What rules do the players play by? Wednesday, Jan 6 2010
Sports 4:41 pm
Rules and Regulations
Heres some of the rules for the following leagues:
Baltimore Tennis, Dallas Tennis and Indianapolis Tennis
1) Match Format (2 out of 3 sets)
applies the best two out of three 6-game pro sets w/ ads. If a set goes to 6-6 a first to 7-point tiebreaker should be used to determine the winner of the set. The tiebreaker format should be applied for all 3 sets.
1b) 2 sets w/ 3rd set tie-breaker
If the tennis match is tied at 1 set a piece and the match is running too long, the players can agree to play a 10-point super tie-breaker to decide the match.
1c) 10 game pro set
If the players agree before the match or you are limited to 1-hour of court time, a 10-game pro set can be used with ads. This means the first to win 10 games. But, if the match is ended because of a time restriction than the score at the end is the score for the match. At 9-9, a best to 7-point tiebreaker will be used to determine the winner.
4) Shifting court ends
The league wants players to chose a location to play that is convenient for both participants.
6) Abiding by the rules of the tennis location at which you are playing.
Participants need to abide by the rules of the courts they are playing at. Participating in a matchup doesn’t give you privileges to break the rules of the local court. If we receive word that players are improperly using the League name in such events it will lead to immediate removal from the league.
7) Submitting Scores
Rematches are now allowed! The regular season is all about playing.
The league is now allowing participants to play a rematch per opponent per season. We will be checking for a 3rd score and not allowing it to be recorded. The philosophy is that the regular season is all about playing and the playoffs are where champions are crowned. This will hopefully make getting to 5 wins a little easier for some players.
9) Qualifying for the Playoffs
A player who gets X wins or the win criteria set by the league during the season will qualify for the playoffs. With X being the win total on the division report. It is usually 5 wins for Male Divisions and 4 wins for Female Divisions. No-show wins will count towards the 5 wins to qualify for the playoffs. Qualifiers will be bracketed against the other qualifiers in the from the same level. Participants need to be available for the first two weeks of the playoffs to qualify for the playoffs.
10) Playoff Positioning, Tie-Breakers
Regular season ties are broken by this order:
1) Overall Record, based on matches over .500. So 6-1 is 5 matches, 8-2 is 6 matches and would be better.
2) In Season Head-to-Head record for players tied at #1
3) We want to promote players playing matches, so 6-1 would be better than 5-0.
4) % of games won
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