match point

See also: matchpoint

English

Noun

match point (plural match points)

1. (sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.

   He made it to match point three times and still lost, but you can't come much closer than that.

Translations

state in a game

• Catalan: punt de partit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賽點／赛点 (zh) (sàidiǎn)

• Danish: matchbold c
• Finnish: ottelupallo (fi)
• French: balle de match (fr) f
• German: Matchball (de) m
• Polish: meczbol m, piłka meczowa f
• Romanian: minge de meci f, punct de meci n
• Swedish: matchboll (sv) c

See also

• break point
• match
• set point

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English match point.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmat͡ʃ ˈpoint/ [ˌmat͡ʃ ˈpõĩn̪t̪]

Noun

match point m (plural match points)

1. (tennis) match point

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.