Season 3
| Ep# | Title | Original airdate | ||||
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| 54 | "Kaoru's Special Training" "Kaoru no Tokkun" (薫の特訓) |
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| During the tournament combination drawings, Seigaku learns of their next opponent, Hyotei Academy. Meanwhile, in preparation for Seigaku's next match, Kaido trains especially hard in order to perfect his Boomerang Snake, in which Inui decides to help him with for a price: to become his doubles' partner. Also, Hyotei's rigorous regular selection process is revealed! | ||||||
| 55 | "Hyotei Presses Near" "Semarikuru Hyōtei" (迫りくる氷帝) |
October 30, 2002 | ||||
| Seigaku arrives at the tennis court for their upcoming match, but Shuichiro Oishi, who bumps into a pregnant lady on his way to the match, ends up going to the hospital to take care of her. Takeshi Momoshiro runs over to take Oishi's place at the hospital, only to find out that Oishi himself is also injured, so the latter encourages Momoshiro to take his place. Ryoma is the sub this time, due to him being chibi, may be unable to withstand strong attacks from their opponents. | ||||||
| 56 | "Doubles for Three" "Sannin no Daburusu" (3人のダブルス) |
November 6, 2002 | ||||
| Due Oishi's absence, Momoshiro ends up playing doubles with Eiji Kikumaru, but the latter is unable to play to his fullest. However, once Eiji gets used to Momoshiro's presence, he begins to play in his normal play style. Oishi later shows up to cheer for them on the sidelines, encouraging the two to play to their fullest. | ||||||
| 57 | "Scud Serve" "Sukaddo Sābu" (スッカドサーブ) |
November 13, 2002 | ||||
| After Momoshiro and Eiji beat their opponents, Sadaharu Inui and Kaoru Kaido play against Ryou Shishido and Choutarou Ohtori pair. To start off the match, Ohtori shows them his Scud Serve, a super fast serve verging on 200 km/h. Since the serve was not in Inui's data, the pair has difficulty in trying to return it. | ||||||
| 58 | "The Worst Compatibility" "Saiaku no Aishō!?" (最悪の相性!?) |
November 20, 2002 | ||||
| Neither Inui nor Kaido can react fast enough to Ohtori's Scud Serve. Even after Inui removes his weighted wrist bands; which granted him more speed, still wasn't enough to return the Scud Serve. As the Seigaku pair struggle, Keigo Atobe, Hyotei's captain, reflects back on how hard Shishido and Ohtori trained for this. | ||||||
| 59 | "The Hidden Trouble" "Akunaki Kodawari" (あくなきこだわり) |
November 27, 2002 | ||||
| As Inui reveals that he only needs data on Shishido and Ohtori because he has completed all the others, his past of how he took interest in Data Tennis is revealed. After Inui gathers the required data, Inui and Kaido finally make a comeback. However, even after Kaido reveals he has mastered his Boomerang Snake technique, the other team still proves formidable as they are able to return it. | ||||||
| 60 | "Power vs. Power" "Pawā VS Pawā" (パワーVSパワー) |
December 4, 2002 | ||||
| Munehiro Kabaji and Takashi Kawamura battle it out with a power duel. | ||||||
| 61 | "Duel of Hadokyu!" "Hadōkyū Gassen!" (波動球合戦!) |
December 11, 2002 | ||||
| Kawamura uses the one and two-handed Hadokyu, but Kabaji copies it. It then becomes a duel of whose arm will last longest. | ||||||
| 62 | "The Disappearing Serve" "Kieru Sābu" (消えるサーブ) |
December 18, 2002 | ||||
| Shusuke Fuji wants to pay Jirou Akutagawa back for defeating Yuta, and he also wants to win for Kawamura, who was injured along with Kabaji. Fuji thus reveals a very special serve. | ||||||
| 63 | "The Last Triple Counter" "Saigo no Toripuru Kauntā" (最後のトリプルカウンター) |
December 25, 2002 | ||||
| Fuji shows the last of his Triple Counter, Hakugei, and defeats Jirou. | ||||||
| 64 | "Compilation stories TeniPuri" "Bangaihen Tenipuri" (番外編 てにぷり) |
January 8, 2003 | ||||
| Short stories involving super deformed versions of the characters; includes "Super Soldier", "Beware of Snow White?!", and "Jump out! Seigaku". | ||||||
| 65 | "Become Seigaku's Pillar of Support" "Seigaku no Hashira ni Nare" (青学の柱になれ) |
January 15, 2003 | ||||
| Kunimitsu Tezuka, Seigaku's captain, faces off against Atobe, while Oishi reminisces about his promise to Tezuka: they would take Seigaku to the Nationals; and how Tezuka's arm was injured when they were first years. | ||||||
| 66 | "Rondo Towards Destruction" "Hametsu e no Rondo" (破滅への輪舞曲) |
January 22, 2003 | ||||
| Atobe shows his special two-part smash, the Rondo Towards Destruction. | ||||||
| 67 | "End of the ball" "Saigo no Ikkyū" (最後の一球) |
January 29, 2003 | ||||
| Tezuka continues to use his left hand, even though he is aware of the injuries he may further sustain. | ||||||
| 68 | "The Never Ending Tie-Break" "Owarinaki Taiburēku" (終わりなきタイブレーク) |
February 5, 2003 | ||||
| Atobe and Tezuka continue the match, and enters a long tie-break, until Atobe finally wins. Ryoma then plays the last match against Wakashi Hiyoshi, and wins with his Drive B, but also reveals that through watching Tezuka's match he also picked up the Captain's speciality shot. Ryoma also seems to be stronger. | ||||||
| 69 | "Who Will be a Regular?" "Regyurā no Za wa Dare no Te ni?" (レギュラーの座は誰の手に?) |
February 12, 2003 | ||||
| Kachiro Kato, a Seigaku freshman, gets upset with Masashi Arai and his friends for being insensitive to the regulars who have injuries. They battle it out on the courts, and whoever loses has to quit the tennis club. | ||||||
| 70 | "Tennis vs. Ping Pong" "Tenisu VS Pinpon" (テニスVSピンポン) |
February 19, 2003 | ||||
| During Seigaku's club day, Ryoma participates in ping pong, while other members of the team participate in various sports as well. He gets challenged by a prodigy ex-ping pong member. | ||||||
| 71 | "It's a date!" "Dēto Da!" (デートだ!) |
February 26, 2003 | ||||
| Ann Tachibana asks Momoshiro for a date, but Momoshiro forces Ryoma to join too. Inui was nearby and thought these three were a love triangle and calls almost all the regulars to see this. It turned out to be a tennis date at the street tennis court. Kamio sees Ann and Momo and gets jealous, leading to Fuji mistaking the love triangle 'relationship' to a love square 'relationship' - between Momo, Echizen, Kamio and Ann. At the end, players from different schools play doubles match - Ryoma and Shinji Ibu against Akira Kamio and Momoshiro. | ||||||
| 72 | "Kaoru becomes Ryoma" "Kaoru, Ryōma ni Naru" (薫, リョーマになる) |
March 5, 2003 | ||||
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Kaido is forced to impersonate Ryoma due to a mistake in a tennis magazine by Shiba, a reporter, and ends up playing a match with Momoshiro. He also earns himself a few fans. |
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| 73 | "Tezuka's Decision" "Tezuka no Ketsui" (手塚の決意) |
March 12, 2003 | ||||
| Oishi tells everyone to come at midnight for a surprise trip to the mountains. Tezuka later reveals his decision to leave for Germany. | ||||||
| 74 | "A Message for Echizen" "Echizen he no Messēji" (越前へのメッセージ) |
March 19, 2003 | ||||
| Tezuka challenges Ryoma to another match using his right hand, and successfully uses the right-handed Tezuka Zone against him. | ||||||
| 75 | "Farewell, Tezuka Kunimitsu" "Saraba, Tezuka Kunimitsu" (さらば, 手塚国光) |
March 26, 2003 | ||||
| Ryoma finally breaks the Tezuka Zone, but still loses in the end. Tezuka leaves for Germany. | ||||||
| 76 | "Seigaku vs. Josei Shonan" "Seigaku tai Jōsei Shōnan" (青学対城成湘南) |
April 9, 2003 | ||||
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The members of the Josei Shonan team are introduced. Their training techniques are one-of-a-kind. Finally, the match between Seigaku and Josei is starting. The Josei coach tries to scout Ryoma over when they meet near the entrance but is rejected. |
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| 77 | "Fight of the Calm and the Passionate" "Reisei to Jyōnetsu no Tatakai" (冷静と情熱の戦い) |
April 16, 2003 | ||||
| Momoshiro is easily provoked by Josei Shonan's "unit", but gets his act together and makes a comeback. However, when Momo accidentally drinks some of Inui's experimental Juice, Seigaku is forced to forfeit the doubles two game. | ||||||
| 78 | "Thunderbolt" "Sandāboruto" (サンダーボルト) |
April 23, 2003 | ||||
| The "Golden Pair" of Seigaku has to play with a very weird combination of Josei Shonan members in the doubles one match. | ||||||
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