Memramcook
Tennis League
Sponsored by UNI Financial Cooperation
2021
The
Match
Penalty
points
Incomplete
match
Tiebreaker
for standings
Playoffs
Registration
fee
1 - The Match
1.1 The player who has home match:
a) is responsible to make sure there are balls for the match
b) chooses between first service or the side to start the match.
1.2 A match is a best of 3 sets.
1.3 A set that is even at 6-6 is decided with a tiebreaker.
2- Penalty points (does not apply to Women and Junior)
2.1 Late matches
2.11 The last day of the last group of matches is the deadline for all matches. However, three additional days will be allowed to complete the matches that still would not have been played by that date. Following that, each player will receive three penalty points for each match that is not played.
2.12 If a match that has not been played influences the standings, a decision will be made by league executive as to which player will get the win the match by default.
2.13 If a match that has not been played does not influence the standings, it is registered as a cancelled match.
2.2 Default matches
2.21 A player that gives a match to his opponent before or during a match, unless there is an injury, will receive three penalty points while the opponent is not penalized.
2.22 A player that has to give a match due to injury is not penalized.
2.3 The consequences of the penalty points
2.31 A player can accumulate 4 penalty points without being penalized in the standings.
2.32 Starting with the 5th penalty point, a lost set is added to the player for each point received.
2.33 A player that accumulates 10 points will lose a rank in the standings at the end of the regular season.
2.34 A player that accumulates 15 points will be excluded from the playoffs.
2.4 A player that quits the league for unacceptable reasons will be suspended for the following season.
3- Incomplete match
3.1 A match that has started and is not interrupted by rain or darkness has to be completed. If a player leaves, he gives the match by default.
3.2 An interrupted match due to rain or darkness has to be completed as soon as possible. It is to be continued exactly where it was stopped.
3.3 A player that cannot continue following an injury during the match has to give it to his opponent.
3.4 A player who gives a match keeps the games he has won for the result of the match.
4- Tiebreaker for standings
4.1 At the end of the regular season, if two players have the same record of matches won and lost, the result of the match between the two players will decide the positions in the standings. In a case where the two players have not played against each other, the rules 4.2a and 4.2b will apply.
4.2 If three or more players are tied:
a) +/- of sets won/lost
b) +/- of games won/lost
c) the record of the matches between the tied players
d) return to a) and b) with the results of the matches between the tied players.
5- Playoffs (singles)
5.1 For the men's singles, the top 8 players will participate in the playoffs (8 vs 1, 7 vs 2, 6 vs 3, 5 vs 4). All playoff rounds are decided by one match. The player with the best record gets the home match.
5.2 For the playoff matches, the balls are supplied by the league. Following the match, the winner keeps the balls that were used during the match.
6- Registration Fee (the penalty points do not
apply to the Women, Junior, and Doubles categories)
6.1 If the registration fee is paid:
- by July 15th, 0 penalty points
- from July 16th to July 31st, 1 penalty points
- from August 1st to the deadline for all matches, 2 penalty points6.2 If the total amount is not paid by the deadline for all matches, the player is excluded from the playoffs. If it's not paid by September 10th, the player will be excluded from the following season.