LSC TENNIS TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS: ELIGIBILITY

• A Senior tennis member who, in the judgment of the Tennis Pro in consultation with the Board Tennis Liaison, is not a “B” level player may play in a B event after an evaluation by the Tennis Pro and it is determined that they are a B player.

• A Senior tennis member is eligible to play in only one of (i) the “A”, and “B” singles, (ii) “A” and “B” doubles, (iii) “A” and “B” mixed doubles and (iv) “A” and “B” husband & wife events.

• Husband and wife may enter the mixed doubles event as a team only if they are not entered in the husband/wife event as a team.

• The Tennis Pro may use their discretion when evaluating a player for placement in the A or B division of a tournament.

PLEASE NOTE: TOURNAMENT DEFAULT POLICY

• Before you sign up for any tournament, please make sure that you are going to be in town for all tournament dates, rain dates and the Labor Day weekend finals. If you cannot commit to all such dates, please do not sign up for that tournament. Prior to the start of each match, players will be asked to affirm their future availability and anyone not able to commit to all dates will be immediately defaulted. If such players default after the first round of play, their most recent opponents will move forward in the draw.

• No private scheduling arrangements will be made by the Tennis Pro and Tennis Staff. Once the draw is posted, no changes to the tournament scheduling can be made, subject to the following exception. If, following the posting of the draw, a scheduled player is unable to play a scheduled first-round match due to a family emergency or injury to that player, at the discretion of the Tennis Pro in consultation with the Board Tennis Liaison, a Tennis Member who did not sign up for the tournament may be allowed to substitute for the scheduled player.

• Players are expected to arrive 10 minutes prior to the start of each tournament match. If any player arrives more than 10 minutes late, the match will be automatically defaulted.

Tournament Event Size

All tournaments require a minimum of 8 entrants and a maximum of 64. If there are more than the maximum, a waiting list for the event will be kept by the Pro Shop. Tournaments with less than the minimum may be canceled or combined with another tournament.

Tournament Schedule

The LSC tennis tournaments are run on a firm schedule this is not casual play. All tournament matches will be played on the dates and times scheduled, although in certain singles tournaments players will be allowed to schedule themselves early rounds that they must play before a designated date. All play will be according to the schedule absolutely no personal scheduling arrangements will be made for any player. Rain dates are built into the schedule for the tournaments. The Tennis Pro will determine playability and will make the decision to reschedule to a rain date.

Tournament Sign Up

The sign-up deadline is according to the schedule included in this handbook and sent to membership at the beginning of the season. Tournament sign-up is online only. When entering a tournament event, please indicate the event, your name, your partner’s name and phone numbers and e-mail addresses for both. Please also provide the best way to reach you. If you have entered a tournament event, you may not reserve court time for that day until you have finished all tournament play on that day. Remember, tournament play takes precedence over non-tournament play.

Tournament Play

USTA rules and The Code govern play. Stop by the Pro Shop to ask any questions you may have prior to your event.

• The entrants are responsible for balls. Each player/team will bring a new can of “soft court” balls to the scheduled match. Open one can for the match and the winner keeps the unopened can at the end of the match. It is a Club tradition that the winner buys a drink for the loser. The Pro Shop will supply balls only for the final matches.

• No ad scoring will be used for all adult tournament matches. At deuce, the receiving team can decide who will receive the serve. In the Husband/Wife and Mixed Doubles tournaments, the man serves to the man and the woman to the woman.

• The preliminary rounds are played in an 8 game pro-set format first player to reach 8 games by 2 wins. At “7 all” a 12-point tiebreaker this means first to reach 7 points by 2 wins will be played to determine the winner.

• Quarter & Semi Final matches will be the best 2 out of 3 sets with the 3rd set being a 10 point tie-breaker - this means the first to reach 10 points by 2 points wins. The Final matches will be the best 2 out of 3 full sets.

• All matches before the finals will be timed, which includes the warm-up. 8 game pro sets will be 1 hour, Quarter & Semi-Finals will have 2 hours. Final matches will be untimed.