Tennis

Schedule

STARTING THE MATCH: The first ten minutes will be used as a warm-up period. Anyone not ready ten minutes after the scheduled start time will forfeit the match. (This would count as one loss in the double elimination tournament.) A coin toss determines who serves and which player begins at which end.
EQUIPMENT: Rackets can be signed out with proper ID. Please see the equipment manager before the day of the first match (x 5386). The Intramural Department will provide balls.
ALL DOUBLES TENNIS RULES APPLY.
PLAYING AREA: Games will be held on the tennis courts near the Sports Center main entrance.
SERVING: Players alternate serves: Player A serves the first game, player B the second and so on. They also alternate sides of the court they serve from beginning each game on the right side. The serve is made into the service court diagonally opposite the side the server is standing on. Players switch ends of the court at the end of the first, third, and subsequent alternate games.
SCORING: An eight game pro-set will be used. Adds will be used.

Scoring will be as follows for each player:

First point, score is 15

Second point, score is 30

Third point, score is 40

Fourth point, the game is won

The first player to win eight games by two will win the match. The server scores a point if he/she serves an ace (a serve that the receiver cannot return), or if the serve hits the opponent. The receiver scores a point if the server double-faults. A player wins a point when the opponent…

-cannot return a ball before it bounces twice on his/her side

-returns the ball out of bounds

-hits the ball into the net

-carries or catches the ball on his/her racket or deliberately touches the ball with the racket more than once

-hits the ball by throwing the racket or

-hits the ball before it has crossed the net.

7. RETURNING SERVE AND PLAYING: The receiver must return the serve on the first bounce, hitting it over the net and into the opponent’s court. A ball striking the boundary line is in play. After the serve, the players may volley by hitting the ball before it bounces or after one bounce.