match point
noun
: a situation (as in tennis) in which one player or side will win the match by winning the next point
also
: the point itself
Examples of match point in a Sentence
He won with an ace on his second match point.
He won with an ace on match point.
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Lortie clinched her team’s championship with a spike on match point moments after Venice’s No. 2 tandem of Catherine Campbell and Adelaide Groff completed their 21-10, 21-18 victory over Taft’s Francine Baltazar-Shine and Ionna Relorcasa one court over.
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Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Leon Rose watched in the first round of the playoffs as his team played a life-and-death series with a young and inexperienced Pistons team, one that felt as if both teams had match points in every single game.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Natick, however, does long for revenge after reaching match point (24-21) in the third set of its state semifinal loss to Newton North.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Keys rode the momentum into the next game, fizzing away a backhand winner and then drawing an error into the net from Sabalenka to bring up two match points.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
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Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Leon Rose watched in the first round of the playoffs as his team played a life-and-death series with a young and inexperienced Pistons team, one that felt as if both teams had match points in every single game.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
Natick, however, does long for revenge after reaching match point (24-21) in the third set of its state semifinal loss to Newton North.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Keys rode the momentum into the next game, fizzing away a backhand winner and then drawing an error into the net from Sabalenka to bring up two match points.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for match point
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“Match point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/match%20point. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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