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Clip The Line: A shot in which some part of the ball lands on the line.

Closed Stance: Hitting the ball with the body facing between parallel to the baseline and backturned to the opponent; a classic technique.

Code Violation: On the atp tour and on the wta tour, occurs when a player commits a violation such as voicing an obscenity or hitting a ball into the stands (not during the point). The first violation resul . . . View Full Definition

Counterpuncher: A defensive baseliner. See tennis strategy

Court: The area designated for playing a game of tennis

Cross-Over: A player crossing the net into the opponent's court. It can either be done in a friendly fashion, or done maliciously thereby invoking code violation. The latter sporadically happens when it . . . View Full Definition

Crosscourt: Hitting the ball diagonally into the opponent's court

Cyclops: A device used on centre court[where?] To detect if a serve lands long past the service line. The device emits an audible noise when the serve is long.

Davis Cup: An international, annual men's tennis competition in which teams from participating countries compete in a single elimination format with matches occurring at several intervals during the year

Dead Net: A situation when a player scores by inadvertently hitting the ball in such a way that it touches the upper cord of the net and rolls over to the other side; the player is said to have 'gotte . . . View Full Definition

Dead Rubber: Refers to a davis cup match which is played after the victor of the tie has already been decided. Dead rubbers may or may not be played depending on the coaches agreement to do so and are us . . . View Full Definition

Deep: A shot that lands near the baseline, as opposed to near the net

Default: A disqualification of a player in a match by the chair umpire, after the player received four code violations warnings, generally for his/her conduct on court

Deuce: The score 40-40 in a game. A player must win two consecutive points from a deuce before winning the game. See advantage

Deuce Court: The right side of the court of each player

Dink: Hitting a shot with no pace, most of the time hit close to the net

Dirtballer: A colloquial term for a clay court specialist

Double Bagel: Two sets won to love: see bagel

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