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Playoff Information
Playoff Information
We will publish important information on this
page for each District Championship as it becomes available. Please
read all of the information on this page and
contact us if you have any questions.
CLICK HERE for
FLIGHT PLAYOFF
match schedules
CLICK HERE
for
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
match schedules
District Championship schedules will be available on the dates
listed on the
deadlines page.
Flight Playoff Information
Sportsmanship and Officials
District Championship match format
Procedure for 3 flight divisions
Check in prior to matches
Weather
Wild card Information
Rules and Regulations
NTRP Dynamic Disqualification
NTRP Grievances
Flight Playoff,
District, Sectional and National advancement
Flight Playoffs (USTA Adult & CTA Twilight)
In areas where there is more than one
regular season flight for an NTRP level (i.e. 2 flights of 3.5 women's teams),
the winning team from each flight will be paired up for a single elimination
round to determine which team will advance into Districts. The Flight Playoff
round will occur the week following the last regular season match for USTA Adult
and CTA Twilight. A schedule of flight pairings will be published toward the
beginning of the league season for these two leagues and will indicate the match
date, time and location. The location will be the home site for one of the two
teams and will be randomly determined. In some instances, wild card teams may be
drawn and will be included in the Flight Playoff round. See
Colorado District League
Regulations for more information.
Sportsmanship and Officials
All players are expected to follow
The Code and display good sportsmanship throughout the event. Roving umpires
will be onsite during District Championships to assist with any questions or
problems that arise and to enforce the
Point penalty system, as well as the
lateness
penalty if necessary. There will not be officials onsite during Flight
Playoff matches.
District Championship match format
Team competition for each District Championship will
follow the same format (positions) as the regular league season for that league.
Play will
consist of the best two of three sets, with a set tiebreak (first to 7 by 2) if
play reaches 6-games all. In the event of split sets, a match tiebreak (first to
10 by 2) will be played in lieu of a third set. All tiebreakers (set or match)
will use the Coman Tiebreak procedure for switching sides during the tiebreak.
Players will exchange ends of the court after the first point and every four points
thereafter.
Procedure for 3 flight divisions
In some instances, we have an odd number of flights, so we must advance a wild
card team into the semi-final or quarter-final round. When this situation occurs, we must set up the playoff
schedule to indicate the match times, but the program automatically advances a
second place team from one flight. The actual flight from which the second place
team will come from is determined after all flights in the level have completed
the round robin portion of the playoff. For the USTA Adult playoffs, there
are a couple divisions that have 6 flights, so the top two 2nd place teams after
the flighted round robin will be advanced into the quarter-final round as wild
cards. Click here to download the
procedure for 3 flight round robin. Should there be flights within the same
NTRP level that do not have the same number of teams, a different procedure is
used. Click here to download the
addendum to the procedure that will be used in the instance of unequal
numbers of teams.
Check in prior to matches
Teams are to check in to the site desk at least 30 minutes prior to
match time. All line up cards must be submitted at least 15 minutes prior to the
match. In an effort to keep matches on time, players need to be ready to
take the court when the match is called (i.e. use the restroom prior to being
called for the match). Line up cards will be available at
the desk.
Weather
In case of inclement weather, all teams must still report to the tournament desk
at their scheduled site and match time, unless instructed otherwise by the USTA
Colorado. Coloradotennis.com will be updated with
important information if there are weather issues that arise. In addition, an
Adult League Alert! may be sent with important information,
so please check your
email routinely throughout the event if there are weather concerns. If
necessary, the Championship Committee may make changes to the event including,
but not limited to alternate scoring formats, rescheduling match times, days
and/or locations, postponing event.
Wild card information
Wild card teams are randomly drawn when the
Championship Committee determines
that a wild card team will improve the quality of the event. See the
wild card page to see if your flight has drawn a wild card. For USTA Adult
and CTA Twilight, wild cards (if drawn) will participate in the Flight Playoff
round.
League Rules and Regulations
Although we will be onsite to assist with
answering any rules questions, captains and players should all know as much of
this information as possible. Please familiarize yourself with the pertinent
rules and regulations for the
league.
NTRP Dynamic Disqualification
USTA National League Regulations
2.04B: Dynamic ratings will be
calculated for all players during local league competition, and at every level
of championship competition below National Championships, to determine if any
players have reached the NTRP disqualification criteria stated in the USTA NTRP
Computer Rating System Procedures. Year-end Computer (C) and Benchmark (B)
players are not subject to dynamic NTRP disqualification. All other players (S,
A, M, T, D) will be NTRP disqualified if they reach the disqualification level
three (3) times based on all matches reported in the National database for the
USTA League Adult and Senior divisions.
Intermountain Section and Colorado District Championships follow USTA
National Regulation 2.04B(2)a: Run dynamic calculations and produce ratings
throughout the championship. Through the conclusion of the championship event,
notify and disqualify those players that meet the criteria for NTRP
disqualification and reverse appropriate matches played.
NTRP Grievances
A player with a valid NTRP Computer (C) rating, or Benchmark (B) rating, or
granted an Automatic Appeal (A) rating of a Computer (C) rating is not subject
to a NTRP grievance. Any other player is subject to a NTRP grievance.
Championship Competition: A NTRP grievance shall be filed in writing with the
duly appointed site director, or designee, having jurisdiction. A NTRP grievance
shall be handled by the player's Section League Grievance Committee. The
Intermountain Section will adjudicate NTRP grievances after the championship
event. See
USTA National League Regulations
3.03E for more information.
Flight Playoff, District, Sectional and National Advancement
In USTA Adult and CTA Twilight, teams that win
their local flight and any wild card teams advance to the Flight Playoff round
for one team match that is single elimination. Only the winning team(s) from the
Flight Playoff round advance into the District Championships. If there is only
one flight in a specific NTRP level within a geographic area, the local flight
winning team will advance directly to the District Championships.
Trio does not advance beyond the local league.
In all other leagues, teams that win their local flight will automatically
advance to the Colorado District Championships. In some instances,
wild card teams may be invited.
| USTA
Leagues (Mixed, Adult, Senior, Super Senior) |
Teams that
win the Colorado District Championships will advance to the
Intermountain Section Championships. Teams that win the Intermountain
Section Championships will advance to the
USTA National Championships.
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| ITA
Leagues (Mixed) |
Teams that
win the Colorado District Championships will advance to the
Intermountain Section Championships. There is no advancement beyond
Sectionals.
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| CTA
Leagues (Silver Senior, Women's Daytime Doubles, Twilight, Women's Summer
Daytime) |
Teams that
win their local flight will advance to the Colorado District
Championships. There is no advancement beyond Districts.
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