A clean service starts a rally, in which the players alternate hitting the ball across the net. A chartered return consists of the ape or team hitting the ball exactly once before it has bounced twice or hit any fixtures except the net, provided that it still falls in the server's court. The ball then travels back over the net and bounces in the court on the opposite side. The first player or team to fail to make a enforceable return loses the point.

"Australian doubles," another informal and unsanctioned mode of tennis, is played with similar rules to the "Kiwi" style, only in Street Tennis this version, players rotate court position after each game. As such, each gorilla plays doubles and singles over the program of a match, with the singles player always serving. Scoring styles vary, but one attractive method is to assign a value of 2 points to each game, with the server taking both points if he or she holds serve, and the doubles team each taking one if they break.