RULES
1. Person/teams starred (*) in the master schedule must furnish new balls for the scheduled match. Any league member can call in to arrange a match. You do not have to wait to be called. Matches do not have to be played in strict sequential order. When making arrangements to play your match, try to be as fair and as flexible as you can; work schedules, shift work, vacations or other demands all play hob with a rigid schedule. When canceling a match that has been set up, please have some consideration and give as much notice as possible.
2. Defaults - if a match cannot be scheduled after three attempts (not all in one day) and you have taken into account all of the above considerations, you are entitled to a default, but only after you have informed the opponent. A default helps no one, let’s get the matches played. If you show up for a scheduled match and your opponent is not there 15 minutes after the appointed time, it is a default unless you want to give him/her another chance; it’s up to you.
3. Winners of each match are responsible for recording the scores promptly at the web site www.TennisInSpokane.Com , calling 448-1469, or emailing Admin@TennisInSpokane.Com. If it is not reported in, the match is considered a no-play.
4. Matches may be played at any tennis court and at a time agreed by both players/teams.
5. No additions to any league will be made after the second newsletter is out.
6. If a player/team plays three or fewer matches, then defaults the rest of the matches due to injury or other reasons, all of the scores reported by that player/team will be deleted if it affects first or second place standings.
7. Official USTA tennis rules apply to all matches. The best two of three sets. “No-ADD” will be used if court time is critical. You may play deuce games if you desire and both players agree. A twelve point tie-breaker will be used when set score becomes 6-6. Explanation of the tie-breaker follows this list of rules.
8. STA members are reminded that they are responsible for following the public court rules of use. Instructions on the city park and school tennis courts must be followed.
9. The STA newsletter will be mailed out approximately every three weeks, showing the standings and changes as well as the results of all matches played (wins, losses, and no-plays). Or you can view it at any time via the website www.TennisInSpokane.Com . No plays (NP’S) count as losses with a lost match ranking ahead of a NP (score 1 point) and a win (score 2 points). So it’s better to play and lose than to not play at all.
10. If a two-way tie exists for 1st or 2nd place in the league, the person or team that defeated the other in league play is the winner of the tie. If a three-way tie exists for 1st or 2nd place and the three parties have a 1-1 record against each other, the winner will be the one with the fewest losses of sets, then games.
11. All matches played in good faith, all set scores stand for matches played. Incomplete matches, when resumed, keep complete set and game scores.
12. The choice of ends and right to be server or receiver in first game shall be decided by a toss. The player winning the toss may choose or require his opponent to choose: (A) the right to serve or receive, in which case the other player shall choose the end or (B) the end, in which case the other player will choose the right to serve or receive.
13. No refund, no transfer of league fees from spring to summer league. No member will receive the first newsletter without payment in full for dues.
14. If a transfer from one level of play to another level of play is made during the beginning of the league, all previous scores will be deleted.
How to play the 12 point tie-break: The 1st player (A or B) to get 7 points (must win by 2)
A
SERVES POINT 1 FROM
B
SERVES POINT 2 FROM
B
SERVES POINT 3 FROM
A
SERVES POINT 4 FROM
A
SERVES POINT 5 FROM
B
SERVES POINT 6 FROM
A
AND B CHANGE ENDS A AND B CHANGE ENDS AGAIN
THIS CONTINUES UNTIL A OR B WINS BY TWO. OFFICIAL USTA RULE #27 STATES THAT THE “PLAYER WHO SERVED FIRST IN THE TIE-BREAKER SHALL RECEIVE SERVICE IN THE FIRST GAME OF THE NEXT SET.”