Rubber match plural rubber matches a sporting event at the end of a series in which the opponents are tied in terms of events won and lost.
Rubber match defined.
Noun plural rubber matches 1.
Referring to a tie breaking game as a rubber match is common in a variety of sports and games from bridge to baseball.
The red sox having lost the opener and won the second game lost the rubber match against the twins.
The final and deciding game between two tied teams opponents.
Most sources date the use of the term rubber to refer to a tie breaker as far back as 1599 and the term had migrated to card games by the 18th century.
The definition of a rubber game is a tie breaking game.
A three game set in bridge is still commonly referred to as a rubber.