Squash: how it is set up and scored.
Squash is played one against one in an enclosed court of 9.75 by 6.4 metres, the ball being struck against the front wall above the tin and below the out line. A match is normally the best of five games to 11 points, won by two clear points. Every rally scores a point for the winner of the rally. World Squash Singles Rules apply, administered in England by England Squash.
How squash is set up.
- Size
- 9.75 m by 6.4 m
- Match
- 5 games
- Squad
- 1 on the field per side, no rolling substitutes
- Scoring
- A score is a point; the result is in points.
- Rules
- World Squash Singles Rules 2025
How a result is recorded.
There is no lineup to pick in squash. A coach records these for each athlete at every competition.
Scoring and results
- Point Won
- Winner
- Stroke Awarded
- Game Won
- Match Won
Playmaking and performance
- Let
- No Let
Defending
- Retrieve
Turnovers and non-finishes
- Tin
- Out
- Service Fault
Discipline
- Conduct Warning
- Conduct Stroke
- Conduct Game
- Conduct Match
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