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Second City Tennis offers a co-ed indoor winter doubles league for all ability levels from beginner through advanced.
Winter Doubles League program details:
Season Overview/Schedule
- The league runs October 23, 2009 through April 2010. Matches are played Friday nights at 2 locations:
- Midtown Tennis Club (matches played 10pm-Midnight)
- Lakeshore Athletic Club (matches played 9:00pm-11:00pm)
- There are 7-8 skill-based divisions with 12-14 teams per division.
- Final team assignments for each division will be determined by the SCT Board based on last year's record for returning teams, as well as self-assessment information (for both new and returning teams).
- League match play is a round-robin format. Each team will have several bye weeks throughout the season. All matches are best 2 out of 3 sets with a 12-point tiebreak. USTA Code and Rules will apply.
Playoff Schedule - Season ending tourney is held late April or early May. The top 6 teams from each division will qualify for the tournament, seeding will be based on final standings.
- Playoff matches will not be rescheduled. If a team qualifies for the playoffs but is not available to play, they will be replaced in the draw with the next team in the standings.
Sign-In/Reporting Scores - All players will be required to sign-in with your Division Captains before all matches. If you are playing with a substitute, you must report it when signing-in.
- After a match is completed, participants should decide who will report the score. All score reporting is online this year and results should be reported as soon as you get home after your match. If a substitute was used by either team, be sure to get the substitute's name and who they replaced; this information is required for score reporting. If no score is reported within 3 days, both teams will receive a loss.
- Once scores are recorded, they will not be changed.
Warm-ups and Late Matches- Please keep warm ups short, ideally to 10 minutes.
- Matches must be completed by 11:00pm at Lakeshore and 12:00am at MidTown. If the 2nd set is completed with 10 min. or less time remaining, you must play a tiebreak for the 3rd set. If you have more time remaining but still not enough time to finish an entire set, consider the following options:
- instead of playing a full third set, play a tie-breaker
- do not switch sides in the final set and/or play no-add scoring (at deuce, receiving team picks who returns and the winner of that point wins the game)
- play out the set, whoever is in the lead at 11:00pm at LS and 12:00am at MT is the winner (if you choose this option, be respectful of your opponents and do not play slow when you have a lead)
- if the lights are turned off at the end of our play-time, whomever is in the lead at that point will be the winner. SCT has no control of when the lights are turned off so it is up to the 2 teams to finish their match within the 2-hour time frame.
Substitutes - Teams can only use substitutes from the list for that specific division. Active players cannot be subs for another team. If substitutes from your division are unavailable, you may use substitutes from the next lower division.
- Each team is allowed 3 matches with one substitute player without penalty. After 3 matches, any match played with a substitute will count as an automatic loss for the team. However, the team with the substitute (receiving the automatic loss) can still defeat their opponents and give them a loss.
- Each team must play at least half of their matches together to qualify for the playoffs.
Rescheduling Matches - Teams have the option to reschedule a match if both players are unable to play on the assigned night.
- Matches must be played on or before the assigned night. Matches cannot be finished on a later date.
- If you want to reschedule your match, contact your opponents to see if they are willing to do so. If the opposing team does not want to reschedule, the match must be played on the assigned night. Rescheduled matches must be played and scores reported BEFORE the assigned night. If no score is reported, both teams will receive a loss. You cannot use a substitute for a rescheduled match.
- Teams requesting the rescheduled match are responsible for finding and paying for court time as well as bringing balls.
- Please let your Division Captains know if you plan to reschedule a match.
Forfeits/Missing Matches- If neither player is able to play and rescheduling is not an option, the match must be forfeited.
- If you sign in with a substitute and your opponents forfeit the match, the substitute will not be counted.
- Two (2) NO CALL/NO SHOWS and you will be OUT of the league.
- Please be courteous and call your opponents and captains if you cannot make a match.
- Please let your opponents and Division Captains know ASAP if you plan to forfeit a match.
QUESTIONS?Contact the Winter Doubles Directors, Bob Heidrich or Adam Ruth at
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