Think you're an "ace" when it comes to tennis rules and etiquette? Try this short quiz and see how well you do (answers and cites to relevant authority are included).

1. Tennis Rules Pop Quiz
Go ahead, test yourself to see how well
you know the rules!

2. #1 What’s the first thing you should do
when you and your opponent lose track of
the score in a game?
(a) Go back and start the game over
(b) Go back and replay only the point in question
(c) Flip a coin to decide whose version of the score wins

3. The Answer is…
(b) Go back and replay only the point in question
Code 32

4. #2 You call a ball out, but as you hit it
back, you realize it was good. What do you
do?
(a) You correct the call and lose the point
(b) You correct the call and play a let
(c) You keep quiet and claim the point

5. The Answer Is…
(a) You correct the call and lose the point
Code 12

6. #3 I hit a great dropshot and believe the
ball bounced twice before my opponent hit
it back. My opponent disagrees. Whose
call is it?
(a) It is your opponent’s call
(b) It is your call
(c) Both players must mutually agree on the call

7. The Answer Is…
(a) It is your opponent’s call
Code 19

8. #4 Who is supposed to call the game
score before each point?
(a) The receiver
(b) The server
(c) The higher ranked player

9. The Answer Is…
(b) The server
Code 31

10. #5 A spectator is allowed to make a
call on a shot hit in a match when:
(a) A player specifically asks for help
(b) The players disagree over a call
(c) Never

11. The Answer Is…
(c) Never
Code 16

12. #6 Player A hits a shot to Player B that
appears to go through a hole in the net.
Whose call is it?
(a) Player A
(b) Player B
(c) Neither, they should play a let

13. The Answer Is…
(b) Player B
Code 20

14. #7 Player A is not sure of a call at her end
of the court and asks her opponent, Player
B, for her opinion. Player B says the ball
was good. What must Player A do now?
(a) Accept Player B’s call
(b) Call for an official
(c) Do whatever she wants, it is still her call to make

15. The Answer Is…
(a) Accept Player B’s call
Code 11

16. #8 When a ball from another court rolls
onto your court during a point in a singles
match, who can call a let?
(a) Only the player closest to the ball
(b) Neither player, only officials can call lets
(c) Either player can call a let as soon they see the ball

17. The Answer Is…
(c) Either player can call a let as soon they see the
ball
Code 18

18. #9 In a doubles match, who can call a
service let?
(a) The receiver
(b) The receiver’s partner
(c) Any of the four players on the court

19. The Answer Is…
(c) Any of the four players on the court
Code 27

20. #10 Player A’s hat falls off onto the court
during a point. Can someone call a let?
(a) Yes, but only Player A’s opponent may call a let
(b) Yes, but only Player A may call a let
(c) No, no one may call a let in this situation

21. The Answer Is…
(a) Yes, but only Player A’s opponent may call a let
Code 36

22. How Did You Do?
• All 10 correct You are a tennis rules guru!
• 8-9 correct Nice work, you’re an ace!
• 6-7 correct Not bad, but you can do better
• 5 or less correct Double fault, study up and try
again