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Fall 2006 Corporate Tennis
League
Match Rules
The teams will abide by the Rules of Tennis and
the Code for unofficiated matches. Copies of “Friend at Court”
which includes both can be obtained at the USTA store for $5.00 on usta.com.
All team matches consist of :
1 Women’s Singles
1 Men’s Singles
1 Women’s Doubles
1 Men’s Doubles
2 Mixed Doubles
2 cans of balls will be supplied for each 2 hour team match.
All matches are played on two courts assigned to the two teams by the
league coordinator on-site before the match. As one match finishes, teams
move on to the next match on that court as soon as players are available
from their previous match. Thus 3 matches are played on each court during
the evening. A minimum of 4 players, 2 of each sex, is required to compete
in all matches. If a team only has one player of a particular sex, that
player will be allowed to play both mixed doubles matches, one after the
other, and thus default only the women's or men's doubles match.
2 cans of balls will be supplied for each 2 hour team match.
All matches begin with a ten minute warm-up for all players. After
that there are no warm-ups. Each match consists of 8 no-ad games. The
receiving team decides which player will receive serve on the no-ad point.
At 4-4 a regular tie-breaker will be played. All matches are worth 1 point,
and points are cumulative throughout the season. All teams are sent blank
scorecards with the final schedule. Please try to remember to print it
out and fill it in through the evening. Please make sure you turn in your
scorecard to the league coordinator who is present at the match.
The first matches played will be the Men's and Women's singles, followed
by Men's and Women's Doubles, followed by the Mixed Doubles. If both
teams agree, they may change this order.
Substitutions can be made at any point in a match. A player who has already
been substituted for cannot re-enter that same match. If a captain is
playing a match, the player(s) on the other court will have the final
word on whether they will be replaced. Coaching is allowed on change-overs
only.
The results page is updated each week. You will be e-mailed a copy and
also results are also posted once a week to the www.metrotennis.com web
site. At the end of the season, if there is a tie in matches, then total
games will be counted as the tiebreaker.
The two intermediate divisions will each have a preliminary playoff of
the top two teams in each division. Those winning teams will play off
for the Intermediate League Championship at the end of season party, as
will the top two teams in the advanced division.
The champion of the advanced league will receive the Corporate League
Champion trophy. The winner of the intermediate league will receive the
Intermediate Corporate League Champion trophy. Both trophies will be displayed
at the companies' respective headquarters until the end of the following
season, when they will be relinquished to the new champions.
The winners of the intermediate divisions will move up to the advanced
division the following season.
If a team captain is having trouble with their roster for a match please
contact Debra Leffe. Substitutes are available and looking forward to
participating. At least 24hrs notice is requested. . Substitutes may only
play for one team a season. (We try not to charge a substitute for the
evening. If individual team members have paid for the entry fee instead
of the company, and they expect a refund, then they should try to get
their own substitute).
Please join us for food and drinks after the matches. All guests welcome!
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