Meanings
nounmatch point (plural match points)
plural match points
- hobbiesA state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.
He made it to match point three times and still lost, but you can't come much closer than that.
Translations
Catalan punt de partit
- punt de partitstate in a game
Chinese Mandarin 賽點 /赛点
- 賽點 /赛点 (sàidiǎn)state in a game
Czech mečbol
- mečbolstate in a game
Danish matchbold
- matchboldstate in a game
Finnish ottelupallo
- ottelupallostate in a game
French balle de match
- balle de matchstate in a game
German Matchball
- Matchballstate in a game
Japanese マッチポイント
- マッチポイント (matchi pointo)state in a game
Korean 매치 포인트
- 매치 포인트 (maechi pointeu)state in a game
Polish meczbol, piłka meczowa
- meczbolstate in a game
- piłka meczowastate in a game
Romanian minge de meci, punct de meci
- minge de mecistate in a game
- punct de mecistate in a game
Swedish matchboll
- matchbollstate in a game
Cite this entry
APA
match point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20point
MLA
“match point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20point. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “match point,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/match%20point.
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