Why tennis score start with 15 then 30, 40 instead of 1,2,3 ?
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It has to do with the clock. 15 minutes,30 minutes and instead of 45 minutes which is a odd figure ; it is said 40; and at the end of the game 60 means 0 hour or game. So the sequence is 15 , 30 , 40 , game. Love means 0 and deuce is double 0 or 00.Advantage maverick, your service sir!
Edit-: The answer of 'vector4tfc' has substance in it but still the counting has origin in the answer given by me as it is published in some sports book long ago.
Cause thats how it is?
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I believe it is so that when the game score is called out, it cannot be confused with the set score. The reason being that the set score is much lower (6-5). If you call out the score (30-15) it cannot be confused with the set score.More Questions & Answers...