All matches in the UQTC Night Doubles Fixtures will be played at the UQ Sport Tennis Centre.
THIS IS A NEW COMPETITION.
All players who have not participated in UQ Tennis Club Programs or do not have a verified UTR must be graded. Grading will be done at Thursday Night or Sunday Afternoon Social Tennis.
This is an any-gender Doubles competition (i.e. pairs can be any combination of male and female players).
Matches will be played over two consecutive Friday nights (10 & 17 March).
Entrants must commit for both nights.
Matches will be played from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Entries close on Sunday, 5 March. Competition is limited to 30 players. Entries will be closed early if entries exceed 30.
This is not a teams competition. Pairs will compete as individual pairs.
Entry is open to non-members. Entry fee for members is $30/player. Entry fee for non-members is $40/player.
Pairs will be divided into groups of 6 by standard. Each pair will play every other pair in the group once. At the end of the initial round-robin, each pair will have one play-off match (1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th & 5th v 6th). This means everybody will get 6 matches for the season (5 round-robin matches and 1 play-off match. The aim is to give everybody 6 matches, so the season can be extended where a match is washed out.
Three matches will be played each night (7 to 7:50 p.m., 7:50 to 8:35 p.m. and 8:35 to 9:20 p.m.).
Matches will be one set (first to 6 games with a tie-break if the score reached 5-all) with 45 minutes allocated for each match
Points will be awarded as follows:Winner - 3 points plus bonus 0.1 point per game wonLoser - 1 point plus bonus 0.1 point per game wonUnfinished match - 2 points plus bonus 0.1 point per game wonForfeit - 0 points for loser, 3.6 points for winner
Entries can be lodged using the entry form that can be downloaded here.
Entries can also be lodged on-line here using the Tennis Australia on-line tournament entry system#. This is the preferred method of entry.
# When players go to enter on-line, they are asked to create a Competitive Player Profile (with a Tennis ID and UTR link) if they don't already have one. A Tennis ID is allocated automatically when players create a Competitive Player Profile with Tennis Australia. To check if you already have a Competitive Player Profile, go to (https://www.tennis.com.au/competitiveplay/competitive-player-profile) and click on ‘Complete your Competitive Player Profile’ at the bottom of the screen which will then give you a number of options depending on whether you already have a Tennis ID Account or Universal Tennis Account or neither or don’t know. The old Player ID Number (11 digits, starting with ‘61’) is no longer valid.
