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You lose the point if your shot lands outside the lines.You lose the point if you fail to return an opponent’s good shot before the second bounce.On any other shot in the game, however, if the ball touches the net and lands in, it remains in play. If a served ball touches the net but lands in, it is replayed because the net interfered. The net is defined as being the net, centre strap and metal cable between, but not including the netposts or singles sticks.In doubles, the receiver’s partner may not touch the served ball. The receiver must let the serve bounce before touching it.

The server may not serve before the receiver is ready. The server may serve underhand, but he or she may not bounce the ball before hitting it. The server may stop the serve by catching the ball and starting over. The serve is a fault if the server swings and misses the ball. The server gets two chances to hit a good serve.He or she must serve from a stationary position behind the baseline, between the centre mark and sideline - the singles sideline for singles and the doubles sideline for doubles. The server must serve diagonally into the service box across the court.You may win the toss but give your opponent the choice of serve/receive or sides. The choice not taken is made by the loser of the coin toss. Whoever wins the toss gets to choose who will serve first or which side of the net the players will take.A PDF file of Tennis Canada’s – “Rules of the Court” can be downloaded here.