Ladder Rules

Participants at the start of the season will be placed on the ladder according to their skill level. Skill level will be assessed through whatever means is available including the players self evaluation of his or her NTRP rating (National Tennis Rating Program, see NTRP Self Rating Guide), input from the Pro, success in previous match play, etc. These will be approximations to get play for the season started.

Players will be arranged into groups of four and may challenge anyone in their group.

Participants joining the ladder during the season will be placed at their assessed skill level so as to make all matches as interesting and challenging for both parties as is possible. This will be done when the groups are being updated according to the matches played.

Once most of the matches have been played or one month has passed, the results will be assessed and players moved up a group or down a group, or left unchanged in the same group.

Each match will be a Pro set of 7. That is, the first one to seven, leading by 2. A 12 point Tie Breaker to be played at 6-6.

2 Points will be awarded for each win and 1 point for a tie. Accumulated points will be tracked.

In order to fit the matches into the club's 40 minute court booking system the result will be determined by either: the score at completion of the Pro set, or: if not completed by the time the 40 minute time slot has expired, the score of completed games at the end of the 40 minute booking.

If there is no one waiting to enter the court the players may elect to play out the rest of the pro set. Players should agree before commencing the match whether they will complete the pro set if they are not forced off the court or if they will stick to the time allocation regardless. If subsequently forced off before completion of the pro set, the score at the end of the time slot will prevail. Players will need to synchronize their watches so they agree on the finish time.

The final match scores are to be reported fairly by the match winners to gmtc@mail.germanmillstennis.com and will be posted here on the web site so all ladder participants may view the results. The coordinator will calculate the points and adjust the groups at the end of each month, or earlier if all matches have been played.

Scores are entered into the table as illustrated: (Player A won the match against Player B by a score of 7-4. Player D won against Player A by a score of 6-3 which was the score of completed games when the 40 minute time slot expired).