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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

The 23-year-old gave out a scream and fist pump as she held to go into a 6-5 lead before taking her second set point in the next game.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

With Chang a vocal presence, Tien regathered in the fourth and had a set point at 6-5, only for Zverev to dig himself out of trouble and force the tiebreak.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Anisimova was slowly gaining the ascendancy and after a hold to love she made her move as Wang was serving to stay alive, earning a set point.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 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

To such as have been initiated into the higher mysteries of woodcraft from their earliest years, a due course to any set point of the compass is second nature.

From The Fiery Totem A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West by Saxby, C. F. Argyll