double fault

noun

: two consecutive serving faults in tennis that result in the loss of a point
double-fault intransitive verb

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Badosa’s 10 double faults allowed Shnaider eight break point opportunities. San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2024 No Problem For Gauff Gauff played 10 winners and had 33 unforced errors, 11 of which were double faults, while Swiatek had 15 winners but struck 47 unforced errors. Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 Zheng attacked her second serve throughout, consigning Swiatek to winning just four of 15 points behind it, and teasing out double faults as the world No. 1 felt forced to go bigger. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024 This was a return to the nightmare of the Emma Navarro match at Flushing Meadows when Gauff coughed up 19 double faults. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double fault 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double fault was circa 1909

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“Double fault.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20fault. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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