SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 23 September 2025, Shift 3 · General Awareness · Question 9 of 100

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In a Grand Slam men's singles match, when is a fifth set tiebreak played under current rules?

(a)Only after 12–12 games in the fifth set
(b)At 6–6 in the fifth set
(c)No tiebreak is allowed in the fifth set
(d)After 10–10 in the fifth set

Answer

Why

Correct — B. Since 2022, all four Grand Slams settle the deciding set the same way: at 6–6, a 10-point tiebreak, first to 10 points with a two-point margin.

In men's singles the deciding set is the fifth, so the tiebreak comes at 6–6 in the fifth set → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Only after 12–12 games in the fifth set — 12–12 was Wimbledon's final-set rule from 2019. It was replaced when all four Slams moved to 6–6 in 2022.
(c)
No tiebreak is allowed in the fifth set — Advantage final sets with no tiebreak were the French Open's rule until 2022, and Wimbledon's and the Australian Open's before 2019. Every Slam now has one.
(d)
After 10–10 in the fifth set — The 10 in today's rule counts points inside the tiebreak, not games in the set. The tiebreak itself starts at 6–6.

Concept

Until 2022 the four Grand Slams ended a deciding set four different ways.

US Open: a final-set tiebreak since 1970.
Australian Open: a 10-point tiebreak at 6–6 from 2019.
Wimbledon: a tiebreak at 12–12 from 2019.
French Open: no tiebreak, an advantage set.

In 2022 all four moved to a 10-point tiebreak at 6–6.

The rule applies to the deciding set, so women's singles, played best of three, reach it in the third set.

Key facts

Since 2022: a 10-point tiebreak at 6–6 in the final set at all four Grand Slams.
Wimbledon 2019–2021: a final-set tiebreak only at 12–12.
The US Open has used final-set tiebreaks since 1970.
The French Open adopted a final-set tiebreak in 2022.

Study next

Tennis scoring terms: deuce, advantage and loveThe four Grand Slams: venues and playing surfacesTiebreak formats: the 7-point game and the 10-point tiebreak

Common traps

Picking 12–12 from memory of Wimbledon's 2019 change. That rule was replaced in 2022.
Reading the '10' of the 10-point tiebreak as 10 games.

A rule that changed recently is asked with its superseded versions as the distractors, so learn the year of the change along with the rule.

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