SEASON

• The Season will take place from Monday September 8 to Monday November 24.

• The Semis will take place on Monday November 17 (pending washouts)

• The Finals will take place on Monday November 24 (pending washouts)

• The venues will be:

​- Caulfield Park Tennis Centre
- Royal Park Tennis Club
- Tennis World Albert Reserve

• Play at all venues will commence at 730pm.

 

​NIGHTLY SET & MATCH FORMAT

• Each round will be played on two courts per venue

• There will be three groups of matches per night with two matches per round. Six matches played altogether.

• For any match up, there are 4 players in each team, ranked in order of merit first to fourth. Team members must play in their order of rank.

• Six doubles sets are to be played between pairings of: first and third-ranked players and second and fourth-ranked players (1st round of sets); first and second ranked players and third and fourth ranked players (2nd round of sets); first and fourth-ranked players and second and third- ranked players (3rd round of sets).

• The matches will be one set – first to six, with a tie-break at 5-5.

• The tie-break will be a first to 7 with a two point advantage.

• In the interest of keeping matches manageable – we will use a short deuce format with the rankings of each player on the court determining who returns the serve. If the server is the higher ranked player on the court they must serve to the higher ranked player on the other team and if the server is the lower ranked player, they must serve to the lower ranked player on the opposing team.

• Match ups are decided on sets won and then, if equal sets, games won.

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​ROUND SCORING

• Each match win will score a team 1 point with an additional two points awarded to the winning team on the night. Max 8 points up for grabs per round.

• The leaderboard will be determined firstly by points won throughout the season and then by the % of sets won over the total sets played. If a tie still exists, it will then come down to game %.

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​OTHER RULES

• Warm up should start promptly at 730pm. The warm up should be no longer than 5 minutes.

• For the first group of matches, if a team has any late comers the opposing team can choose to impose game advantage based on the below;

• 10-15 min = 1 games

• 15-20 min = 2 games

• 20-25 min = 3 games

• Game penalties are at the discretion of the opposing team and not mandatory.

• Be kind and patient with everyone – the most important thing to remember is, this comp is first and foremost for a fun, social atmosphere. There is no prizemoney at stake.