[mach point for 1; mach point for 2] 
| 1. | (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match. |
| 2. | Duplicate Bridge. a scoring unit consisting of one point awarded to a partnership for each opposing partnership whose score they better on a hand and of one-half point for each opposing partnership whose score they equal. |
| match point n. The final point needed to win a sports match, especially in tennis. |