In a tennis match, the number of games can vary depending on the scoring format. For men's singles and doubles, the match is typically best of five sets, while for women's singles and doubles, it is usually best of three sets. Each set is won by the player who reaches six games first, but if the score is tied at five games apiece, a tiebreak is played to determine the winner of that set. A tiebreak is a sequence of points played until one player has won seven points with a margin of two points over the other. Using the information provided, we can say that a set can have as few as six games or as many as potentially more than a dozen if a tiebreak is required. Therefore, for men, a match could theoretically have a minimum of 18 games (3 sets of 6 games each) and a maximum of 81 games (5 sets with a tiebreak in each, which would be 12 games per set including the tiebreak). For women, the minimum would be 9 games (3 sets of 3 games each) and the maximum would be 39 games (3 sets with a tiebreak in each, which would be 13 games per set including the tiebreak). read more >>

The maximum number of sets in a match is five for men and three for women. Usually the first player to win six games wins a set but if the score becomes five-games-all, one player must be two games ahead to win the set. So a player must win the set 7-5 or 8-6 or 9-7 and so on.read more >>