double fault

noun

The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.

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Meanings

noundouble fault (plural double faults)

plural double faults

  1. hobbiesThe missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.

    While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.

    2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport
  2. computingAn exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).

Translations

Catalan doble falta
  • doble faltamissing of both the first serve and second serve
Chinese Mandarin 雙誤 /双误
  • 雙誤 /双误 (shuāngwù)missing of both the first serve and second serve
Czech dvojchyba
  • dvojchybamissing of both the first serve and second serve
Danish dobbeltfejl
  • dobbeltfejlmissing of both the first serve and second serve
Dutch dubbelfout
  • dubbelfoutmissing of both the first serve and second serve
Finnish kaksoisvirhe, kaksoisvirhe
  • kaksoisvirhemissing of both the first serve and second serve
  • kaksoisvirhecomputing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception
French double faute
  • double fautemissing of both the first serve and second serve
German Doppelfehler
  • Doppelfehlermissing of both the first serve and second serve
Hungarian kettős hiba
  • kettős hibamissing of both the first serve and second serve
Irish botún dúbailte
  • botún dúbailtemissing of both the first serve and second serve
Italian doppio fallo
  • doppio fallomissing of both the first serve and second serve
Norwegian Bokmål dobbeltfeil
  • dobbeltfeilmissing of both the first serve and second serve
Russian двойна́я оши́бка
  • двойна́я оши́бка (dvojnája ošíbka)missing of both the first serve and second serve
Spanish doble falta
  • doble faltamissing of both the first serve and second serve
Swedish dubbelfel
  • dubbelfelmissing of both the first serve and second serve
Cite this entry
APA

double fault. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20fault

MLA

“double fault.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20fault. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double fault,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20fault.

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