2024 SoCal Doubles & Combo Doubles Captains’ Meeting
October 8, 2024 7 PM
League tennis has never been so popular…we have over 50,000 league players in Southern Cal this year and we have a million league players nationwide. We also have a variety of Flex Leagues.
Ratings will be out Dec 1-2.
Excessive heat……….if the temperature is predicted to be 98 degrees or above you may reschedule. Heat rules may also apply……extra time on changeovers and set breaks.
To find the captain’s contact information sign into your account on Tennis Link and click the Captain’s Report tab on your team page. Is your co-captain listed?
To find your schedule click the Match Schedule tab on your team page. Home & away matches are listed under Match Schedule not Match Summary.
Do I have your blackout dates? Do you need extra players? Roster limit is 16 players. 50% of your team roster must be at designated NTRP level for Fall Doubles. Example………..a 3.5 team must have 50% of their roster rated 3.5. Comb doubles mean your players ratings are combined to play 6.5 or 7.5 or 8.5 leagues.
Schedule…….matches will start October 12, 2024 for SoCal Doubles teams. Combo Doubles will start October 15, 2024
Format: 2 Tie Break sets, regular scoring (play out the deuces), Coman Rotation Tiebreak at 6 games all (to 7 by a margin of 2), Match Tie Break in place of 3rd set & NO COACHING at any time during the match
Weekend Fall Doubles Playdays:
3.0 & 4.0 play on Saturday
3.5 & 4.5 play on Sunday
Weekday Combo Doubles Playdays:
6.5 plays on Tuesday
7.5 flight plays on Thursday
8.5 flight plays on Friday
Fall Dubs (weekend league) Sectionals for our Local League Winners will be in Rancho Mirage at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas and other sites in the desert on January 24-26 for 2.5/3.5/4.5 and on Jan 31-Feb 2 for 3.0/4.0/5.0+. Individual player fees are required to play Sectionals.
If you have a competitive team and hope to advance to Sectionals make sure your players know the date and can commit. Each player who plays at Sectionals must have played 2 matches in the local league season (one default counts).
There is no advancement for Fall Combo Doubles.
Registration End Date for all fall leagues is 11/22. Get your players registered now! Make sure your players are registered before you assign them a match (check your scorecard).
Season End Date is Dec 22 for Fall Doubles Weekend League and 12/31 for Combo Doubles (enter scores by 12/31).
Match start times depend on your home facility. If you want a start time different from 1 pm for your home matches let me know. Also, I do NOT need to know your warm up time, just match start time. I have marked some new start times.
The balls are provided by the home team. Since Head/Penn help sponsor USTA League Tennis consider using Penn Championship balls. Snacks are nice but optional.
Be sure to give your club’s Tennis Desk a copy of the schedule asap so the courts will be reserved. If you change a match date or time I need to know so I can put it in the schedule.
The winning captain enters the scores (but anyone can input scores as long as they have an account on TennisLink and are a team member).
The pre-match phone call is mandatory. Please, captains, talk to each other before the match and discuss among other things ……..match time, venue, any defaults, COVID restrictions, snacks, warm up court availability, etc. Contacting the captain by texting, email or phone call is fine. You might want a record of the call…..
Lateness….if the team or player is 15 minutes late you may be defaulted. The captain may reinstate the match depending on circumstances.
Contentious matches may be handled by inviting court monitors on the court…..one from each team. They stand at each side of the net post and may overrule or confirm a call if asked. The monitor closest to the ball makes the call and that decision is final. Monitos do not call foot faults but players may call foot faults on opponents.
Some additional things…….
Fall Combo Doubles and SoCal Doubles each play 3 lines of doubles. SoCal Doubles is a straight NTRP league which means 50% of your roster must have players who are rated at the appropriate level. Combo doubles is a combination of two players’ ratings.
The home team usually provides warm up courts 30 minutes prior to the match. But, sometimes home teams will not have any warm up courts. Please discuss this in the pre-match phone call.
The home captain controls spectators.
The home captain determines if the courts are unplayable. The home team captain should make the call before the match but if any player feels unsafe during play the match may be suspended for 30 minutes and if conditions do not improve the match will be rescheduled for a later date.
I’m thinking of offering 65 & Over Mixed Doubles in January. Help me spread the word.
When you register for your team/s make sure you have checked the box that allows communication from USTA…I do send text & email messages using the USTA Communication Center. But, to receive the messages you must allow it.
For Important Forms & Information go to this link
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