Service Fault

A service fault is an invalid serve that does not count as a good delivery. In beach tennis, service faults per ITF Beach Tennis Rules Rule 7 include: the ball landing outside the service box, the ball hitting the net and not landing in the correct service box, the server foot-faulting, the server touching the court with their foot before striking the ball, or the ball not being struck cleanly. A single fault means the server has one more attempt. Two consecutive faults (a double fault) result in the point going to the receiver.

Ruleset: ITF  |  Rule Reference: ITF Beach Tennis Rules, Rule 7 (The Service)