How did the tennis score move from 45 to 40?

1 answer

Answer

1120696

2026-05-19 15:30

+ Follow

In the original versions of modern tennis, the points in tennis were thought to take about 15 seconds each, so the score went from zero to 15 to 30 to 45 and then "game". However, to keep the number of syllables the same between zero and game, the 3-syllable "45" was shortened to the 2-syllable "40".

ReportLike(0ShareFavorite

Copyright © 2026 eLLeNow.com All Rights Reserved.