FAST4 Tennis Mid-Week Men’s Competition – Nomination and Information Form
Competition Details
 Tailored toward competitive players (Div 1-3 standard), however all are encouraged to participate
 Matches will be played from 7:00pm over eight Thursdays throughout Term 1 2017 (9th Feb – 30th March)
 The Competition consists of seven rounds of H&A and one round of finals
 Tennis SA will provide balls for the competition as part of entry fee
 8 new balls will be required for each match (teams to collect ball allocation at Round 1 match)
 Match Formats will be FAST4 scoring (further detail provided below)
 Entry fee is $120 per team paid to Tennis SA. Teams are also required to pay $20 per team to the venue host
for each round
Venue Details
 Each tie will require two courts per match.
 Matches will be played at venues available with lights plus access to toilets and bar
 Four teams will play matches on the Centre Courts at Memorial Drive each week
 Tennis SA will plan to schedule matches as either a Super Round (all teams at one venue) or split round
(matches played across two venues each).
Competition Administration
 Tennis SA will set up all draws using League Manager
 Teams will be required to add players on League Manager and enter scores on a weekly basis
Competition Timeline
Task
Timeline
Nomination Opening
15th December 2016
Nominations Closing
27th January 2017
Communication of draws and match venues
3rd February 2017
Round One
9th February 2017
Nomination
Club:_____________________________________________________________
Name of Team Organiser:_____________________________________________
Phone:____________________________________________________________
Email:_____________________________________________________________
Please list players below in Order of Merit
Player Name
Summer Competition and Division
played
Winter Pennant Division played
Match Formats
Matches will be played with singles matches first followed by doubles matches.
Singles Rubbers will be played as the best of three (3) short sets (first to 4 games) with a short tiebreak (first to five
(5) points, sudden death at four (4) points all) played at three (3) games all. Doubles Rubbers will be played as the
best of two (2) short sets (first to four (4) games) with a short tiebreak. A short tiebreak is a tiebreak played as the
first to five (5) points, sudden death at 4-4. The player whose turn it is to serve at the commencement of the
tiebreak (Player A) will serve two (2) points. The opposing player (Player B) will then serve two (2) points. Player A
(or team mate of Player A in doubles) will then serve two (2) points. Player B (or team mate of Player B in doubles)
will then serve the following two (2) points. If the score reaches 4-4, Player B (or the team mate of Player B in
doubles) will serve the final point of the tiebreak with Player a choosing which side the ball will be served. Players
will change ends only after the first four (4) points have been played. If sets are even at the conclusion of the second
set, a short tiebreak (first to five (5) points, sudden death at four (4) points all) will be played to determine the
outcome of the Rubber. All singles and doubles Rubbers will be played using no-ad scoring, with the receiver
choosing the service side when the game reaches deuce. No service lets will be played, meaning if the ball hits the
net cord on a serve and lands (bounces) within the correct service box, play will continue. In doubles, if the ball hits
the net cord on the serve and lands (bounces) within the correct service box, either player can return the ball (eg;
the ball hits the net cord and drops over the net, the non-receiver can move across and return the serve).
When the players change ends at the end of a game and during a tiebreak game, play shall be continuous and the
players shall change ends with players having to be ready to play within 60 seconds of the previous games
completion. Players are not permitted to sit down during the change of ends during a set.
No break is permitted between the conclusion of the first singles Rubbers and the following singles Rubbers. A
maximum of five (5) minutes is permitted between the conclusion of the final singles Rubber and the
commencement of the warm-up of the doubles Rubbers.
Method of Scoring Matches
For each Rubber win, one (1) point will be awarded to the team winning the Rubber. At the conclusion of the Match,
the winning team will be awarded with four (4) bonus points. There is a maximum of ten (10) points available for
each Match.
The team with the greater number of completed Rubbers won will be declared the winner of the Match.
If the number of Rubbers won is equal, the team that has won the greater number of completed sets will be
declared the winner.
If the number of sets won is equal, then the team with the greater number of completed games won will be declared
the winner.
If the number of games won is equal, then the Match shall be a draw and all outstanding points will be shared
equally (each team will be awarded five (5) points.
The ladder will be sorted by ‘Points Ratio’, which is the allocated points, divided by the number of Matches actually
played.
Competition Rules and Finals qualifications
This Competition is played under the Tennis Australia Code of Behaviour for Weekly Competitions
Any behavioural disputes are to be reported to Karl Button at Tennis SA within 48 hours of the match’s completion.
To be eligible for finals a player must compete in no less than four home and away matches
Inclement Weather
This competition will be played under the Tennis Australia Hot Weather Policy
In the case of forecast inclement weather, Tennis SA will update the Tennis SA Weather line (08 8411 1512) before
5pm on the day of the match if matches are cancelled.