Editorial guides
Read the match more clearly
These guides explain the terms and numbers that appear in tennis results. They are prepared by Owncourt Editorial Desk and are separate from our automated match reports.
How to read a tennis score
A practical guide to games, sets, tiebreaks and match scorelines.
Qualifying and the main draw
How qualifying results differ from main-draw results, and what a round label can establish.
How to interpret tennis match statistics
What match statistics can show and why their definitions and denominators matter.