Tennis
Mon, 27 Mar
|West Beach
Morning Sport This event will be offered as Men and Womens Singles and Doubles
Time & Location
27 Mar 2023, 9:00 am – 31 Mar 2023, 2:00 pm
West Beach, 3 Military Rd, West Beach SA 5024, Australia
About the event
Conditions
The Sports Carnival Committee reserves the right to modify or cancel the sport if insufficient nominations are received.
Shield Points
The winner will receive 15,000 points and the runner-up 9.000 points. These points are divided equally between the events.
Requirements
You will need to provide your own racquet.
Balls will be supplied
Players must have footwear appropriate for the sport.
Players are to report game results to coordinator asap after games are complete.
Rules
The tennis competition will be conducted under the rules set down by the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia, except where modified by the following:
General
The competition will consist of:
> a men’s singles event
> a men's doubles event
> a ladies’ singles event
> a ladies doubles event
> a mixed doubles event (dependent on numbers and if time allows – no shield points, social games only)
Teams and Draws
You can nominate to play with someone by emailing the Tennis Coordinator, Laura Hickson, otherwise teams will be chosen randomly based on state in the first instance. All draws will be round robin format for the preliminary rounds.
Doubles games
Each round robin match consists of eight games, with players serving for two games each, and swapping ends after four games. A sudden death deuce will be employed for preliminary rounds.
In the event of a forfeit the players that are available to play shall be awarded the winning points. For the purposes of ‘for and against’ the score line will be eight-nil (8-0).
On completion of the round robin games, the top 4 teams on the scoreboard will progress to the semifinals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3), with the final contested by the two semifinal winners.
In the event of two or more players finishing with the same number of points, their positions will be determined on a ‘games for and against’ basis using the results from the round robin games in the first instance, else a 4-game playoff with a tie-breaker will be played to determine finals match-up.
For semifinals and finals, each match will consist of eight games as per above, with sudden death deuce being played on the second deuce. In the event of a draw, the match will be determined by a tie-breaker (ie first to 7 points with a 2-point margin required).
For all doubles games, on the sudden death deuce point, the receiving team nominates which player will receive the serve.
Singles games
Each round-robin match consists of eight games, swapping ends after four games. A sudden death deuce will be employed for preliminary rounds.
In the event of a forfeit the players that are available to play shall be awarded the winning points. For the purposes of ‘for and against’ the score line will be eight-nil (8-0).
On completion of the round robin games, the top 4 players on the scoreboard will progress to the semifinals (1 v 4 and 2 v 3), with the final contested by the two semifinal winners.
In the event of two or more players finishing with the same number of points, their positions will be determined on a ‘games for and against’ basis using the results from the round robin games in the first instance, else a 4-game playoff with a tie-breaker will be played to determine finals match-up.
For semifinals and finals, each match shall consist of one set with tie-breaker (if required).
For all singles games, on the sudden death deuce point, the receiving player nominates which side they wish to receive the serve on.
Ladder points
Points are awarded as follows:
> win – 3 pointsÂ
> draw - 2 pointÂ
> loss – 1 pointsÂ
> forfeit – 0 points
Medals
Gold and silver medals will be presented aafter each event to those who competed in the final.