Tiebreak Beginner's Guide - Gameplay Mechanics & Shot Types

Welcome to Tiebreak guide for new players. When you first start with Tiebreak, you may struggle to win matches or to hit above the net.
The game offers gameplay mechanics different than other titles like Topspin 2k25 or AO Tennis 2.

In this Tiebreak new player guide, we will focus on core elements, such as:
- shot types
- game controls
- powering up your shots
- using triggers effectively
And how it all ties together to win matches in Tiebreak.

Tiebreak Official game of the ATP and WTA offers really good gameplay already now in Early Access, and I hope this video helps you with the initial learning curve.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Groundstroke Shot Types
05:13 How to Play at the Net
07:18 Serving in Tiebreak
09:28 How to Use Trigger Modifiers
11:15 How to Power Up Shots
13:12 Power + Triggers
14:22 Outro

[BrockMak]

I had to create my own tennis court. At the moment, there are no default grass courts. It plays more like clay in terms of ball bounce. The tennis balls look small, old and worn out.

[marc-andregauthier]

If holding both triggers in better animation and results...there's a MASSIVE PROBLEM with the game play. One shouldn't have to cramp and hold two triggers for hours to have decent realistic animations and movements.

[BrockMak]

8:54 I kind of disagree if you lower the difficulty. My best serve there, especially on clay, is a flat serve aiming as close to the centre as possible. When you return, move closer to the middle of the court. I got done by one by someone who doesn't have high serving stats.

[sccio]

Thank yoy for your guide! Can you please tell me when we should use the RB trigger modifier? Is if am not wrong, you are not talking about it
Thank you!

[marc-andregauthier]

100% serve accuracy is problematic. However I like that unlike topspin2k25 players don't get ridiculous advantages. However if someone has a serve at 100/100 they should get some advantages lol..

[timeshinex]

Machete Gaming can you do a video about the PC vs Console, i have received my Xbox copy of this game and i am finding the controls difficult.The game is very good one the best Tennis games i have every played and not just because of the game mechanics but the presentation and the whole package.

[DeanOconnor-cb]

When I serve the circle doesn’t go around the ball so I can’t serve except for under arm

[robryan]

There is two more updates before official release and probably more after release, i am sure the serve is being looked at now to improve as on Steam forums it is the major complaint not having enough power to achieve aces with flat serve with present build.

[glonzai]

How to serve and volley or how to do approach shot?

[minoagaiby]

Would you consider TB game mechanics similar to AO2? I’ve recently started playing it being tired of TP2k25 and was wondering if they are similar

[robertgout]

Soooo why is the indian wells court blue? They gonna ajust it i hope. I'm kind of exited for this game!

[VaynardMaynard]

What am I not getting with the mechanics? I can’t even hit the ball it’s extremely frustrating 🤦🏾‍♂️ So you can’t hit the ball without hitting L2 or R2 first? And when exactly are you supposed to tap L2 before you push X or O? In order to hit the ball and when are you supposed to aim so it can go in your desired direction? The controls are extremely frustrating and difficult for no reason! Why would they make a tennis game that you have to hop skip and jump just to HIT a ball? This is insane! 🤯 Had I known the gameplay would be this bad I would have saved my money! They don’t give you an option to turn the L2 R2 functions off and just play regular? The movement and ground strokes are so bad! It’s so flawed! Why sale such a bull 💩 game? Someone please break this down for me if I’m missing something but if not I’m about to seriously see about getting a refund! Worst game I ever played in my life 💯💯💯💯💯

[Walood_kw]

How big is the game in the storage space?

[bmoz]

Players look like ballerines playing tennis. Another failure

[NotDimensional]

This looks so bad. What a waste of licensing. Should of gave it to 2K. The running is bad.