What is 'advantage' (ad) used to indicate in tennis scoring?

The player who won the point after deuce

Some tournaments use an 'advantage set' in the final set. What distinguishes an advantage final set from one decided by a tiebreak at 6–6?

The final set is reduced to first to 4 games

A single deciding point is played at 6–6

Play continues until one player leads by two games

A 7-point tiebreak is played at 6–6

Play continues until two-point lead

A single deciding point is played

Winning a game on your own serve

Winning a game when the opponent is serving

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01Which scoring variation is commonly used in doubles to shorten matches: instead of a third set, players play a match tiebreak to 10 points or they play a full third set?
02What is 'advantage' (ad) used to indicate in tennis scoring?
03Some tournaments use an 'advantage set' in the final set. What distinguishes an advantage final set from one decided by a tiebreak at 6–6?
04In standard tennis scoring, what is the sequence of point scores within a game for a player who wins successive points from love?
05What is a 'match tiebreak' (also called a super tiebreak) commonly played to when used instead of a final set?
06A conventional tiebreak used to decide a set is usually played to how many points (winning by two)?
07Under 'no-ad' scoring, how is a game decided when the score reaches deuce (40–40)?
08If a player wins one point after deuce but then loses the next point, what is the score called?
09In standard tournaments, at what set score is a tiebreak most commonly played to decide the set?
10What does winning a 'break of serve' mean?
11After deuce, what must a player win to immediately win the game in traditional scoring?
12What term is used when both players have won three points each in a game (40–40)?