How to read between the lines

The way one plays tennis is dictated by one's personality, very rarely will you find a risk taker hitting moon balls on the baseline hoping his opponent misses, but instead they will be shot makers, going for broke near the lines as hard and as often as possible.

Although not an exact science, you can learn about the player's personality by their likes and dislikes on the tennis court, here are some of the questions that may give you an idea about your possible match.

The favorite and least favorite past and current players is a big clue giver. If Martina Navratilova is your favorite player of all time and this person picks her as his least favorite player of all time, we then have a problem, time to decide if you want to test the "opposites attract" theory?

Then there's the grunting question, if I'm a guy and I see a profile by a lady who chooses option, "the louder the better", I'm answering to her profile in a NY minute.

There's the other side also, let's say I'm a girl and a guy responds to the attire question by choosing the option, "I'm always the best dressed player on the court", I would think twice about replying to him.

Another important question is how often do you play tennis, if a profile says, "I include it in my plans when I have nothing to do", you would have to question that person's love for tennis.

But I truly believe that a tennis match on the court, may it be singles or doubles is the best way to determine initial compatibility, you will see the person in different situations,
 how prepared is he?
Did he bring new balls?
How's his equipment?
Is he in shape?
How does he handle pressure situations?
Is he a jerk on the court?
How competitive is he?
Must he win all the time to be happy?

Psychological tests can't determine compatibility, but actual on on one interaction will, and nothing beats a couple sets of tennis. Reading between what happens between the (tennis) lines is never more apropos then on the tennis court.

Post your profile, respond, setup some matches, great first date, you will be doing an activity that you enjoy even if the potential mate is not up to par.

  is on your first date.