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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A match between two players.

OBS

singles game: The correct terms are "singles match" or "singles." Oftentimes one hears "singles game" even though several "games" are required to make up a "match."

PHR

To compete in singles, to play in both singles and doubles, to win singles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Match disputé entre deux joueurs.

OBS

match de simple; match en simple : Au pluriel, on écrira des «matchs» ou des «matches» (de simple ou en simple).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

Debéis intentar el globo liftado, ya que en dobles exige mayor diagonal que en individual.

CONT

¿Puede el jugador que efectúa el saque, en un partido de individuales, colocarse en la parte de la línea de fondo, y detrás de ella, situada entre las líneas que delimitan lateralmente el campo para individuales y las que lo delimitan, asimismo lateralmente, para los partidos de dobles?

PHR

partidos individuales damas

Key term(s)
  • sencillos
  • individuales
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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Either the area close to the left sideline or the area close to the right sideline of a tennis court. Sometimes used to refer to the side from which a stroke is initiated, as in the phrase, "he is steady on both wings", i.e. he is consistent on both the backhand and on the forehand sides.

OBS

Warning: the term "side" is both generic and ambiguous in tennis. Depending on the perspective of the person using the term, it can either mean the area to the left or right of him, or the area on the other side of the net (=end). To avoid ambiguity, qualify the term "side" (the opposing side = el campo de su adversario) or use the term "wing", depending on the circumstance. Compare with "end".

CONT

[Seles] creamed the ball off both sides with the same old vengeance ....

CONT

It's his forehand side that can break down, but his opponent can fire from both wings very effectively.

CONT

That side is as solid as rock. She hit well on both sides.

CONT

You may feel you're leaving yourself unprotected on the flanks....

PHR

Backhand, forehand, open, strong, weak side.

PHR

To hit cleanly on both sides. To hit off both sides. To overload a side.

PHR

Side that cracks under pressure.

PHR

Backhand/forehand side has deserted him.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Terme générique pour désigner l'aire de jeu de long de la ligne de côté du simple ou du double sur un court de tennis.

CONT

Agrandissez la zone de tir du côté faible de l'opposant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

campo: término genérico.

CONT

Durante el saque, el jugador debe colocarse, alternativamente, en el lado derecho e izquierdo de su campo [...]

CONT

Casi ninguno de los principiantes, cuando comienzan a ejecutar movimientos por el drive y por el revés, observan esta especie de «miedo» a realizar la volea por el lado del revés [...]

CONT

¿Puede el jugador que efectúa el saque, en un partido de individuales, colocarse en la parte de la línea de fondo, y detrás de ella, situada entre las líneas que delimitan lateralmente el campo para individuales y las que lo delimitan, asimismo lateralmente, para los partidos de dobles?

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Record 3 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A match between two teams of two players each.

CONT

The term "doubles," as used in sports like tennis and badminton, refers to games with two players on each side.

OBS

Rallies can be shorter and quicker than in singles play because now there are more players on only a slightly larger playing surface.

OBS

The word "game" in the term "doubles game," does not imply a subunit of a "tennis match." In this context, "game" is being used synonymously with "match."

OBS

doubles: Term always used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[Partie disputée entre deux équipes formées] de deux joueurs ou de deux joueuses.

CONT

[...] deux joueurs disputent le double de deuxième jour, au meilleur des cinq matches.

CONT

Double junior, filles : DeVilliers-Jeffs battent Marariu-Varmuzova 6-3, 6-4.

CONT

Le tennis est un sport de raquette qui oppose deux joueurs (match de simple), sur un terrain restreint où l'on enlève les deux barres extérieures parallèles du court de tennis, ou deux équipes de deux joueurs (match de double) sur un terrain normal.

CONT

Les rencontres se composent de quatre matchs en simple et d'un match en double.

OBS

Pluriel : des matchs ou des matches.

OBS

matchs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée dans les Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

PHR

Jouer en double.

Key term(s)
  • jeu de doubles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

El doble. El objetivo primordial del juego de dobles es la posición de la red.

CONT

Treinta minutos después de [haber] terminado el partido de dobles por cuartos de final en Flushing Meadow [Nueva York], partido que jugó y ganó junto a Steffi Graf contra Garrison-McNeil [...]

CONT

¿Puede el jugador que efectúa el saque, en un partido de individuales, colocarse en la parte de la línea de fondo, y detrás de ella, situada entre las líneas que delimitan lateralmente el campo para individuales y las que lo delimitan, asimismo lateralmente, para los partidos de dobles?

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Record 4 2008-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Various Sports (General)
DEF

The round of an elimination tournament which precedes the semifinal round and in which 4 matches remain to be played.

CONT

The round in which only eight [players or teams] remain at the start is generally called the quarter-final round; this is followed by the semi-final round in which only four are left, the two winners of which then meet in the final, or championship round.

OBS

Usually used in the plural, except when used as an adjective (his quarter-final match).

Key term(s)
  • quarter finals
  • quarterfinals
  • quarter-finals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
CONT

En double, Lefebvre et son partenaire Eric Godin s'arrêtaient aux quarts de finale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
  • Deportes diversos (Generalidades)
CONT

Treinta minutos después de terminar el partido de dobles por cuartos de final en Flushing Meadow [Nueva York], partido que jugó y ganó junto a Steffi Graf contra Garrison-McNeil.

PHR

alcanzar los cuartos de final.

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