Southwest Florida Tennis News

 

Ron St. John        New USPTA Collier County President    "Collier Country Pro of the Year" 2008.

                                                                    

Grand Prix Circuit Schedule

 

Click below for details

 

 

 

Oct. 17-18         Addison Reserve Country Club, Boynton Beach

Nov. 14-15         Masters Year-End Event

                        Isleworth Country Club, Windermere

 

 

 

 

Nominated Slate of Officers

 

After conducting interviews with all interested candidates, Nominating Committee Chairman Patrick Sheahan and committee members Robin Keener, Jeff Davis and John Joyce propose the following slate of officers to serve on the USPTA Florida Board for 2009 – 2011.

 

President                                   Richard Centerbar

Regional Vice President               Dave Richardson

First Vice President                     Jeff Cohen

Vice President (a)                       Brad Leu

Vice President (b)                       Trish Faulkner

Vice President (c)                       Robin Newman

Vice President (d)                       Terry See

 

 

CTA League Clubs,  

Please Help Keep the Standings Up to Date.

RECORD AND CONFIRM YOUR SCORES PROMPTLY.

go to www.leaguesforfun.com and Login as a Registered User. Clubs should use their admin logins.  If you do not know your admin login let me know and I will forward it to you.  Clubs must login to be able to perform the following actions.  At your club page, click on the name of the division and then click on the correct team name.

EITHER CAPTAIN RECORDS SCORES within 24 hours. On your team page, click on ‘Record’ to the left of the match date to enter the scores.  Third set tiebreakers are entered 1 – 0 (not the actual score). After the match is entered the word ‘Change’ will appear next to the match until the match is confirmed.  After the match has been recorded a flashing yellow ‘Alerts’ button will appear on your opponent’s profile page.

OPPOSING CAPTAIN CONFIRM SCORES within 48 hours. Click on the flashing ‘Alerts’ on your profile page. Click on ‘Score Card dated….’. Click on ‘I Confirm’ to finalize the match.  OR, on your team page Click on ‘Verify’ to the left of the date of the match then click ‘I Confirm’.   Click on the date of the match to see the scores that were entered.

SCORES ENTERED INCORRECTLY

If the match is entered incorrectly call or email your opponent who entered the scores.  They can change the incorrect match information by clicking on the word ‘Change’ in front of the match date.

SCORING ~ All matches will be the best of two sets with regular scoring and a set tie-break (Coman) at 6-all in each set.  The set tiebreak is a 7-point tiebreaker, (the first to seven by two points).   No rest break is allowed after the first game during a set. 

In the event of split sets, a SUPER TIE-BREAK (Coman), (the first to 10 by two points), shall be played in lieu of a third set with a two minute set break.  The Super Tie-Break shall be scored as 1 set and 1 game for tiebreak procedures. Enter the Super Tie-Break as 1-0 on the scorecard.

One (1) point is awarded for each overall team win (not individual courts won).  In addition, least Individual sets lost, then least Individual games lost may be used to break a tie.  Some divisions will use % won if they do not play everyone in the division or there are uneven numbers of teams or byes. (% = # of Overall Team Wins divided by the # of Matches Played)

LeaguesForFun software shows up to the minute standings.  Teams are displayed in their division in order of strength.   

SCORING DEFAULTS and RETIREMENTS in the LeaguesForFun website

ONE TEAM DEFAULTS A POSITION

At the top of the individual match where the scorecard status shows ‘Completed’, use the down arrow and select ‘Default’.  Select the names of the players who would have played if the match was not defaulted.  For the defaulted players, instead of choosing a player’s name, select the word ‘Default’ from the player list.  Put in the scores 6-0, 6-0 in favor of the non-defaulting team. Select the correct team as winner.

BOTH TEAMS DEFAULT A POSITION

At the top of the individual match where the scorecard status shows ‘Completed’, use the down arrow and select ‘Double Default’.  For all the defaulted positions, instead of choosing a player’s name, select the word ‘Default’ on the list of names.  Leave the scores blank. Either team can be selected as winner.  The system ignores the winner status for double defaults.

PLAYER RETIRING IN THE MIDDLE OF A MATCH

At the top of the individual match where the scorecard status shows ‘Completed’, leave as completed.  Do not select retired.  Select all the player’s names as usual.  Put in the scores as if the non-retiring team won all the remaining games after the retirement in order to complete the match.  If no games have been completed, enter the match as a ‘Default’.

 

Please feel free to call/email if you have any further questions about scoring.

Vivian Welsh, League Coordinator

welsh@naples.net - 571-6935

 

 

 

USPTA Florida Party:  Thursday, September 24 2009

 

 

 

November 2009:

 

Fri, November     6th                         Player's Club              

Fri, November    13th                        Pelican Bay

Fri, November    20th                        Fiddler's Creek

 

December 2009:

 

 

 

January 2009:

 

Fri, January 26th                            Hideaway Beach

 

 

NAPLES PRO EXHIBITION SERIES GUIDELINES

 

  1. FEE

    a. $350 ($50 check payable to the 7 participating professionals, the host professional does not get paid).

    b. Food and Beverage for the pros after exhibition.

     

  2. NO ENTRY FEE FOR THE PROFESSIONALS

 

  1. FORMAT

     

    1. 3 rounds, 8 total games, double deuce, if tied, 1 point tiebreaker.
    2. All let balls played on serve.
    3. Partners stay as a team for that week only.
    4. Betting on all three rounds.

     

                                                              i.      1st round- spectators pick from a bag of colored slips with team name on them, the team that they draw will be their team for the first round. If that team wins their match, the spectator puts slip with his/her name on it to be drawn for a free prize. Same concept for the 2nd and 3rd rounds. This encourages people to “root” and enjoy the matches more.

 

  1. Host professional plays at their facility and chooses their partner.
  2. Pros may play as much or as little of the overall exhibition series.
  3. The professionals will be introduced with a bio prior to match play.