Chattanooga Tennis Association

Chattanooga Tennis Association

Adult Tennis League Rules

To view the latest CTA league rules, please visit the CTA website at
http://www.chattanoogatennis.com/league-info/

If you are interested in playing in the CTA men's league, and are new to the league, please visit https://www.chattanoogatennis.com/mens-team-league-2022/ for more information.

The men’s league is played on Thursday evenings at 6:30pm at Champions Club. Court fees ($4.50 per match) go to Champions Club and are due at time of play. We will be able to support up to 8 courts of doubles tennis in a new court ladder format. The league is intended for adult men with a rating anywhere from 3.0 to 4.5.

If you would like to play in the men’s league:

1. Make sure you have an active CTA annual membership
2. Make sure you have a TopDog account. If you do not, sign up here: https://chattanoogatennis.topdoglive.com/
3. If you are not already in the league, sign up using the form at https://www.chattanoogatennis.com/mens-team-league-2022/ and we will add you to the men’s league in TopDog.
1. If you are already in the men’s doubles league or have played in previous seasons, you do not have to submit the form again.

THE COMAN TIE-BREAK FORMAT:

The Coman tiebreak procedure is identical to the regular tiebreak procedure except that the players Change ends after the first point and then after every four points, and at the conclusion of the tiebreak.

Set Tie Break: First to win 7 points by 2 points wins “Game “ and“Set”

3rd set Match Tie Break:First to win 10 points by 2, wins match.

The player whose turn it is to serve shall serve the first point from the deuce court.

After the first point, the players shall change ends and the following two points shall be served by the opponent(s) (in doubles, the player of the opposing team due to serve next) starting from the add court.

After this, each player/team shall serve alternately for two consecutive points (starting from the ad court); changing ends after every four points, until the end of the tie break game.

Switch sides after points 1,5,9,13,17..…. and at the conclusion.

Principle Advantages

Fairness – By changing ends more frequently, the effects of the elements (sun, wind, etc.) are distributed more evenly between the two opponents as opposed to playing six consecutive points before changing ends.

In doubles, the server will always serve from the same end of the court, rather than having to serve from both ends.

Tennis Family,

We are thankful Baylor, Champions, GPS, Manker, and McCallie allow CTA to play on their courts.

These courts are called the "paid courts" because teams "Pay to Play".

Please remember these courts are only charging for 1 1/2 hours of play. Please do not abuse the time, and be respectfull those courts may be reserved before/after your time.

To play within the time limit, please play the 3rd set Coman Tie Break.

Thank you