Did You Know???
There are 2 theories behind the game scoring in Tennis.
1st Theory: Clock Face used on the court. A quarter move of the hand was used to indicate the score.
15, 30, & 45. When the head moved to 60, the game was over.
In order for the game to be not won by a one-point different the idea of "deuce" was introduced.
To make the score stay within 60 ticks on the clock face, the 45 was changed to 40.
After the first deuce point was won the player received 10 points to become 50 and one more point to make it 60. If the second point is lost then go back to Deuce.
2nd Theory: Medieval Numerology The number 60 was considered to be a "good" or "complete" number similar to "100" which is a nice number today. Based on the medieval version of tennis, the 4 points of 60: 15, 30, 45 (abbreviate to 40) and 60. It is not clearly known why the 45 was set back to 40.
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