Event Summary

The 9th Asian game will be hosted by WACTA (wacta.org) on 5/19/2012 at the Four Season’s Tennis Club (3010 Williams Dr., Fairfax, VA), from 5pm- 11:50 pm.

· 5 -7pm, Kid’s Play Day, Free admission! Featuring Quickstart courts for 10-and-under, and tennis clinics for juniors. Please reserve the date! More details will follow

· 6 pm – Potluck Party! Share delicious ethnic cuisine contributed by each team and the community they represent

· 7 pm –11:50 pm Adult Team Tennis

Genesis will be our Tennis String sponsor! There will be raffle drawing for Washington Kastles tickets as well.

Adult Team Tennis

The 9th ANNUAL ASIAN GAMES TEAM TENNIS TOURNAMENT format utilizes no-ad scoring. Each team will have players compete in the following double’s matches:

· Men’s Doubles combined 7.0 or under

· Men’s Doubles combined 8.0 or under

· Men’s Doubles Open

· Women’s Doubles 8.0 or under

· Mixed Doubles Open

ASIAN GAMES TEAM TENNIS TOURNAMENT REQUIREMENTS:

· TOURNAMENT entry fee per team is $200. The captain of the team or country coordinator must submit the entry fee 30-days prior to match play.

· A minimum of ten players per team is necessary to play in every flight match and avoid a match default.

· Players must be 18 or older to compete in Adult Team Tennis

· Teams must submit rosters before play.

· There is no substitution during a match except injury

· There is no limit as to the number of players or alternates that you may field but must keep the 40% rule of non-country affiliate (except for the ‘UN’ team, if such team exists, see rules below). For example, if the Filipinos have a maximum of 20 players, then 8 representatives maybe of non-Filipino participants and 12 players are Filipino-American.
· An ‘UN’ team by definition does not represent any Asian country and so no 'country' should represent more than 30% of the team.

SCORING (tentative)

1. NO-AD GAMES

ASIAN GAMES TEAMTENNIS the scoring is no-ad. This means that the first team to capture four points (15, 30, 40, game or 1, 2, 3, game) wins the game. When the game score is deuce (game point), the receiving team may choose the side in which to receive the serve, except in the mixed doubles set, the serve must be made to the same gender at game point.

2. MATCH FORMAT

This depends on how many teams participating:

· 3 Teams – Play Round Robin (RR); 1st pair wins 11 games wins; if ties at 10-all, a 7-point tiebreaker* will be played to determine the winner;

· 4 Teams – RR; 1st pair wins 9 games wins the match, similar to above, if tied at 8-8, play a 7-point tiebreaker;

· 5 Teams – RR; 1st pair wins 7 games wins the match; play a 7-point tiebreaker if a set is tied at 6:6.

· 6 Teams – Divide into two groups of 3 teams; last year’s winner/runner-up in two separate groups, other teams are randomly assigned. RR within group, use 1st pair wins 7 games format like above. Decide group 1st and 2nd place, follows by semi-final, and final, all uses 1st 7-games format.

*7-point tiebreaker: whoever wins 4 points first is the winner. The 1st server serves one form the add court, then each other player serves 2 starts from the deuce court and so on.

*Team switch sides every 4 games. No need to switch side during the 7-point tiebreaker.

3. TEAM WINNING AND TIE BREAKING

Team head-to-head match (the “Super Match”) consists of 5 double matches. The team who wins more matches (e.g. 5-0, 4-1, or 3-2) wins one Super Match point. In the case of round robin (RR), the team with the most Super Match point wins.

Tie-breaker – in case of a tie in the Super Match point

Two-way tie:

• Head to Head Result

Three-way (multi-way) tie:

• The team with the most match wins during the RR is the winner; then reapply the rules to the remaining teams;

• The team with the lest match wins during the RR is the loser, then reapply the rules to the remaining teams

• The team with the most game wins during the RR is the winner; then use the two-way tie rule;

• The team with the least game wins during the RR is the loser, then re-apply the rules to the remaining;

• Random draw;

NOTE: AFTER COMPLETED MATCH, CAPTAIN OR CO-CAPTAIN MUST SUBMIT SCORECARD WITH OPPOSING TEAM CAPTAIN OR CO-CAPTAIN’S INITIAL ON THE SHEET AND HANDED OVER TO TOURNAMENT BOOTH FOR OFFICIALL TALLY. SCORECARD SHEET MUST BE COMPLETE WITH EACH TEAM PLAYER NAMES INCLUDED AND ALL SCORES RECORDED. THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED IMMEDIATELY AND WITHOUT DELAY.

4. WARM-UP TIME

In ASIAN GAMES TEAMTENNIS, All players are allowed a 5-minute warm-up.

6. CHANGING ENDS

Players change ends after every 4 games.

7. COACHING

COACHING is allowed throughout the match but not during a game play. In general, coaching should not delay match play time by more than 60 seconds

8. DEFAULT, SUBSTITUTION, INJURY AND OTHER RULES

Time: 5-minute delay – the late player will play with no warm up

10 minutes delay – the late team will lose 3 games with no-warm up

15 minute player default = match default with score of 0- X

Substitution: No substitution during match play except player injury.

Appeal: Rated games uses USTA rating or equivalent. Over-qualification can be appealed by the Captain to the tournament director. If over-qualification was decided by the tournament director, the team with the over-qualification receives a match default.

NOTE: USTA RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY TO THOSE NOT MENTIONED ABOVE.