Club Tournament.
The Club Tournament is the perfect way to end the season. Test the skills you've worked on throughout the season and see how you stack up against fellow members.
Winners get prizes and, of course, bragging rights!
Do you have what it takes to become an HPTC champion!?
The Details
Please ensure your contact email is available on the Club Directory.
The settings to add your name to the directory and make your email available is under “My Profile” in your club account. This will allow you to contact other players to arrange match times for early round matches.
Registration opens August 21st.
Registration closes August 29th.
Cost is $5 per player/team.
Minimum age is 14.
You must have a rating to register and enter the appropriate category based on your rating.
Players that participated in the 3.5 and Below singles ladder and were moved up to the 4.0 and Above ladder may enter the 4.0 and Above singles category.
For doubles, only 1 player needs to register and only one payment of $5 is required per team. Teams can join a category according to the higher rated player. Please e-mail programs@howardparktennis.com with the name of your partner.
Players can enter 1 singles category and a maximum of 2 doubles categories.
Each category requires a minimum of 6 players/teams otherwise it will be cancelled.
Matches must be completed within the dates provided for each round.
Match Format
All matches before the QF, SF and F rounds will be an 8 game pro set with a 1 hour time limit.
One ad point may be played per game followed by a sudden death point. The receiver will choose which side to receive on. If time runs out, the player leading wins the match or in the case of a tie, a sudden death point is played.
Players will be responsible to book the courts for these matches with their opponent.
If players can not agree on a match time and no score is reported, both players will be defaulted. If a player withdraws, the opponent will proceed to the next round.
The QF, SF and F rounds will be best of 3 sets with a 2 hour time limit.
The third set is a 10 point tiebreak. One ad point may be played per game followed by a sudden death point. The receiver will choose which side to receive on. If time runs out, the player leading wins the match or in the case of a tie, a sudden death point is played.
Court time will be pre-booked and available to players/teams on a first come first serve basis. Please refer to the booking calendar for available times and email the court managers at info@howardparktennis.com using the subject line “Year End Tournament Court Booking” to request a court.
If players are unavailable for reserved courts, court managers will assist players to coordinate another court booking.
If players can not agree on a match time and no score is reported, both players will be defaulted. If a player withdraws, the opponent will proceed to the next round.
Consolation rounds before the final will use the 8 game pro set format as previously described above.
Players will be responsible to book the courts for these matches with their opponent.
The consolation finals will use the best of 3 set format as previously described.
These courts will be reserved. Please refer to the booking calendar for available times and email the court managers at info@howardparktennis.com using the subject line “Year End Tournament Court Booking” to request a court. If players are unavailable for reserved courts, court managers will assist players to coordinate another court booking.
If players can not agree on a match time and no score is reported, both players will be defaulted. If a player withdraws, the opponent will proceed to the next round.
Match Rules
Warm-up
Players get a 5 minute warm-up.
Lateness
For every 5 full minutes that a player is late for a match, that player/team will lose one game, starting at the 5 minute mark.
If a player or team is given a penalty for being late, they are allowed a full warm-up from that point in time (5 minutes) without additional penalty.
At the 15 minute mark the player/team will automatically be defaulted.
Rescheduling Matches
Matches are to be played during club hours on the day and time scheduled, without exception.
A match may be rescheduled if:
There is a rain delay of more than 30 minutes.
The match has been cancelled by the tournament director (or someone on their behalf) due to weather conditions.
The tournament director (or someone on their behalf) feels that it would be fair and appropriate, under the circumstances, to reschedule the match.
Injury
Failure to play a match due to injury may result in default.
Code of Conduct
Tournament rules are to be strictly followed.
Failure to comply with on-court conduct and sportsmanship policies will result in that player being disqualified.
*Report scores to the court managers office or e-mail info@howardparktennis.com as soon as possible*
The Draw
A link to the live draws will be posted on this page August 31 before the week of the tournament. Use the link to track the progress of the tournament and your next opponent.
Once the draws are set, no adjustments will be made, except under special circumstances.
If player name(s) are omitted from the draw due to administrative error, the draw will be redone.
If player(s) are omitted from a tournament and cannot provide proof of registration, unfortunately the player(s) will not be participating in the tournament and the draw will not be redone.
Each player has the responsibility to reach out to their opponent and book their matches according to the schedule.
Seeded players are determined by the Programs Committee based on the input of the Head Pro.
Tournament draws with fewer than 6 players/teams may be cancelled.
Please find the links to the draws for each category below.
SINGLES
DOUBLES
Tournament Schedule
