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• a variation of setpoint.

set point

American  

noun

1. Tennis. the point that if won would enable the scorer or their side to win the set.

2. setpoint.

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set point British  

noun

1. tennis squash badminton a point that would enable one side to win a set

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Etymology

Origin of set point

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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set point

Cobolli could not serve the fourth set out at 5-4 up and blew his first set point in the tie-break by framing a simple forehand volley, but recovered to force a decider.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

Rybakina looked in the zone and wrapped up the set in 37 minutes on her first set point when Sabalenka fired long.

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

“In every match,” he liked to tell his coach at USC, “I’m always going to save one set point and I’m always going to save one match point.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

The two players went to a first-set tiebreak, where the Hungarian edged in front and held his nerve on his second set point.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

Paper cones are set point downward in the ground, and baited with a few corn kernels; then some bird-lime is smeared around the insides.

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes