170 French Tennis Phrases

Full French tennis vocabulary listing – French/English vocabulary on all tennis strokes, tools, tournaments, expressions…

I’m a giant fan of tennis myself and in addition play about 2 to 4 occasions every week, so I hear these French tennis phrases on a regular basis (though those about me main within the rating not as usually as I wanted!).

I’ll hold including to this bilingual French tennis vocabulary listing as extra of them come up.
Be happy to recommend new ones within the feedback under.

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Let’s begin by a French pronunciation be aware: though many closing “s” in French are silent, the “s” of “tennis” is pronounced.

Tennis Match Names in French

1. Males’s singles match = un easy messieurs
2. Ladies’s singles match = un easy dames
3. Males’s doubles match = un double messieurs
4. Ladies’s doubles match = un double dames
5. Mixte doubles match = un double mixte
6. Junior = junior
7. Senior = senior
8. 3 set match = match en trois units (gagnants)

Primary Tennis Match Names in French

1. A match = le tournoi
2. The French Open = Le tournoi de Roland Garros (or most frequently simply “Roland Garros” and even “Roland” for the hip or tennis gamers)
3. Wimbledon = le tournoi de Wimbledon or simply “Wimbledon” as in “il vient de remporter Wimbledon” (he simply received the Wimbledon match)
4. US Open = le tournoi de l’US open or simply “l’US open” – pronounce: “lu-ès” open
5. Australian Open = l’Open d’Australie
6. The Davis Cup = la Coupe Davis
7. A Grand Slam® match = un tournoi du Grand Chelem
8. A grand slam = un Grand Chelem
9. A grand slam + gold olympic medal = un Grand Chelem doré

Tennis Match French Vocabulary

1. First week = La première semaine
2. Second week = La deuxième semaine
3. Qualifying rounds = les qualificatifs
4. 1st spherical = le premier tour
5. 2nd spherical = le deuxième tour
6. third spherical = le troisième tour
7. Spherical of 16= les huitièmes (f) de finale
8. Quarter Finals = les quarts (m) de finale
9. Semi-Finals = les demi-finale (f)
10. Closing = la finale
11. Spherical robin = une poule (sure, the robin turns into a hen!)
12. The cup = la coupe
13. The trophy = le trophée
14. Wild card = une invitation
15. Championship = le championnat
16. A prestigious match = un tournoi prestigieux
17. The circuit = le circuit
18. The draw = le tableau
19. Random draw = un tirage au kind
20. A ball change = le changement de balles
21. Official match ball = une balle homologué

Tennis Gamers and Group French Vocabulary

1. A participant = un joueur/ une joueuse
2. A doubles’ pair = une paire de double
3. An opponent = un adversaire
4. A group = une équipe
5. A mixte group = une équipe mixte
6. A group captain = le capitaine de l’équipe
7. A coach = un entraineur
8. A nationwide group = une équipe nationale
9. French Tennis Federation = La FFT, La Fédération Française de Tennis
10. Wheelchair Tennis = tennis en fauteuil roulant / tennis handisport / paratennis / tennis-fauteuil
11. A wheelchair = le fauteuil roulant
12. Heart courtroom = le courtroom central, or simply, le central

Tennis Match phases

1. Coaching = l’entraînement
2. Heat-up = l’échauffement
3. A tennis match = un match de tennis, une partie de tennis
4. A pleasant tennis match = un match de tennis amical
5. An exhibition recreation = un match d’exhibition
6. A rained-out recreation = un match arrêté pour trigger de pluie, un match interrompu par la pluie
7. A defeat / loss = une défaite
8. The successful match = le match gagnant
9. The dropping match = le match perdant
10. The winner = le gagnant
11. The loser = le perdant
12. The cup ceremony = une (cérémonie de) remise de coupe

French Phrases for Tennis Officers

1. Line choose = le juge de ligne
2. The umpire = l’arbitre de chaise/juge de chaise
3. The match choose = le juge-arbitre
4. Ballboy/ballgirl = un ramasseur de balles

Tennis Recreation Scoring in French

0-15 = zero quinze

15 – 15 = Quinze A (most frequently) or typically Quinze partout

30 – 15 = Trente quinze

Deuce/40 – 40 = “égalité”
In ‘actual’ tournaments, the primary time gamers hit the deuce, the choose will as a substitute say “Quarante A “ after which when gamers hit the deuce in the identical recreation once more, the choose will then say “égalité””

(I don’t know why. I’ve seemed in all places and requested many tennis membership members and no-one has a sound and verifiable reply… perhaps it simply sounds ‘extra logical’ – like there’s something logical in tennis scoring 😉

A – 40, Advert in, benefit in =

1. Avantage service (when gamers name their very own scores)
2. or/ Avantage Federer (when a choose calls rating in main matches)
3. or/ Avantage Paimpol (when a choose calls rating on an intercity/city/membership match)

40 – A, advert out, benefit out = Avantage dehors (when gamers name their very own scores) or/ as above

Extra Tennis Scoring French Vocabulary

1. Tie break = un tie break or un jeu décisif
2. A recreation with no rating from the opponent = un jeu blanc
3. Federer leads 4 video games to 2 = Federer mène quatre jeux à deux
4. Federer leads 2 units to 1 = Federer mène deux manches à une or/ Federer mène deux units à un (relying on the choose)
5. Federer is the primary seed = Federer est tête de série numéro un
6. Federer is serving = Federer (est) au service
7. Federer is receiving = Federer (est) à la relance
8. To interrupt serve = prendre le service
9. A non-scoring recreation/a shutout = un jeu blanc
10. Fist recreation = Premier jeu
11. First , second, third, fourth, fifth set = la première, seconde, troisième, quatrième, cinquième manche or/ le premier, second, troisième, quatrième, cinquième set
12. Recreation, set and match = Jeu, set et match
13. Break level = une balle de break
14. Set level = une balle de set
15. Recreation level = une balle de jeu
16. Match level = une balle de match
17. Deciding level = un level décisif
18. A aspect change = le changement de côté

French Tennis Calls

1. Foot fault = une faute de pied
2. Let = Filet or Let (though some folks in France will typically say “Web” as a substitute)
3. Out (as screamed by the road judges) = faute
4. Double fault = une double faute
5. An insult = une insulte
6. Break your racket = casser sa raquette
7. A warning = un avertissement
8. Unsportsmanlike conduct warning = un avertissement pour comportement anti-sportif
9. Level deduction = un level de pénalité
10. A bounce = un rebond
11. An unpredictable bounce = un fake rebond
12. Double bounce = un double rebond
13. “Time” (umpire letting gamers know to start out enjoying once more) = reprise

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Tennis Gear/Amenities in French

The Tennis Courtroom in French

1. A courtroom = le courtroom (t silent) de tennis, le terrain de tennis
2. A grass courtroom = un courtroom en gazon
3. A clay courtroom = un courtroom de terre battue
4. A tough courtroom = un courtroom en dur/synthetique
5. The web = un filet
6. A web publish = un poteau
7. A web stick = un piquet
8. Strains = les lignes
9. Service field = le carré de service
10. The within line = l’interieur de la ligne
11. The surface line = l’exterieur de la ligne
12. Sideline = la ligne de côté
13. Service line = la ligne de service
14. The baseline = la ligne de fond (de cours)
15. The doubles lane/alley = le couloir de double

Tennis Racquet French Vocabulary

1. A racquet = une raquette (de tennis)
2. A ball = une balle
3. The strings = le cordage
4. The string stress = la stress (de cordage)
5. The string sample = le plan de cordage
6. A strung racquet = une raquette cordée
7. Unstrung weight = le poids non cordée
8. To interrupt a string = casser son cordage
9. Stability = le level d’équilibre
10. The racket head = le tamis
11. The racket grip = le manche
12. Stiffness = la rigidité (du cadre)
13. Over Grip = un surgrip
14. Substitute Grips = un grip de rechange
15. Vibration Dampener = un antivibrateur
16. A hammer grip = une prise marteau
17. A continental/chopper grip = une prise continentale

Others Tennis Gear French Vocabulary

1. A tennis bag = un sac de tennis
2. Racket compartment = le compartiment à raquettes
3. The bag deal with = la poignée
4. The bag strap = La bretelle
5. Stringing Machine = une machine à corder
6. A cap = une casquette
7. A scarf = un bandeau/ un bandana

Tennis Pictures in French

1. First serve = le premier service
2. Second serve = le second service
3. The (serve) return = le retour (de service)
4. Forehand = un coup droit
5. One-hand backend = un revers (à une foremost)
6. Two-handed backend = un revers (à deux mains)
7. A slice = un slice
8. A smash = un smash
9. A dropshot = une (balle) amortie
10. A lob = un lob
11. A volley = une volley
12. A half-volley = une demi-volley
13. Topspin = le raise
14. Sliced shot = (un coup) coupé – ex: un revers coupé)
15. Chop shot = (un coup) chopé
16. Ace = un ace
17. A serve = un service
18. A sliced serve = un service slicé ou coupé
19. A kick serve = un service kické
20. Shanked shot = un coup boisé
21. A lobbed shot = une chandelle
22. A passing shot = un passing
23. A successful server = un service gagnant
24. Winner = un coup gagnant
25. Unforced error = une faute directe
26. A cross-court backhand/forehand = un revers/coup droit croisé
27. A down the road backhand/forehand = un revers/coup droit lengthy de ligne

Frequent French Tennis Expressions

1. Tu m’as mis la paté (slang) = you actually beat me onerous
2. Remonter au rating = to catch up within the recreation/to scale back the opponent’s lead
3. Avoir 2 jeux d’avance = to be 2 video games forward
4. Etre le favori = to be the favourite to win
5. To forfeit = declarer forfait / être WO (Stroll Over)
6. Arroser son service = to hit your serve all over
7. Faire un bois = to shank the ball
8. Se prendre une bicyclette = to lose 6-0 6-0 (the zeros appear to be bicycle wheels) / bagel

Casual match/pleasant recreation Expressions

Frequent language between non-pro gamers on the courtroom.

1. Whose serve is it? = c’est à qui de servir ?
2. It’s my serve = (c’est) à moi de servir / mon service
3. What’s the rating? = ça fait combien ?
4. Who’s forward? = qui gagne ? qui mène ?
5. Good shot! = bien joué ! / belle balle ! / beau coup !
6. Do you need to take it over? = on la remet ? On remet ça ?
7. Was that in or out? = tu la vois dedans ou dehors ?
8. Broad! = à côté !
9. Lengthy! = longue !
10. That was in! = elle était bonne !
11. You deserved that time! = tu mérites le level !
12. This ball is lifeless / good (aka vigorous) = cette balle est morte / bonne
13. Let’s use my balls = on prend mes balles

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