Tennis vocabulary in French
A useful French vocabulary list about the wonderful sport of tennis!
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| le tennis | | tennis |
| un joueur de tennis | | a male tennis player |
| un tennisman | | a male tennis player |
| une joueuse de tennis | | a female tennis player |
| un court de tennis | | a tennis court |
| une raquette (de tennis) | | a tennis racket |
| une balle (de tennis) | | a (tennis) ball |
| le filet | | net |
| le poteau | | the post |
| les lignes | | the lines |
| le carré de service | | service box |
| un match de tennis | | a tennis match |
| un tournoi | | tournament |
| sur terre battue | | on a clay court |
| sur gazon | | on a grass court |
| sur surface dure | | on a hard court |
| sur surface synthétique | | on a hard court |
| le service | | the serve |
| prendre le service | | to break the service |
| faire un ace | | to serve an ace |
| une balle de match | | a match point |
| un set | | a set |
| une balle de set | | a set point |
| un coup droit | | forehand stroke |
| un coup gagnant | | a winning shot |
| égalité | | deuce |
| un rebond | | a bound |
| rebondir | | to bounce back |
| un revers | | a backhand |
| un amorti | | a drop shot |
| une volée | | a volley |
| un arbitre de chaise | | chair umpire |
| un avertissement | | a warning |
| Faute ! | | Out! (tennis) |
| Jeu, set et match ! | | Game, set and match! |
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