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Playing Regs - Tennis

1. AWARDS

The team champion in the High School division shall receive a plaque.
In addition, the individual champion in each event shall receive a medal.
Also, place ribbons will be awarded to those student-athletes finishing 2nd and 3rd. Medals and ribbons will be awarded in any division only if at least one match takes place.

2. SCORING

Points will be awarded to four places as follows: First-8, Second-5, Third-3, Fourth-1.

3. DIVISIONS AND EVENTS

There will be two divisions: Open and High School players (as defined by OFSAA).
In each division, the events will consist of girls' singles, boys' singles, girls' doubles, boys' doubles and mixed doubles. A competitor may enter only one event.

4. ENTRIES

Each member association will be allowed 4 (four) entries per event.

5. RULES

The Tennis Canada Rules of the Court shall govern play at the SWOSSAA Tennis Championship except as noted in #6 Championship Tournament.

6. CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

a) The High School tournament will be a one day tournament held in the week that includes the sixth Monday after Labour Day. The location of the tournament will alternate yearly between LKSSAA and WECSSAA. The high school and open tournament will be held at the same time.
b) The Tournament will be a partial double elimination tournament. Each match will be one pro-set to 8,no add scoring, with a 12 point tie-break at 7 all.
NOTE: The 12 point tie-breaker is won by the first player/team to win seven (7) points as long as the player/team leads by two (2) points. The tie-breaker continues until one player/team leads by two (2) points regardless of the score (for example: it could end at 100-98).
c) Any team or individual not reporting to the convenor within fifteen minutes of the calling time shall be subject to disqualification at the discretion of the convenor.
d) The convenor shall be present for the entire tournament. The convenor shall be the head official for any disputes. Tennis balls shall be supplied by the convenor. e) Rest periods between matches shall not exceed 15 minutes if a court is available and the convenor calls the match.
f) The convenor will retain the right to change the length or format of matches due to time constraints or the weather.
g) Medical provisions may be allowed up to fifteen minutes per match as per the convenor�s discretion.
h) In order to be allowed to play, competitors must dress in proper athletic attire which covers the midsection.
i) In the Open Division, the convenor will be responsible for seeding the entries prior to creating the draw and may use current OTA rankings and/or other available information for seeding.

7. THE DRAW

If there are eight entries in an event, the following draw will be used for the first round:
A � WEC 1 vs LK 4, B � WEC 3 vs LK 2, C- L K 1 vs WEC 4, D � LK 3 vs WEC 2.
The remainder of the draw will be:
E � Loser A vs Loser B, F � Loser C vs Loser D, G � Winner A vs Winner B H � Winner C vs Winner D I � Winner E vs Loser H, J � Winner F vs Loser G, K � Winner G vs Winner H L � Winner I vs Winner J, M � Winner L vs Loser K.
The SWOSSAA champion will be the winner of match K. The second place finisher will be the winner of Match M. The third place finisher will be the loser of Match M. The fourth place finisher will be the loser of Match L. .
If an Open Division draw has 4-7 entries, the same draw format will be used. The top seed(s) will receive first round byes.
If there are only three entries in an event, then a round robin tournament will be held for that event. If at the end of the round robin, one team is 2-0, one team is 1-1 and one team is 0-2, then the team that is 2-0 is the SWOSSAA champion, the team that is 1-1 is second and the team that is 0-2 is third. If at the end of the round robin each team is 1-1, then for each team the difference between games won and games lost will be calculated. The following examples will illustrate what happens next:
i)Team A is +4, Team B is + 2, Team C is -6. Team A and Team B will play a match for the SWOSSAA championship.
ii) Team A is +4, Team B is -2, Team C is -2. Team A will play whoever won the round robin match between B and C for the SWOSSAA championship.
iii) All three teams have a difference of zero. Then a random draw will place the teams 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The 2nd and 3rd place teams will play a match with the winner of that match playing the 1st place team for the SWOSSAA championship. If the winner of the match between the 2nd and 3rd place team also wins the SWOSSAA championship, then an additional match will take place between the two teams that the SWOSSAA champion defeated to determine 2nd and 3rd place.
If there are only two entries in an event, they will play a 2 out of 3 set match with each set to 6 (must win by 2 games) with a 12 point tie-break at 6 all.

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