ELITE LEVEL MATCH CHARTING SAMPLE QUESTIONS

1.  In a match between Player A and Player B, Player A hit a shot that bounced inside of the court on Player B’s side of the net.  Player B had plenty of time to get to the ball and set up and take a swing at it before it bounced a second time, but she ended up hitting the ball wide of the court on Player A’s side of the net.  For this scenario, did Player B hit (a) a “winner”, or (b) a “forcing shot”, or (c) an “unforced error”,  or (d) a “forced error”?

2.  In a tennis rally (which would which would either be diagrammed or shown in a video in the actual certification exam) during a game of a particular tennis match, Player A hit a forehand shot from just beyond the center of the baseline.  His shot landed inside the court on Player B’s side of the net, about two feet inside the baseline near the center of the court.  Player B had plenty of time to get to the ball and set up for her shot before the ball bounced a second time.

What term correctly describes the STROKE of the shot that Player A hit?

3.  In a tennis rally (which would which would be diagrammed or shown in a video in the actual certification exam) during a game of a particular tennis match, Player A hit a forehand shot from just beyond the center of the baseline.  His shot landed inside the court on Player B’s side of the net, deep in the deuce corner. Player B, a left-hander, was unable to get to the ball before it bounced a second time.

What term correctly describes the EFFECT of the shot that Player A hit?  

4.  In a tennis rally (which would which would be diagrammed or shown in a video in the actual certification exam) during a game of a particular tennis match, Player A hit a forehand shot from just beyond the center of the baseline.  His shot landed inside the court on Player B’s side of the net, deep in the deuce corner. Player B, a left-hander, was unable to get to the ball before it bounced a second time.

Into which TARGET AREA did Player A’s last shot land?

A game of a particular tennis match between Player A and Player B was charted as follows:

PLAYER A                                 PLAYER B

+W/F/3

+X/F/4

                                                  +W/O/5

-U/B/3L

                                                  -U/FV/N

S1T

5.  In the above charted game, what term correctly describes the EFFECT of the point-deciding shot that Player B hit in the third point?  

6.  In the above charted game, what term correctly describes the STROKE of the point-deciding shot that Player A hit in the second point?  

7.  In the above charted game, where did the last shot of the fourth point land?

8.  In the above charted game, how many service winners did Player A hit?

9.  In the above charted game, how many service winners did Player B hit?

10. In the above charted game, who won the fourth point and what was the STROKE of the point-deciding shot?

12.  In the above charted game, how many good point-deciding backhand shots did each player hit?

13.  In the above charted game, who won the game?

14.  In the above charted game, from which side (ad side or deuce side) of the court was the last point of the game served?