MIXED 18 & OVER SECTIONALS
ADULT TENNIS | USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
MIXED 18 & OVER SECTIONALS
ADULT TENNIS
USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
APRIL 19-21, 2024
Mixed 18 & Over Sectionals
Combined NTRP Levels – 6.0 / 7.0 / 8.0 / 9.0 / 10.0
Great Park Tennis Center
Costa Mesa Tennis Center
Orange County, California
EVENT CONTACT:
India Hoffman
(310) 208-3582
ihoffman@scta.usta.com
USTA Rules & League Regulations will be enforced during the event.
Great Park Tennis Center
8242 Great Park Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92618
Costa Mesa Tennis Center
880 Junipero Drive
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Individual registration is required for this event. The registration price is $25 per player. One captain per team may register for free.
Match Tennis Team is a free app and available for your mobile device. Captains MUST download the app; players can choose to download the app to follow results, schedule of play, and more.
Playing AND non-playing captains can register for free. Select “Captain” as your role when you are registering. Only one free captain registration per team.
MatchApp will be used for:
– Captain Lineup Submission
– Player Score Entry
– Player Court Assignments
– Player and Captain Communication
– Match Score Confirmation
Defaults adversely affect Sectionals by taking play opportunities away from participants and impacting the standings, which diminishes the overall Sectionals experience from the teams that invested their time, efforts and resources.
To insure and maintain a positive experience, one captain from each team is required to authorize a $100 hold before April 15th, via Match Tennis Team. The hold will be released to the captain’s credit card on April 22nd if the team does not default any lines at Sectionals. If the team does default a line, the $100 hold will be donated to the Southern California Tennis Association Foundation.
The Southern California Tennis Association Foundation offers scholarships to promising junior players, funds community programs, special projects, and events that increase access, availability, and participation of tennis for people of all ages, gender, race, abilities, and backgrounds. For more information, please visit https://sctafoundation.org/
TEAM DEPOSIT LINK
Click here to make your team deposit.
Please note that you must have already registered for the tournament before placing the deposit for your team.
Captains, please attend the captains’ call on Wednesday, April 17th at 7:00pm. This call will also be recorded.
Topics include:
– How to use the Match Tennis Team platform.
– What to bring to Sectionals.
– Check-in and arrival times.
– Q&A
Best of two tiebreak sets with a ten-point match tiebreak in lieu of a third set.
Match Tiebreak (ten points, win by two)
When the score in an individual match is one set all, a Match Tiebreak shall be played in lieu of a third set. This tiebreak game replaces the deciding final set. The player/team who first wins ten points (win by two) shall win this match tiebreak and the match. If the score goes to 9 -9 and beyond, players continue to play until there is a winning margin of two points (i.e. 11-9, 12-10, 15-13, etc.)
Two-minute rest between the first and second set and between the second and third set Match Tiebreak.
Coman Tiebreak procedures apply to all tiebreak sets including the Match Tiebreaker. First team serves one time, followed by two serves for each team thereafter. Change sides after the first serve and then after every four points thereafter. (Note: Easy way to remember in doubles is that each player will serve from the same side.)
Three lines of doubles per match.
6.0:
Three unflighted matches with the top two teams advancing to the final.
7.0:
Three flighted matches with the 1st place team from each flight and best 2nd place team advancing to the semifinals.
8.0:
Three flighted matches with the 1st place team from each flight and best 2nd place team advancing to the semifinals.
9.0:
Three unflighted matches with the top four teams advancing to the semifinals.
10.0:
One round robin.
All registered players on the championship team will receive awards. All registered players on the finalist team will receive awards for divisions of six or more teams.
Lunch will be available on Saturday for all registered players.
Official photos will be available on PhotoShelter after the event.
The 2024 Team SoCal color is purple. The team with the most SoCal Spirit at Mixed 18 & Over Sectionals will receive a prize and be announced in the post event email blast. Please email team photos and Instagram handles of players pictured to ihoffman@scta.usta.com by Saturday, April 20th at 8pm to be entered in the contest.
There will be roving Certified Tournament Referees onsite at all times. Players are encouraged to play tennis without the need for umpires to be present for matches. In the case of disputed calls and upon the request of the player, a Tournament Referee may be requested to assist players as needed.
Hampton Inn & Suites Irvine-Orange County Airport
2192 Dupont Drive
Irvine, CA 92612
