Tennis

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 points 

> draw - 2 point 

> loss – 1 points 

> forfeit – 0 points

Medals

Gold and silver medals will be presented aafter each event to those who competed in the final.