FALL LEAGUE/Diablo Valley

1. Any organized local team may participate. A minimum of three (3) USTA approved courts must be provided at one (1) location.

2. A player may not be a member of more than one (1) FALL League team/year.

3. All matches must be completed by November 16. Season may be extended by exception to November 20.

4. All match dates must be scheduled in advance of season starting.

5. Host captain: Contact guest captain one week prior to match to confirm date and give directions to your club if needed. Courts must be available until completion of match; otherwise host team defaults any unfinished sets.

6. Four (4) doubles. This is a M-F a.m. women's tennis league. 1st round warm-up time is 9:15 a.m. Matches start at 9:30 a.m. 2nd round, on deck at 10:30 a.m. All serves must be taken before match begins. BE PROMPT! No warm-up allowed after 9:30 a.m. for 1st round. Clubs that can accommodate all 4 lines to play at once may do so at either 9:30am or 10:00am.

7. New player may be added at any time before match begins, they must be listed on team roster before play begins.

8. Captains: Rank your team in order of their ability, to promote equitable play. No coaching allowed during match.

9. Captains: Arrive on match day with line-up printed on Official FALL LEAGUE SCORE sheets & exchange score sheets simultaneously. (In an emergency, a qualified sub who arrives before default time, may play in that position.)

10. Default: May be given if a team member is more than 15 minutes late: 9:45 a.m. for 1st round; 10:45 a.m. for 2nd round, provided courts are available.

11. Only line four (4) doubles may be defaulted. Defaults are always from bottom to top of day's line-up.

12. If a TEAM DEFAULTS TWO (2) EVENTS IN ONE (1) MATCH: the team will be dropped immediately from schedule and all points won/lost will be voided. NO Club/team may take a default for entire match, regardless of circumstances: Only FALL Board has that authority.

13. Matches: Best 2 of 3 sets regular scoring with ads, using official USTA 12 point tie break at 6 games all (First to 7 points, win by 2 points).

3rd set: If playing Split Starts: First lines will play a mandatory 3rd Super Tie Break (first to 10 points, win by 2) and last line will vote to play Super Tie Breaker. If playing all lines at once: prior to start of match, line by line, 3 of the 4 players must agree to play USTA 10 point Super Tie Break in lieu of 3rd set, otherwise full 3rd set shall be played. (There is no 'Home Court Advantage' in FALL.)

14. Scoring: Each set won counts as 1 point however, a match won in straight sets (1st two) receives 3 points. Defaults: 3 points. Retirement: Awarded set point already won, no further match play allowed.

15. Four (4) cans of new tennis balls, to be provided by host team: Heavy-duty championship yellow tennis balls, only.

16. Match results: Host captain: Enter results at: fallleague.topdoglive.com within 24 hours of completion of match. Guest captain: Verify results within 24 hours of completion of match.

17. Rain-outs: Host captain must call guest captain by 7:30 a.m. and cancel match. Reschedule match as soon as possible. If opposing team arrives and courts are not playable within a reasonable time, 15 minutes or so, because of wetness, guest team may reschedule match on its courts.

18. Division winner: Undefeated team; if none, total points accrued; if tie, team who won during season.

19. USTA rules apply in all areas not covered by these FALL League rules.