Match Format

The mission of the Corporate Tennis League is to provide recreational tennis competition through weekly scheduled team matches for the corporate community in a congenial, sportsmanlike atmosphere.
     Two flights are A (Advanced) & B (Intermediate), determined by performance/skill level from the 2008 final standings. Play level for A Flight is 3.5+ (NTRP Rating) and B Flight 3.0+ (NTRP Rating).
     Format of a team match: a six-set match no-ad 6-game sets--two women's and two men's doubles on two courts, followed by two mixed doubles sets using two courts and two pairs.  Lets are honored as in traditional USTA tennis rules. The point(s) are replayed.
      If set reaches 6-6 games all, the tie shall be broken by a 13-point tiebreaker (where the first team to reach 7 points wins, with no 2-point margin. The Coman tiebreak procedure will be used. Substitutions are allowed at any time in the match, although a player may not return to the same category (men's, women's, mixed) he/she has left.
      If sets are split in any category, a 13-point tiebreaker will decide the winner. The first team to win 7 points with a two point margin gets the win of the category.
     One point is awarded for winning each category (1 for women's, 1 for men's and 1 for mixed) for a maximum of 3 points. The winning team earns a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 points that accumulate through the season, with the team having the highest number of points winning the flight.
     Based on the number of teams and weeks remaining in the season, a flight may compete in a playoffs at season's end to determine the champion. At season's end, the top two winners of Flight B may challenge the last two positions on Flight A for the 2010 seeding. Only rostered players may participate in the playoffs once they have played two regular season matches. Defaults do not count as a match played. Non-rostered players may compete during the season if the team is in danger of defaulting.
     The league plays at Phoenixville High School, Great Valley High School and Valley Creek Park (Rte #29.) Teams are encouraged to come early on match day to reserve these public courts.
     Match time is officially 6:00 p.m. Two teams must be ready to play by 6:15 p.m. Default time: 20 minutes for no-shows and team forfeits the match that they can't field. Mixed doubles players should arrive by 6:30 p.m. to complete the match before nightfall. Teams will only forfeit the 3rd category (mixed) match if they cannot field a team when they are ready to start.
     If a team lacks players for a category, the captains must advise the opposing captain. A match may be rescheduled by noon the day before match day with both captains agreeing.While mixed doubles is customarily played after men's and women's doubles, mixed may be played first with both captains agreeing.
Teams may play a partial match on match day. (Every point counts.)

In the case of rain, the League Coordinator shall contact the captains by E-mail or phone by 4:30 p.m. to cancel the matches. Rainout policy: if it is not raining by 4:30 p.m., the match is on. Click for Malvern weather conditions. Makeup matches (due to rainouts or postponement) are to be played within two weeks (suggested Thursday of match week) resuming at the exact point and position from where you stopped. Point played, point stayed. There is no restarting any part of a postponed match

The mission is possible--congenial competition at all times. No grievances allowed. Please refer issues to the League Manager, Bambi Dudley.