Adult Mixed
Doubles Rules
STATE COORDINATOR:
Freddie Bailey; (225) 925-3358,
LOCAL COORDINATOR:
Vicki Pool,
VERIFICATION APPEALS (NTRP) & PROCEDURES
COMMITTEE:
Local Coordinator, Head Verifier, Level Coordinators
GRIEVANCES
Any grievances should be forwarded in writing (emails are
acceptable) to the Local League
Coordinator.
All grievances will be forwarded to the Grievance Committee Chairman who will
appoint a
committee of three individuals on a per case basis.
GRIEVANCE APPEALS
Any decisions of the above grievance committee will contain
specific guidelines and instructions
referencing
the rights to appeal and the procedures that must be followed.
League Rules
1.
All players will abide by the USTA Rules of Tennis, "The Code" and
League
Tennis Regulations, January 2007.
2.
There is no limit to the number of teams at each level. A minimum of 2 teams is
required in order for that level to
qualify one team for the state tournament.
3.
Registration fees for the season will be $21. The fee is distributed as
follows: $3 to the USTA national, $10
to the LTA Baton Rouge, $4 to the local
league coordinator, $3 to offset costs
of teams participating at state, and $1 to the
Acadiana Community Tennis Association.
4.
The deadline for team entries is
rosters must contain a minimum number
of players required to field 3 courts or
they may be excluded from the
schedule. The deadline for roster additions is
in order to be eligible. Tennis Link will date and
time stamp (EST) all player
entries. The date and time of the
entry must be prior to the date and time of the
scheduled match in order for a player to be eligible. The only exception will be
when a rainout
is rescheduled, a player may register prior to the makeup and be
eligible.
5. Play
will begin in early June. The actual start dates will depend upon the number of
teams at each level. As always, the league will make every attempt to schedule
as many matches as possible within the time allotted. The 6.0 and 8.0 levels
will play on Tuesdays and the 7.0 level will play on Thursdays. This is subject
to change based on the number of teams at each level,
however every attempt will be made to maintain this schedule.
6. All
information is submitted via the Tennis Link system. The address is
http://national.usta.com.
All participants must register for play through this
system. Captains
must include an email address when registering their teams.
All league
correspondence and announcements will be via email. All teams
must designate
a co-captain with an email address if the captain does not have
email. Please
inform the league coordinator who the captain of record for email
is. When
registering your team and choosing a name, feel free to choose any
name but we do
ask that you include your last name. (Example, “The Lobsters –
Smith”)
** Each
team member must be a current USTA member, with membership paid
through the summer
season (Labor Day). Each player must have a valid NTRP
rating. If not,
players must declare a self-rating upon registration. Tennis
Link will
verify all eligibility requirements during the registration process.
7. A
player must have reached the age of 19 prior to or during the calendar year in
which he plays
his first match in order to be eligible.
8. The
USTA has instituted the elite player guidelines to assist in self-rating upper
level players.
National Rule 3.01(D)2 states, “Individuals who have
had a
national or
section ranking; played college tennis; have taught tennis; or played
professional tennis
must also complete a player history form and submit to the
section and
receive approval from the section to participate at their self-rated
level before
participating in a match. Failure to do so or omission of
information regarding
a player’s tennis history will subject the player, the
captain and/or
others who condoned inaccurate self-rating to sanctions and
disqualification.”
9. The
home team is required to furnish NEW balls for
each match. Approved
balls are Penn,
Wilson or Dunlop.
10.
Each
player whether a member of the home team or guest must pay his own
court fees. For
2007, court fees will be $4 per player. Members of private clubs
who are
playing at their club, whether the home team or the visitor, will not be
required to pay
the court fees. When a non-Red’s team is playing at Red
Lerille’s,
it is the responsibility of that captain to obtain the envelope when
checking in and
collect and remit the fees for all non-Red’s members
participating in that
match.
11.
TEAM MATCHES MUST BE PLAYED ON SCHEDULED COURTS AT
SCHEDULED TIME UNLESS RAINED OUT.
CAPTAINS MAY NOT
UNDER
ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE, RESCHEDULE A MATCH
WITHOUT
PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE LEAGUE
COORDINATOR. It is the
responsibility of the clubs to assign courts for
play. Matches must be played on the
assigned courts. Captains may not
call the club in order to move courts
or switch surfaces. If multiple surfaces
have been assigned, the home team
captain may choose which matches will
be played on which surfaces. Prior to
line up card exchange, the home team
captain will inform
the visiting captain which matches will be played on
which courts. (For example, “singles
will be played on hard courts and
doubles will be
played on soft”)
12.
RAINOUTS must be rescheduled and completed within
one week of the original match date. Team captains will contact each no later than
the following day after the rain out and agree on when to play and make arrangements
for courts wherever available. Any rainouts that cannot be rescheduled within
that one week period after the rainout must be referred to the Local League
Coordinator. The coordinator will then schedule a match time, date and
location. It will be to the advantage of both captains if they can
mutually agree on a
day and time without involving the coordinator. When
captains agree on a
match time, date and location, the league coordinator
must be notified via email for the
match to be considered official. It is up to
the
individual clubs, at their discretion, to determine whether conditions are
unplayable. No
captain(s) shall have the authority to make this decision. If the
club has
deemed the conditions as playable, the match is on and forfeit rules will
apply. If a
match has begun and then rain begins, the match must be completed
as it stands
with all points played to that point counting. If the first ball has not
been put in
play, different players may be used if necessary. However, captains
may not shift
players already on the scorecard.
13.
Team captains are to record and verify all scorecards
into the Tennis Link
system within 24
hours of the completion of the match. The first captain to
go to the website will record the
score and the second captain will confirm
or dispute the score. If a score is
entered and there is no confirmation,
Tennis
Link will automatically confirm after 48 hours. (No score disputes
will be recognized after that time).
14.
Warm
up time is ten (10) minutes, INCULDING SERVES.
Captains, please
help us get
the word out that ALL practice, including serves, must take place
prior to the
first ball being put into play. “The Code” book states, “Warm-up
serves. Take all
your warm-up serves before the first serve of the match.”
15.
The
fifteen (15) minute default rule shall be strictly enforced.
16.
Matches
played at
whether there are
matches scheduled for
determine if other
courts are available to begin play or wait until the completion
of the early
match. Do not bump players off the court during league play. If
playing at Red’s
at
reserve the right
to offer those courts to any members and if so, you may be
asked to find
another court to complete your match.
17.
In
the event of illness, injury, disqualification, or no-show of a player prior to
the
start of an
individual match (once the lineup has been exchanged), a team may
substitute a player
in the affected position within the 15-minute default time,
using a player
not already listed on the lineup. If no such substitution can be
made, the
affected position only will be forfeited in local leagues. (Southern
Regulation
3.01H(4)a)
18.
No
changes may be made after a line up has been presented, except as described
in Paragraph
17. A substitution is allowed but players assigned to courts may
not be moved.
(The lineup can be changed if the match is postponed due to
inclement weather,
for any matches not yet begun).
19.
The
scoring for all matches is deuce-ad, two out of three sets, with the third set
played as a ten point tie-breaker. Once play begins, a rest period at odd game
changeovers is not
permitted until the end of the 3rd game, and
at all changeovers
thereafter in each
set. There is a rest period at the end of each set, no matter if
the set ends
on an even or odd game.
20.
Mixed
doubles matches will consist of 3 courts of mixed doubles play. The
team winning
the majority of those 3 matches shall be considered the winner of
that team
match.
21.
The combined ratings of the two mixed
doubles partner must not exceed the league level of play. (I.e. a 3.0 + 3.0 mixed pair may play 6.0 as
may a 2.5 + 3.0 pair). In no event may
the individual player ratings differ by more than one point. (i.e. a 2.5 + 3.5 pair may play 6.0 but a 2.5 + 4.5 pair may not play 7.0)
22.
Round
robin competition shall be used at all levels. Levels with only two (2) or
three (3) teams
must play a double round robin. Depending upon the number of
teams entered,
the league coordinator reserves the right to split leagues into
divisions. As
always, the ability to schedule as many matches as possible within
the allotted
time frame will take precedent.
23.
At
the conclusion of the season, the team at each level with the most team points
shall be deemed
the champion at that level. All tiebreak provisions have been
built into the TennisLink system. (a) Winner of the most individual
matches. (b)
The
team that loses the fewest number of sets. (c) Loser of the fewest
number of
games. Should a
tie remain at this point, the coordinator will review for (d) Head
up followed
by a (e) Coin toss. For the purpose of this provision, the following
rules shall
apply: in case of a default, the non-defaulting party shall be credited
with such
number of additional games as would have been won if the match was
completed and the
non-defaulting party won every subsequent game. In case of
a forfeit,
the non-forfeiting party shall be credited with a 6-0, 6-0 win. For level
championship
tiebreakers, any common opponent of the teams that are tied, who
have forfeited
one or more entire team matches during the season, shall have
their matches
considered null and void so as not to be used in tiebreak
procedures.
24.
The
champion at each level will represent
Championships. If more
than one team is invited at any level, invitations will be
awarded in the
remaining order of finish.
25.
In
any level that has been divided into 2 divisions, a playoff will take place at
the
end of the
season. The winner of each division will playoff for 1st
and
2nd place.
If a 3rd
team
invitation has been given, the 2 second place teams will playoff for
3rd
place. When
creating divisions, the league coordinator will assemble a
committee to seed
the top 4 teams and place them in opposite divisions. All
remaining teams
will be assigned randomly to the 2 divisions.
26.
The
Grievance Committee shall be responsible for ruling on all grievances other
than NTRP
complaints. All grievances must be submitted in writing to the Local
League
Coordinator within twenty four (24) hours of said incident.
27.
Any
team that forfeits 2 team matches may be dropped from further league play.
A team
forfeit is defined as showing up for a league match with less than a
needed number of
players to have a chance to win the match by winning two
(2) courts. Any team that forfeits 2 or more entire matches in a
season may be
subject to
further sanctions.
Team Captain Responsibilities
A. Attend
all local captains' meetings.
B. Be
responsible for supplying balls for all home matches.
C. Enter
and confirm scorecards in the Tennis Link system within 24 hours of the
completion of the
match. Remember, when entering scorecards; always write
the score
from the winners’ perspective. If you are the home team, and the score
was 6-4, 6-4,
no matter who the winner is, the score should be entered that way
and the box
of the winner checked off. Please be aware of the drop down box
that defaults
to “completed”. Note that the other options are default, double
default, retired,
etc. It is critical that if a match is not completed or not played at
all that the
correct selection is made, otherwise, erroneous ratings results will
occur.
D. Read
and familiarize themselves with all league and tennis regulations and share
this
information with their team members.
E. To
uphold the rules of any facility, public or private, used for league play and
to
collect and pay
court fees for his team.
F.
Every captain is responsible for providing an email address. If you don't have
one, designate someone on your
team as a contact and supply his address. In an
attempt to cut down on postage and
paper expenses, all correspondence will be
via email or web site
announcement. The web site address is
http://www.acadianacta.com.