diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTuple.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTuple.java
index ce1690eca..2f61c9055 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTuple.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTuple.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class DefaultTypedTuple<V> implements TypedTuple<V> {
 			return false;
 		if (!(obj instanceof DefaultTypedTuple))
 			return false;
-		DefaultTypedTuple other = (DefaultTypedTuple) obj;
+		DefaultTypedTuple<?> other = (DefaultTypedTuple<?>) obj;
 		if (score == null) {
 			if (other.score != null)
 				return false;
@@ -83,8 +83,20 @@ public class DefaultTypedTuple<V> implements TypedTuple<V> {
 	}
 
 	public int compareTo(Double o) {
-		Double d = (score == null ? Double.valueOf(0) : score);
-		Double a = (o == null ? Double.valueOf(0) : o);
-		return d.compareTo(a);
+
+		double thisScore = (score == null ? 0.0 : score);
+		double otherScore = (o == null ? 0.0 : o);
+
+		return Double.compare(thisScore, otherScore);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int compareTo(TypedTuple<V> o) {
+
+		if (o == null) {
+			return compareTo(Double.valueOf(0));
+		}
+
+		return compareTo(o.getScore());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/ZSetOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/ZSetOperations.java
index 7db1ae9de..66d9d7f18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/ZSetOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/ZSetOperations.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * Redis ZSet/sorted set specific operations.
  * 
  * @author Costin Leau
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public interface ZSetOperations<K, V> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Typed ZSet tuple.
 	 */
-	public interface TypedTuple<V> extends Comparable<Double> {
+	public interface TypedTuple<V> extends Comparable<TypedTuple<V>> {
 		V getValue();
 
 		Double getScore();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTupleUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTupleUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1421645e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/DefaultTypedTupleUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.redis.core;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsEqual.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.core.ZSetOperations.TypedTuple;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ */
+public class DefaultTypedTupleUnitTests {
+
+	private static final TypedTuple<String> WITH_SCORE_1 = new DefaultTypedTuple<String>("foo", 1D);
+	private static final TypedTuple<String> ANOTHER_ONE_WITH_SCORE_1 = new DefaultTypedTuple<String>("another", 1D);
+	private static final TypedTuple<String> WITH_SCORE_2 = new DefaultTypedTuple<String>("bar", 2D);
+	private static final TypedTuple<String> WITH_SCORE_NULL = new DefaultTypedTuple<String>("foo", null);
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREDIS-294
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void compareToShouldUseScore() {
+
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_1.compareTo(WITH_SCORE_2), equalTo(-1));
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_2.compareTo(WITH_SCORE_1), equalTo(1));
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_1.compareTo(ANOTHER_ONE_WITH_SCORE_1), equalTo(0));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREDIS-294
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void compareToShouldConsiderGivenNullAsZeroScore() {
+
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_1.compareTo(null), equalTo(1));
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_NULL.compareTo(null), equalTo(0));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREDIS-294
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void compareToShouldConsiderNullScoreAsZeroScore() {
+
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_1.compareTo(WITH_SCORE_NULL), equalTo(1));
+		assertThat(WITH_SCORE_NULL.compareTo(WITH_SCORE_1), equalTo(-1));
+	}
+}