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
| .4 |
15 |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
| .5 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
_ |
15 |
Odds Owed
| H'cap |
1st game |
2nd game |
3rd game |
4th game |
5th game |
6th game |
| .1 |
_ |
_ |
_ |
_ |
15 |
_ |
| .2 |
_ |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
| .3 |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
| .4 |
15 |
_ |
15 |
_ |
15 |
15 |
| .5 |
15 |
_ |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
It is wise to work out the effect of the handicaps and agree it before
starting the game.
Good Luck!
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