Tennis has put an end to endless matches. Grand Slams will now have a single ending

A big, surprising, but rather welcome news was introduced by the joint Grand Slams management on Wednesday morning. Until now, each tournament had different match endings, but now it will be unified at each Big Four tournament.

Until now, the following rules have applied. At the Australian Open, the deciding set went to a super tiebreak at 6:6, at Rolland Garros a two-game difference was required. At Wimbledon, a classic tiebreak was played at 12:12, at the US Open the tiebreak was played at 6:6.

However, the inconsistent rules were quite confusing for players and fans. The new “Australian Open rule” will apply at every Grand Slam, so matches will go to a supertiebreak at 6:6 in the deciding set.

This rule will be in test mode this year, so we will see it at Rolland Garros, Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open in January 2023.

After the trial period, the Grand Slams management will evaluate the effectiveness of the single rule and decide whether it will continue to operate in this way.

The rule will start to apply in singles, doubles as well as in the junior categories and will also come into force in the qualifying phase.

Source: Rolland Garros, Wimbledon