UMBC Athletics and Recreation

The Fall 2007 tournament will follow the same format as last year. There will NOT be a scheduled bracket this year for the tennis tournament.Each participant will be given a contact sheet with the other tennis participant’s information. It will be the responsibility of each participant to contact each other and play the matches on THEIR OWN SCHEDULED TIME. After each match, the participants must fill out a score card and report it to the intramural office.

UMBC Intramurals
General Policies, Rules & Guidelines

For a detailed description of the rules & policies, please click here.

Tennis Tournament Rules:

On-Court Rules:
o All matches will be self officiated by the participants.
o Do not enlist the aid of spectators in making line calls.
o If you have any doubt as to whether a ball is out or good, you must give your opponent the benefit of the doubt and play the ball as good. You should not play a let.
o It is your obligation to call all balls on your side, to help your opponent make calls when the opponent requests it, and to call against yourself (with the exception of a first service) any ball that you clearly see out on your opponent's side of the net.
o Any "out" or "let" call must be made instantaneously (i.e., made before either an opponent has hit the return or the return has gone out of play); otherwise, the ball continues in play.
o If you call a ball out and then realize it was good, you should correct your call.
o All games will be 8 game pro set style with regular scoring. If the match is tied 8-8, then you will play a 7 point tiebreaker; must win by two (2) points.
o To avoid controversy over the score, the Server should announce the set score (e.g., 5 - 4) before starting a game and the game score.
o If players cannot agree on the score, they may go back to the last score on which there was agreement and resume play from that point, or they may spin a racket.
o Foot faults are not allowed.
o Do not stall, sulk, complain, or practice poor gamesmanship.