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Team Tennis

As one can tell by the title of this section teams play each other. Normally, there are 8 teams with 5 players on each--giving 40 people a chance to play! After the first round teams are divided into the consolation and main groups. The teams then compete on their side of the draw to decide the champions. There is a main draw winning team, and also one for the consolation side. All teams play 3 rounds to get overall standings.

After the first round teams are divided into the consolation and main groups. The teams then compete on their side of the draw to decide the champions. There is a main draw winning team, and also one for the consolation side.

The format rotates a new members of each team into play after a set number of games so that all members of the team contribute to its success.

In each round a team plays a "set" against another team, with the players rotating in and out to represent the team

  • Players 1 and 2 start, and after each game one player from each team rotates out to be replaced

    • Player 1 rotates out after game 1 to be replaced by team member 3

    • Player 2 rotates out after game 2 to be replaced by team member 4,

    • Player 3 rotates out after game 3 etc. 

  • and so on until all members of the team have played and the rotation starts again with player 1

  • Please note: this guarantees that every player gets to play at least 2 games in a set but it does not guarantee that everyone gets to serve.

Games are no-ad with men serving to men and women serving to women; otherwise it's receiver's choice.

If the sun rule is in effect, all games are served from the same end, with one team serving one game, then changing ends and the other team serving two games in a row before the next changeover. The player about to rotate out should serve first after a changeover.

Rotation ... Prior to starting play, write down the player rotation

  • As far as reasonable, players should be in order man, woman, man, woman ...

  • A team keeps the same rotation for a set, but can change between sets.

The tournament follows the general outline of the Tournament Common Procedures (included at the bottom) with the following notes:

Background

  • General format is that groups of players are assigned to teams, with an equal number of players on each team

  • Teams play in a knockout tournament to determine all positions

    • It is preferable to have 4 or 8 teams so that the brackets are balanced

    • See details below

Sign Up Participants

  • Participation is practically UNLIMITED so everyone is welcome, the more the better

  • Given 8 teams, it's preferable to have 24-40 players, i.e. 3-5 players per team

  • It does not really matter that some teams have say 4 players and some 5

Confirm and Notify Players [Tournament Week]

  • Remind everyone of the details and the need to arrive by 8:45 to get team assignments

Day(s) Before

  • Buy some prizes ... nothing at all serious! Maybe a booby prize also.

  • Buy food, drinks etc: the average supermarket expenditure is $40 to $50 

    • Pint of Half and half / milk for Coffee/ tea

    • Danish and/or muffins to be sliced up for serving

    • Fresh fruit bowl to be sliced up

    • Orange Juice

  • Assign player to team and print tags 

    • Form the teams [see below] 

    • Print player tags, team handouts

  • Draw a competition scoreboard with brackets using the club whiteboard. Remember all teams play 3 matches

    • 8 team tournament, 32+ players

      • First team to seven games wins the set; 7-6 wins a set; there is no tie break

      • Front bracket and consolation round with each team playing three matches

      • Match [1a] A vs. B; [ab] C vs. D; [1c] vs. E vs. F; [1d] G vs. H

        • Front draw winner round [2a] 1a vs. 1b,  [2b] 1c vs. 1d

          • Winner 2a vs. 2b for 1st and 2nd, loser 2a vs. 2b for 3rd and 4th

      • Back draw features losers from first round matches in a similar elimination for places 5 thru 8

    • 4 team tournament 24 or less players

      • A round robin competition where each team plays against every other team

      • i.e. A vs B, C vs. D; A vs. C, B vs. D; A vs. D, B vs. C

      • Play to 6-6 all, no tie break, so it's possible to tie a set

      • Winner: most sets one

      • Tie break: least games lost

  • Print enough copies of the playing rules, 1 for each team + 2 extras to be held at the desk

Morning Of, Before Starting [Plan on arriving at 8 a.m.]

  • Check in Players: each player is randomly assigned to a team by picking team colors out of a hat

  • Each team, when complete, must document their playing rotation

During The Tournament

At the End: Announcing the Winners

  • Take photographs to submit to the Publicity officer for publication on the web site and Rossmoor News

Forming Teams

This format requires 32 players, 16 men and 16 women

Seed the players in A, B, C and D groups for both men and women

Each of 8 teams will have 4 players, one A, one B, one C, one D. Do this by:

  • Create pairings of men and of women by picking a player

    • One from the A group and pairing them with a player from the D group

    • Another the B group and pairing them with a player from the C group

    • This results in 8 A-D pairings and 8 B-C pairings for both men and women

  • Create teams by:

    • Pick a random A-D mens pair and teaming them with a B-C pair from the women

    • Then randomly pair the remaining A-D women with a pair of B-C men

    • Now 8 teams will each have A-B-C-D players, two men, two women

    • Some will have with men as the A-D pair and some with women as the A-D pair

    • So each team is either A-man, B-woman, C-woman, D-man or A-woman, B-man, C-man, D-woman

Break the 8 teams into two groups ... the Jets and the Sharks!

Team Play Format

Play will be two round robin competitions, one for the Jets and one for the Sharks. The rounds will be:

Round 1   

-- 1 vs 2   

-- 3 vs 4

Round 2   

-- 1 vs 3   

-- 2 vs 4

Round 3   

-- 2 vs 3   

-- 1 vs 4

Playing each round:

  • Remember each team is either A-man, B-woman, C-woman, D-man or A-woman, B-man, C-man, D-woman

  • Each round has a same sex match -- i.e. men play men, women play women --

  • and a mixed doubles match where the A-B players are the upper team and the C-D players are the lower team. The upper pairings from each team play off against each other, as do the lower pairings.

  • Each match uses a four (4) game format just like the wild card, where every player serves and the Rossmoor sun rule is in effect. No ad scoring and men serve to men, women to women or receivers choice for same sex matches

  • The number of games each team wins determines a win, loss or draw

  • To sum up: there will be 8 games played in each round

Scoring the Rounds

  • Teams get 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw

    • record the number of games and winner, if any of the lower pairing in the Mixed Doubles

  • At the end of the rounds, teams are ranked based on the points they have gained

  • Breaking a tie:

    • The number of games each team wins

    • The results of the lower pairing in Mixed doubles

    • Toss a coin

The Playoffs for the Championship

There is one final round to determine the final placing for each team.

Champions   

Jets 1st   

Sharks 1st

3rd-4th   

Jets 2nd   

Sharks 2nd

5th-6th

Jets 3rd   

Sharks 3rd

7th-8th

Jets 4th   

Sharks 4th

Each the play format, points and tie breakers


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