- Spring
2008 MP Tennis
Ladder
- *All
players need to signup at one
of the MP Tennis locations
first*
- *All
registered players must create
a username and password at the
link below
- (even
if you played last
season)*
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Playoffs
Start July
7th!!
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- Ladder
Schedule for Season
17:
- Season
17 Started
3/10
- Bumpdown
Dates: 3/31, 4/14, 4/28, 5/12,
5/26, 6/9, 6/23,
7/7
- Regular
Ladder Season Ends on July 7th
-- All scores must be reported
by 12 Noon on
7/7
- Playoffs
Start 7/7 -- Championship
Match
8/24
- *Season
18 Starts
9/8*
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*Only
Current Ladder Players Can
Access The Standings
Online.*
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- Summer
Special -- Red
Clay Court Rental
only
$5/person/hour
- at
MP Tennis Center
in June &
July!!
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- Season
17 Now Playing -- Open Signups
Throughout Season!!
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*****
The MP Tennis Ladder
*****
Challenge
Your Game Rung by
Rung!
- *GENERAL
SETUP:
- 1.
Men Singles - Levels: "A"
4.5+, "B" 4.4-3.6, "C" 3.5-
- Women
Singles - Levels: "A" 4.0+,
"B" 3.9-
- 2.
Two seasons: Spring and
Fall
- 3.
Entry Fee is $25.00/player per
season (cash or check
only)
- 4.
Open sign-ups until end of
season
- 5.
End of season tournament to be
held for the top players on
each Ladder
- 6.
Prizes for tournament winners
on each MP Ladder
- 7.
The two players who play the
most matches on the Ladder
will receive a prize
- 8.
Number one player at end of
season on each Ladder will
receive a prize
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- *RULES:
- 1.
Best two out of three sets;
twelve point tie-breaker at
six all
- 2.
Official USTA rules apply to
all matches
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- *CHALLENGE
FORMAT:
- 1.
Challengers are the visitors
and will supply new balls for
each match
- 2.
A player can only challenge 10
places above their current
position
- 3.
Winning challengers take
challenged position on the
Ladder and the losing player
moves down one position
(including defaults); all
other players below will move
down one position
- 4.
If a challenger loses, both
players remain at their same
positions
- 5.
A player can only take one
challenge at a time; so a
player cannot challenge or be
challenged until they have
completed scheduled
matches
- 6.
A challenged player must offer
two reasonable days &
times for the match within
seven days or the match will
be considered a default;
inability to play or cancelled
matches are considered
defaults. Defaults must be
called in to MP Tennis and not
entered online
- 7.
It is the players'
responsibility to report all
scores as soon as possible;
report scores at
www.mptennis.com or call in at
813-961-8844. Scores reported
online are applied
immediately; scores reported
by phone may take 24 hours to
show in standings
- 8.
Scores must be entered online
or called in by Noon on
bumpdown Mondays to count;
scores reported after Noon
will count towards the next
bumpdown.
- 9.
If any player does not call in
at least one match result (win
or lose) every two weeks, they
will be dropped ten positions
on the Ladder
- 10.
A player must wait at least
two weeks from their last
match to play the same player
- 11.
A player must play a minimum
of 8 matches during the season
to participate in
playoffs
- 12.
Reporting fraudulant scores
will result in player(s)
dropping to the bottom of the
Ladder. After a second
incident, a player is removed
from the Ladder for the season
without refund
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- *PLAYER
INFO:
- 1.
Players beginning after start
date are added to the bottom
of Ladder
- 2.
If a player becomes unable to
play during the course of the
season, then they must call
for removal from the Ladder;
to re-enter the player will
challenge no higher than the
last held position. If the
match is lost, the player will
begin at the bottom of Ladder.
When a player returns, the
score must be called in to
813-961-8844 to be reinstated
to the Ladder. Injury leave
players will be shown on the
Ladder standings at the bottom
with the word "injury" past
their name
- 3.
If a player wins the "B" level
tournament they will move up
to the "A" Ladder the next
season; likewise "C" level to
"B" level
- 4.
In the event of complaints due
to a player at an
inappropriate level, the
director can move a player to
a more appropriate Ladder
level
- 5.
Up to the minute standings are
available on www.mptennis.com.
A weekly standings list is
displayed at MP Tennis
Carrollwood and New
Tampa
*Contact
MP Tennis at (813) 961-8844,
www.mptennis.com or email at
mptennis11@aol.com*
**If
you need a place to play your
match, courts are available at
the
MP
Tennis Center! Call 882-3620 to
reserve your
court!**
MP
Tennis Center Adult Clinics --
Mondays and Wednesdays 7-8:30
p.m.!!
MP
Tennis Center Adult Round Robin
every Saturday morning -- call
882-3620 to
participate!
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