HANDBOOK OF RULES AND REGULATIONS

Friend at Court 2022

HANDBOOK OF RULES AND REGULATIONS

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FRIEND AT COURT

THE HANDBOOK of TENNIS RULES and

REGULATIONS

2022 EDITION

We welcome your comments and suggestions and especially solicit your help in identifying errors in the index. Please feel free to write us at: Officials Chair, c/o Officiating Department, USTA National Campus, 10000 USTA Boulevard, Orlando, FL 32827. Senior Editor: Steve Gerdes Editors: Patrick Dennis, Brett Haberstick, Staciellen Stevenson Mischel, Allon Lifshitz, Andrea Norman, Eric Perkins, Jack Schubert, Andrew Walker, and Verne Weber. The Friend at Court editing team acknowledges the contributions of Jack Stahr throughout his years of service to the sport of tennis. Mr. Stahr created Friend at Court as a guide for helping officials conduct tennis matches under the fairest possible conditions.

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Foreword

The ITF made no changes to the Rules of Tennis. The USTA made minor changes to the Scheduling Guidelines in Table 9 and the Minimum Rest between matches in Table 11.

Players and administrators are reminded that contains additional regulations that apply to:

? Net Generation Programs; ? Adult and Family tournaments; ? Junior tournaments; and ? Wheelchair tournaments. Where substantive changes have been made since the last publication of Friend at Court, the editors have included a vertical line in the margin to call your attention to it. For amendments that become effective after press time, please refer to the Rules page of the officiating website.

Friend at Court (FAC) is not a training manual. The gray highlighted areas are a blend of commonly accepted answers to questions about the rules, officiating techniques, and officiating procedures derived from several sources, including the ATP, ITA, ITF, and WTA tour. If you wish to learn more about accepted procedures, you should take a USTA-approved training module for officials.

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