Sega Sports Tennis PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2002
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83 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: Choose from 16 internationally ranked men's and women's tennis players including: Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Magnus Norman, Patrick Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mary Pierce, Ai Sugiyama, Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario, Alexandra Stevenson, Carlos Moya, Tim Henman, Cedric Pioline, Tommy Haas, Thomas Enqvist, and Monica Seles. The revamped World Tour Mode lets you create and train your players, sign unique doubles partners, and enter a host of prestigious tournaments. [Sega]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Game Informer
    93
    If you're a tennis fan, I don't know what else you could ask for. [Sept 2002, p.81]
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  2. GameSpot
    85
    Simply put, console tennis doesn't get any better than this.
  3. IGN
    85
    Despite my few valid complaints, the game is deep, challenging, and structured in a way that the single-player modes are rich and rewarding, while the multiplayer games are unbelievably engaging.
  4. Yahoo! Games
    70
    As great as its predecessor was, but still just a port of last year's game on an older console - and with seemingly worse graphics to boot.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. MateusC.
    10
    Forget other tennis games (including the Top Spin bad port) this is the tennis game you should play on PS2.
  2. AnonymousMC
    8
    This tennis game gets high marks for its pure "playability". What makes it top notch for me is the simplistic controls. You use only about half of the available buttons on the controller. But that doesnt take away from the strategy you need to make a winning shot. The game has incorporated all the basic real tennis shots one would use in a real game. I would say it is nice simulation type of tennis game opposed to the arcade style. The fun part for me is training & building up your created players. Its work, but it pays off. This game is now six years old, but still ranks highest of all of its peers to date. Very addicting gameplay and a solid sim type world tour are the strong points. The only issue I see that would give it a perfect rating would be to add just a few more details like a few more character types to create and a little more replay action similar to Madden. Maybe throw in some player bickering on close calls or a overturned call here or there. But if your looking for a great feeling tennis sim, this ones a keeper.… Expand
  3. JulienP.
    7
    The game is OK, but ... 1) matches are limited to 1 set. Normal matches are supposed to be best of 3 or 5 ?! I don't get this 2) the game play It's still not nearly as fun as Mario tennis for N64 was ... Sega needs to do better . … Expand
  4. DaveR.
    2
    If you're interested in real tennis, this game is not for you. One set? How can you make a tennis game with only one set? Would you play a football game with only one quarter? Graphics are good, but I'll stick with Smashcourt over this one.… Expand

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