Keeping Score inBeach Tennis.
The manual way, and the one-tap way. so the game never stops while you argue about whose serve it is.
Scoring a Match, Step by Step.
- Decide the first server and ends. A quick spin or toss. one team serves first, the other picks an end.
- Score each point 15, 30, 40, game. remembering it is no-ad, so 40-40 is decided by the next point.
- Pass serve each game, alternating the server within a doubles pair across your team's service games.
- Change ends after odd total games (1, 3, 5, ...) so sun and wind stay fair.
- In the tie-break, follow Rule 8b. serve alternates every two points after the first. This is where most hand-scored games go wrong.
The Problem With Doing It In Your Head
Between rallies, in the sun, with friends chatting. it is genuinely hard to hold serve order, the score, and the next ends change at once. Paper helps a little; a generic tennis app gets the beach tennis nuances (no-ad, the match tie-break, Rule 8b) wrong.
The One-Tap Way
BeachTennisRef.App handles all of it. You tap who won the point; it advances the score, rotates serve, runs the tie-break, prompts ends changes, and shows whose serve it is. It works offline on any phone, lets you undo any mistake, and gives spectators a live link to follow along. Compare it to the alternatives in our beach tennis apps roundup.
Common Questions.
Use a dedicated app. BeachTennisRef.App tracks serve, score, sets, the tie-break and ends changes automatically, so you only tap who won each point. It works offline and on any phone.
No. The app knows whose serve it is each point, including the tie-break's Rule 8b alternation, and shows it on the court view.
Yes. Every action. a point, a let, the first-server pick. is undoable with one tap, so a mis-tap never derails the game.
Let the App Keep Score.
Tap the winner of each point. serve, sets, the tie-break, and ends changes take care of themselves.
First matches free. Any device. No install.