2015 FERA Tennis Club – Doubles League Announcment!
Doubles Director: Rob Bromley at rbromley@yahoo.com
Click here to register: Doubles Registration Form
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Are you a member of the Ford Tennis Club and are interested in playing doubles this year? If
so read on!
The Doubles League is open to all Ford Tennis Club Members at no additional cost and is a
great way for new members to meet other club members and most importantly – play tennis!
You do not need a partner to play. I will arrange a weekly match for you based on your ranking
within the doubles league (your singles ladder rank is not used and is not affected by your
doubles results).
If you elect to join, this is a commitment to play one weekly scheduled match over the
summer, starting Wednesday June 3th and ending August 5th. (No matches will be scheduled
during the July 4th shutdown).
Rainout policy: Rainouts really can be a scheduling problem and to keep the league moving at a
consistent pace, each Wednesday a decision will be made at 4:30pm if official league matches
will take place. If the matches are cancelled, it will be played the following week.
GENERAL RULES
1. The Doubles League is open to all Ford Tennis Club Members at no additional cost and
will consist of 9 weeks of play.
2. Court location may be wherever is agreed upon by the players scheduled for each
match. Last year we had great luck playing at Edsel Ford High School courts. You can
also find additional courts on the Ford Tennis Club link for an up-to-date list of
available courts in Dearborn and adjacent communities.
3. Suggested start time is 5:00PM unless agreed otherwise by participants but must be
played Wednesday nights.
4. It will be up to the scheduled participants to communicate with one another to agree
on court location and start time if other than 5PM. Please be sure to keep a copy of
contact information for all participants with you so you may inform your partners,
on a timely basis, if you will be late, unable to play, or need to secure a sub at
the “last-minute”. It will be your responsibility to schedule a sub.
5. Make sure to coordinate between the 4 players who will bring a can of balls. If you
can't decide, flip a coin!
SCORING RULES:
1) Players will accumulate points on an individual basis. Each game won is 1 point.
2) Play will consist of 3 sets. Each set is to be played with a different partner from the
assigned foursome.
3) Sets are played up to 6 games. Rather than playing to 7-5 or a tie break at 6-6, tiebreaks will be played at 5-5. This will be a best-of-12 tie break (the first team to
reach 7 points with a margin of 2 points wins the tie breaker).
4) A winning percentage calculation is created based on number of games played vs.
number of games won. Here is an example:
Week 1, Player Tom Otto.
Tom played 3 sets, total of 28 games played.
Tom's score for each set 6-2, 3-6, 5-6.
Total games won: 14.
Winning percentage: 50%
5) Court assignments each week will be based on winning percentage, the top 4 winning
percentage leaders will be paired together, next top 4 together, and so on.
6) Score results from each set are to be reported via e-mail to Rob Bromley by the next
day, usually by the winner. (Any player may send the results.) Please .cc the other 3
players.
7) If a player cannot make the match, he must find a sub and notify the other
players in his foursome. If the player does not show up or does not attempt to find a
sub, he will be penalized with a 0% winning percentage for the week.