Local Flex League Tennis Rules
Rules and Regulations
Heres some of the rules for the following leagues:
Richmond Tennis, Dallas Tennis and Atlanta Tennis
6) Abiding by the rules of the tennis court at which you are playing.
Players need to abide by the rules of the facility they are playing at. Participating in a matchup doesn’t give you privileges to break the rules of the local court. If we receive word that players are improperly using the League name in such cases it will result to immediate removal from the league.
7) Reporting Scores
Rematches are now allowed!
The organization is now allowing participants to record a rematch per opponent per season. We will be checking for a 3rd score and not allowing it to be recorded. The philosophy is that the regular season is all about playing and the playoffs are where champions are crowned. This will hopefully make getting to 5 wins a little easier for some players. We still want players to meet up with as many new partners as they possibly can during the regular season.
9) Qualifying for the Playoffs
A participant who gets X wins or the win criteria set by the organization during the season will qualify for the playoffs. With X being the win total on the division report. It is usually 5 wins for Male Divisions and 4 wins for Female Divisions. No-show wins will count towards the 5 wins to qualify for the playoffs. Qualifiers will be bracketed against the other qualifiers in the from the same level. Players need to be available for the first 2 weeks of the playoffs to qualify for the playoffs.
10) Playoff Positioning, Tie-Breakers
Regular season ties are broken by this order:
1) Overall Record, based on matches over .500. So 6-1 is 5 matches, 8-2 is 6 matches and would be better.
2) In Season Head-to-Head record for players tied at #1
3) We want to promote players playing matches, so 6-1 would be better than 5-0.
4) Percentage of games won
11) Home Court for Playoff matches
12) Participant Disqualification
Based on emails to the organization, allows the right to:
1) Put any participant who has breached the measures of adequete behavior, abuse of club cancellation policy, abuse of league directors, fair play and/or good sportsmanship on probation for an indefinite period. League fee will not be refunded in such player disqualifications.
2) Ban any player from the organization indefinitely.
13) Scratching a scheduled tennis match
2) Injury or Walk-off: Matches not completed due to an opponent’s injury or quitting before match completion shall award the win to the remaining or non-injured player. Final score will be the final score before the injury or walk-off.
