Friendship Cup 2022 - Tennis - Men's Singles
Welcome to the 2022 Season of Friendship Cup Tennis Tournaments.
This year, we will start with our Singles Tournament, followed by Doubles and Team-Tennis tournaments.
We welcome all level of players, beginners to advanced. This year we are planning to have separate divisions for 3.0, 3,5, 4.0+. We can also have a separate division for 4.5+ if we get enough participants.
Based on the number of entries, we will divide participants into groups.
Top 2 players from each group will qualify for Playoffs.
Tournament Format, for each division, will be
- Stage-1 : Round-Robin within each group, followed by
- Stage-2 : Playoffs - Single Elimination format... leading to Championship Final.
Start Date & Schedule :
Stage-1 (Round-Robin) to begin from Saturday May-7th. All players are required to complete 1-2 Matches per week (i.e. between Saturday and Friday). Round-Robin Schedules for each division, are posted on this website, Please check it out!
Stage-2 (Playoffs / Single-Elimination) to begin from Saturday Jun-11th. All players are required to complete 2 Matches per week (i.e. between Saturday and Friday), so that we can finish in time for July-4th vacations. Playoffs Schedules will be posted as we are closer to the end of Stage-1.
Match Format - All Matches will be played as below
- All Matches will be Home v/s Visitor - each pair will have equal opportunity
- Home Player to bring Match Balls & gets to choose venue (If the venue is a paid facility, like CTP, every player will be responsible for their court fees)
- Best of 3 Sets
- Regular Ad-Scoring
- Regular 7-point Set Tie-Breaker, at 6-6 set score
- 3rd set will be played as a 10-point Match Tie-Breaker, in Coman format
(You can find more details at http://www.southernleaguetennis.com/coman_rules.html)
As we say in Tennis, Love-All... Let the game begin !!!
Remember this is Friendship League... just play to have fun, but, still be competitive.