The Waegwoltic Team Tennis program is a unique, co-ed tennis format that offers Waegwoltic Club Members the opportunity to play with a team rather than as an individual in a competitive and social event. Since this format is team oriented, the game and scoring rules differ dramatically from those of the traditional tournament tennis rules that most people are familiar with.

Matches are held once a week at two separate, hour and a half, time allotments. Registration is accepted for individuals and teams alike. Members looking to enter an entire team must have six players plus substitutes. Those looking to enter as an individual will be placed on a team or individuals will be put into a group. There will be a surplus of players on each team to allow for flexibility for those who cannot play every week. Each team will select a Captain on the first night and that person will be in charge of fielding a Team and rotating players weekly. Each Team will require 3 Women and 3 Men, in order to field a Team to play Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. Team Captain will decide line up every week: you may play Doubles or Mixed Doubles based on the recommendation of your Captain. Waegwoltic Team Tennis is competitive and social in nature.

Alternative Scoring Method: No-Ad Scoring system

We will be using an alternative scoring method for games, the “No-Ad” scoring method. A standard game is scored as follows with the server’s score being called first:

No point  “Love”
First point  “15”
Second point  “30”
Third point  “40”
Fourth point  “Game”

If both players/teams have won three points each, the score is “Deuce” and a deciding point shall be played. The receiver(s) shall choose whether to receive the service from the right half or the left half of the court. In doubles, the players of the receiving team cannot change positions to receive this deciding point. The player/team who wins the deciding point wins the “Game”.
In mixed doubles, the player of the same gender as the server shall receive the deciding point. The players of the receiving team cannot change positions to receive the deciding point.

Score in a Set:

There are different methods of scoring in a set. The two main methods are the “Advantage Set” and the “Tie-break Set”. We will be using the “Tie-break Set” method. In the “Tie-break Set” the first player/team to win six games wins that “Set”, provided there is a margin of two games over the opponent(s). If the score reaches six games all, a tie-break game shall be played.

Score in a Match:

A match can be played to the best of 3 sets (a player/team needs 2 sets to win the match) or to the best of 5 sets ( a player/team needs to win 3 sets to win). We will be playing the best of 3 sets. If teams are tied at one set all, a “Tie-break game” will be played in place of a third set.

Tie-break game:

During a tie-break game, points are scored “Zero”, “1”, “2”, “3”, etc. The first player/team to win seven points wins the “Game” and the “Set”, provided there is a margin of two points over the opponent(s). If necessary, the tie-break game shall continue until this margin is achieved.

The player whose turn it is to serve shall serve the first point of the tie-break game. The following two points shall be served by the opponent(s) (in doubles, the player of the opposing team due to serve next). After this, each player/team shall serve alternately for two consecutive points until the end of the tie-break game (in doubles, the rotation of service within each team shall continue in the same order as during that set).