Toronto Tennis City is thrilled to offer a ladder for members of all levels to participate in!
Singles Ladder Rules:
- You must be a member of Toronto Tennis City to participate in the ladder.
- The Ladder Coordinator makes the ultimate decision on the initial assignment of each player to a box, taking into account the player’s rating, previous ladder results and coach input.
- Boxes will consist of 5 to 10 players and will take place over two months.
- Participants who play fewer than 4 matches may be eliminated from the ladder at the start of the next cycle.
- Matches are comprised of an 8 game pro-set, with full ad points. The length of time allowed for warm-up is up to the players to decide, but shall be no more than 15 minutes. Each match shall be no longer than 60 minutes in duration, including the warm-up time (in other words, the total time for the warm-up and the game shall be the standard court booking time of 60 minutes).
- The first player to win 8 games, or the player who is ahead in the match at the end of the court time, wins the match. o At 7-7, a 7-point tiebreaker is played.
- A game or tie-breaker must be finished for it to count; in other words, the match result is based on the completed games.
- The match winner is awarded three points. The loser is awarded zero points. In the event of a draw, each player earns one point.
- Players who fail to show up for a match or who show up 15 minutes late are subject to default. A player who wins by default gets two points. A player who defaults does not earn any points.
- At the end of each cycle, the top two-three players in each box (in other words, those with the most points) will be moved up to the next box and the bottom two-three players (those with the fewest points) will move down a box. Other participants will remain in the same box. However, if a player’s box assignment is clearly too low or too high, the Ladder Coordinator may move that player to another box on a discretionary basis.
- If several players at the top or bottom of the box have then same number of points the Ladder Coordinator will decide who the top (or bottom) two players are after considering the head-to-head result. If that was a draw, the Ladder Coordinator will consider total games won.
- Each player should bring a can of balls to each match.
- The Ladder Coordinator has ultimate authority to resolve all disputes pertaining to the ladder.
- Scores will be recorded by the players in SkyCourt. Scores must be recorded within 24 hours of the ladder match ending. No scores can be recorded once the ladder round has ended.
- If you are a member of Toronto Tennis City, you can register for the Singles Ladder,
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