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service court noun[ C ] mainly UKuk /ˈsɜː.vɪs ˌkɔːt/ us /ˈsɝː.vɪs ˌkɔːrt/(US usually service box) in games such as tennis, the part of the court(= playing area) into which a player has to serve the ball (= hit it to the other player at the start of a point): Her second serve luckily skipped off the net into the service court. He played a wild double fault, in which the second ball failed to land even in the next service court, let alone the one he had been aiming for. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip foot fault forecourt forehand knock up mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota shuttlecock string table tennis |