The Women’s Fall League will be a SATA sponsored, non USTA league. The league format will be identical to the USTA league format with 2 lines of singles and 3 lines of doubles. The league will include both SAWSTT and SAWTA, playing on Saturday and Monday respectively.

 

Players will register for teams using their 2011 year-end ratings. Non USTA members are eligible to play, however they must follow USTA NTRP rating guidelines.

 

No. Scores will not be entered in Tennis Link, therefore ratings will not be affected.

 

Scores will be entered through a management system that looks much like Tennis Link and should be very easy to use.  More information will be provided on the SATA website.

 

USTA Texas section and SATA local rules will apply, the same as they have in the past. Grievances (including ratings grievances) will be handled by the procedure established and currently in place.

 

Teams will supply their own balls, with the home team responsible for providing balls for the match

 

Cost to register will be $17 per player

 

Teams will not be issued a team number, but will register by team name. Procedure for requesting registration will be the same as it has been in the past. Team registration will be requested on the SATA website.

 

The winning teams from each level on Monday and Saturday will advance to an invitational tournament held in January. The format of this weekend tournament will be similar to Little State. Because this is an advancing league all matches must be completed.

As winners of this league will advance to post-season play, this league will be competitive. Remember, what makes a league "competitive" is what you bring to the court!

No. Spring 2013 will remain a USTA league with winners advancing to sectionals.

 

The men’s leagues traditionally have a playoff between their fall league winners and spring league winners to earn a berth into USTA sectionals; therefore, since their fall league and spring league have an equal chance to advance to sectionals they must play in a USTA sanctioned league.

 

Information will be provided to team captains for distribution to their players and will also be available on the SATA website under Women’s Fall Leagues, found on the navigation bar.