BALL FALLS OUT OF POCKET



BALL FALLS OUT OF POCKET

If a ball falls from the pocket of a player or falls from the hand of the player during a point, that player cannot call the let since he/she created the hindrance. It is up to the opponent to call the hindrance and play a let. This call must be made immediately and not after the point has been played out.

If this happens continually, you should ask the player to take better care with the second ball.

CELL PHONES

If a cell phone rings during the point, the opponent may stop the point and claim the point based on deliberate hindrance. If the cell phone rings between points, the interruption is treated as a time violation warning or point penalty, depending on whether a previous time violations has been issued. In both cases the player shall either turn the phone off or to vibrate as there is no penalty for a vibrating phone.

DAMPNER COMES OUT/HITS NET

The player loses the point unless the ball went out of play before the device hit the net or court. If the device is not discovered until after the point is over, the point stands as played.

BALL HITS RACQUET TWICE

If the ball hits the racquet twice during one swing there is no point loss. Only when there is a definite and deliberate “second push” by the player does the shot become illegal. “Deliberately” is the key word in this rule. Two hits occurring during a single continuous swing are not deemed a double hit.

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|PLAYER LOSES POINT IF: |

|The player or the racquet touches the net while the ball is in play |

|The player returns the ball in play so that before it bounces, it hits a permanent fixture |

|The player or the racquet, whether in the player’s hand or not, or anything which the player is wearing or carrying touches the net, net posts/singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap or band, or the opponent’s|

|court at any time while the ball is in play |

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|IT’S A GOOD RETURN IF: |

|The ball touches the net, net posts/singles sticks, cord or metal cable, strap or band and hits the correct court |

|After the ball in play has hit the ground within the correct court and has spun or been blown back over the net, the player reaches over the net and plays the ball into the correct court provided she does not |

|touch the net |

|The player’s racquet passes over the net after hitting the ball on the player’s own side of the net and the ball hits the ground in the correct court |

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|The player hits the ball before it has passed the net |

|In doubles, both players touch the ball when returning it |

|The player deliberately carries or catches the ball in play on the racquet or deliberately touches it with the racquet more than once. |

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|TIE-BREAK GAME |

|The player whose turn it is to serve shall serve the first point of the tie-break game. The following 2 points shall be served by the opponent(s), (in doubles the player of the opposing team due to serve next.) |

|After this, each player/team shall serve alternately for 2 consecutive points until the end of the tie-break game (in doubles, the rotation of service within each team shall continue in the same order as during |

|that set.) |

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|The player/team whose turn it was to serve first in the tie-break game shall be the receiver in the first game of the following set. |

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|WHEN COIN TOSS SHOULD BE MADE |

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|The choice of ends and the choice to be server or receiver in the first game shall be decided by a toss. The toss should be made before the warm-up so that the players can warm-up on the same end from which they|

|will play their first game. |

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|BALL TOUCHES A PERMANENT FIXTURE |

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|If the ball in play touches a permanent fixture after it has hit the correct court, the player who hit the ball wins the point. If the ball in play touches a permanent fixture before it hits the ground, the |

|player who hit the ball loses the point. |

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|BALL HITS THE TOP OF THE NET OUTSIDE THE SINGLES STICK AND THEN LANDS IN COURT |

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|The player who hit the ball loses the point because the ball hit a permanent fixture. In singles the area outside the singles stick is a permanent fixture. |

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|FOOT FAULTS |

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|The receiver or the receiver’s partner may call foot faults only after all reasonable efforts have been exhausted. Reasonable efforts include warning the server and attempting to get an official to the court |

|have all failed and the foot faulting is so flagrant as to be clearly perceptible from the receiver’s side. |

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|CONTINUOUS PLAY |MEDICAL INJURY |

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|Between points, a maximum of twenty (20) seconds is allowed. When the players change ends at the end of|No extra time shall be given to allow a player to recover condition. However, a player suffering from a|

|a game, a maximum of ninety (90) seconds are allowed. However, after the first game of each set and |treatable medical condition may be allowed one medical timeout of three minutes for the treatment of |

|during a tie-break game, play should be continuous and the players change ends without a rest. At the |that medical condition. |

|end of each set there shall be a set break of one hundred twenty (120) second. | |

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|HINDRANCE ISSUES |DELAYS DURING SERVICE |

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|A player who claims a hindrance must stop play as soon as possible. If a doubles partner hits a week |If a ball comes onto the court on the second serve the server is entitled to two serves. When there is |

|lob and yells “get back” as to distract their opponent they can claim the point based on a deliberate |a delay between the first and second serves: |

|hindrance. However, if the opponent chooses to play the lob and misses it, the opponent loses the point|The server gets one serve if the server was the cause of the delay |

|because the opponent did not make a timely claim of hindrance. |The server gets two serves if the delay was caused by the receiver of if there was outside interference |

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|PARTNERS DISAGREE ON CALLS |OPPONENTS GET BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT |

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|If one partner calls the ball out and the other partner sees the ball as good the ball is good. It is |When a match is played with officials, the players are responsible for making decisions, particularly |

|more important to give opponents the benefit of the doubt than to avoid possibly hurting a partner’s |line calls. There is a subtle difference between player decisions and those of an on-court official. |

|feeling. |An official impartially resolves a problem involving a call, whereas a player is guided by the principle|

| |that any doubt must be resolved in favor of an opponent. Even so, the game is much better played this |

| |way. |

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|BALL TOUCHING ANY PART OF THE LINE IS GOOD |SPECTATORS MAKING CALLS |

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|If any part of a ball touches a line, the ball is good. A ball 99% out is still 100% good. A player |A player shall not enlist the aid of a spectator in making a call. No spectator has a part in a match. |

|shall not call a ball out unless the player clearly sees space between where the ball hits and the line.| |

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|LET CALLED WHEN BALL ROLLS ON COURT |SERVICE CALLS IN DOUBLES |

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|When a ball from another court enters the playing area, any player on the court affected may call a let |In doubles the receiver’s partner should call the service line, and the receiver should call the |

|as soon as the player becomes aware of the ball. The player loses the right to call a let if the player|sideline and the center service line. Nonetheless, either partner may call a ball that either clearly |

|unreasonably delays in making the call. |sees. |

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|RECEIVER READINESS |SERVER ANNOUNCES SCORE |

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|The receiver shall play to the reasonable pace of the server. The receiver should make no effort to |The server shall announce the game score before the first point of a game and the point score before |

|return a serve when the receiver is not ready. If a player attempts to return a serve (even if it is a |each subsequent point of the game. |

|“quick” serve), then the receiver (or receiving team) is presumed to be ready. | |

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|CALLING A LET |DISPUTES |

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|Any player in doubles format may call a let. |Disputes over the score shall be resolved by using one of the following methods, which are listed in |

| |order of preference: |

| |Count all points and games agreed upon by the players and replay only disputed points or games |

| |Play from a score mutually agreeable to all players |

| |Spin a racket or toss a coin |

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|POINTS PLAYED IN GOOD FAITH ARE COUNTED |RETRIEVING STRAY BALLS |

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|All points played in good faith stand. For example, if, after losing a point, a player discovers that |Each player is responsible for removing stray balls and other objects from the player’s end of the |

|the net was four inches too high, the point stands. If a point is played from the wrong court there is |court. A player’s request to remove a ball from the opponent’s court must be honored. A player shall |

|no replay. If, during a point, a player realizes that a mistake was made at the beginning (for example,|not go behind an adjacent court to retrieve a ball, nor ask a player for return of a ball from players |

|service from the wrong court), the player shall continue playing the point. Corrective action may be |on an adjacent court until their point is over. When a player returns a ball that comes from an |

|taken after a point has been completed. Shaking hands at the end of a match is an acknowledgement by |adjacent court, the player shall wait until their point is over and then return it directly to one of |

|the players that the match is over. |the players, preferably the server. |

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|LATENESS |RESCHEDULING |

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|A default (forfeit) may be called 15 minutes after the scheduled match time unless both captains agree |As a general rule matches are not to be rescheduled except for inclement weather (rain, snow, sleet, |

|otherwise beforehand. If your opponent is late you cannot deny them the 10 minute warm up. The warm up |hail and lightning) or the tennis facility is overbooked and courts are not available. |

|is limited to 10 minutes including serves and starts as soon as you arrive on the court. | |

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|OUT CALLS REVERSED |WHO GETS THE POINT? |

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|A player who calls a ball out shall reverse the call if the player becomes uncertain or realizes that |If a ball that has just been served hits the receiver, or in doubles the receiver’s partner before it |

|the ball was good. The point goes to the opponent and is not replayed. However, when a receiver |touches the ground, which player gets the point? The server wins the point unless it is a service let. |

|reverses a fault call on a serve that hit the net, the server is entitled to two serves. | |

| |A player standing outside the court hits the ball or catches it before it bounces and claims the point |

| |because the ball was definitely going out of the correct court, who gets the point? The player loses |

| |the point, unless it is a good return, in which case the point continues. |

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