Tony Stephens, the NNMTA League Coordinator, has requested that we post the rules for the 2004 league season. Here are the rules for Adult and Mixed League play. Adult League begins April 3 and ends June 18.
ATTENTION: League changes for the 2004 season –
1) The 4.5 and 5.0 competitive levels will not have any playoffs for SW Sectionals. The winning team will be determined by the best Win/Loss record for the season. Ties will be broken by the USTA tiebreaker method.
2) In the Adult League, all levels will play a complete round robin with the possibility of playing one Alb/SF match on a weekday at 6:00 PM.
3) If there are TWO “Total team defaults” for any team, this team will be dropped from the league – NO REFUNDS, NO EXCEPTIONS!
4) There will be a specific weekend at the end of the Mixed Doubles season for local playoffs instead of matches played during the week.
5) The player registration deadline for each league will be extended.
ATTENTION: SCHEDULING INFORMATION –
Adult League:
· Due to the increase in size of the Adult League, each Albuquerque and Santa Fe team, playing in the same group, may be scheduled to play a match in the other city at 6:00 PM on a weekday during May and June if there are not enough weekends for SF/Alb matches. Every effort will be made to have as many SF/Alb matches played on the weekends as possible.
· Scheduling will be done, taking into account not to schedule over Easter Sunday, Mother’s Day, and the Fourth of July, NTRP tournaments and, if necessary, only the 2.5, 3.0 & 3.5 divisions over Memorial weekend.
· Due to the USTA Rule “3.01H(1),” complete round robins must be played, therefore eliminating “incomplete” round robin play.
The Round Robin format will be as follows….
2 teams = will play a minimum of 3 times. The teams may play more times if they both agree.
3 teams = can play as many times as they all agree.
4 teams = will play all teams 3 times (9 matches).
5 teams = will play all teams 3 times (12 matches).
6 teams = will play all teams 2 times (10 matches).
7 teams = will play all teams 2 times (12 matches) .
8 teams = will play all teams 2 times (14 matches).
9-20 teams = will play all teams 1 time.
· Levels with 4 or less teams will play a round-robin format. The team with the best win-loss record will advance to Sectionals without playoffs.
· Levels with 5 or more teams will have a play-off to determine the team that will advance to Sectionals even if a team is undefeated after playing a seasonal round robin. (See “CHAMPIONSHIPS” on one of the back pages)
· If there is a tie to determine a team for any play-offs, the USTA tie breaker method will be used. For each level, the season win-loss record will determine the play-off seedings.
· All Adult League local play-offs will be held on the same weekend and if court availability and scheduling permits, they will be played within 1 week after the finish of the local season and NOT be scheduled over a holiday weekend.
· No matches will be scheduled on the weekends of NTRP tournaments except for 4:00 PM on the Sundays of those NTRP tournaments.
Mixed League:
· For the 2004 season, matches will be held on Monday thru Friday evenings at 6:00PM; with no matches played on the weekends due to NTRP tournaments.
· Albuquerque will be recognized as the hub for this league. Each Albuquerque team will be required to travel one (1) time to Santa Fe/Northern Counties. All other league matches involving Santa Fe or Northern County & Albuquerque teams will require travel to Albuquerque.
· Due to USTA Rule “3.01H (1),” complete round robins must be played, therefore eliminating “incomplete” round robin play.
The Round Robin format will be as follows….
2 teams = will play a minimum of 3 times. The teams may play more times if they both agree.
3 teams = can play as many times as they all agree.
4 teams = will play all teams 3 times (9 matches).
5 teams = will play all teams 3 times (12 matches).
6 teams = will play all teams 2 times (10 matches).
7 teams = will play all teams 2 times (12 matches) .
8 teams = will play all teams 2 times (14 matches).
9-20 teams = will play all teams 1 time.
· Levels with 4 or less teams with the best win-loss record will advance to Sectionals without playoffs.
· Levels with 5 or more teams will have a play-off to determine the team that will advance to Sectionals even if a team is undefeated after playing a seasonal round robin. (See “CHAMPIONSHIPS” on one of the back pages)
· If there is a tie to determine a team for any play-offs, the USTA tie breaker method will be used. For each level, the season win-loss record will determine the play-off seedings.
· This year, all Mixed League local play-offs will be held on the same weekend and if court availability and scheduling permits, they will be played within 1 week after the finish of the local season and NOT be scheduled over a holiday weekend.
PLAYER REGISTRATION - Each player must be a USTA member or they cannot register for a team. The membership must be valid through the end of the league season. A player’s NTRP rating must be equal to or lower than the NTRP level specified for the specified level of competition. A player is allowed to register without an DNTRP rating by “self-rating” themselves when they register for their team on the Internet. All player registrations are done on the USTA Website titled TennisLink. The addresses are: www.usta.com or national.usta.com.
NOTE: A player MUST be registered on the roster in order to play in a match; if a player
plays in a match before they are registered, that match will result in a forfeit.
Procedure to register for a USA League team……..
· go to the following Website: national.usta.com
· enter the USTA membership number
· enter the 9-10 digit team ID number & the telephone number in the associated boxes
· click on “Next Step”
· continue to enter the credit card information
· “Submit” all of the information
NOTE: If the player is not a USTA member at the time of registration, they will have to
join the USTA at this Website in order to register for a USA League team.