Intramural Rules

Tennis

This is a single-participant format league. Each individual will only be eligible for one division. Women may sign up for men's play

Divisions include: Men's Advanced and Recreational, and Women's Advanced and Recreational. The ladder is a self-run league as well. Beginning placements on the ladder will be done by a random lottery system. When challenging, you may only challenge within two places. For example, if you are 8th on the ladder, you may only challenge 7th and 6th place. You may only challenge up; you may not issue a challenge to a player below your seed. Challenging player must bring the tennis balls for play. The games are 8 game pro sets with ad scoring. First player to 8 games wins, on tiebreaker. When a higher seed loses, that individual will be replaced by the winner and then moves down one spot, regardless where the challenge came from. For example, if the #3 seed beats the #1 seed, the #3 seed becomes the #1 seed and the old #1 seed becomes #2, bumping the previous #2 to #3.

To eliminate excessive challenges toward the end of the season, each player is limited to three (3) matches per week, running from Sunday to Saturday. If a player chooses to accept the challenge even though he/she has played in three matches, that match will count. Before each match, the challenging player must come by the Intramural Office to obtain a player score sheet. This sheet must be signed by both players at the end of the match, and the winning player must return it to the Intramural Office the NEXT WORKING DAY. If a player fails to show, he/she will forfeit and lose the match. Please be courteous to players arriving late and allow a 10-minute grace period before leaving. Players on the ladder are responsible for calling the player they want to challenge, and those players should make all possible attempts to schedule the match at a convenient time.