How the ladder works.

• The ladder is sorted by total points and updates the moment a score is entered.
• Players with the same points share a rank. The one with more wins is listed first.
• There’s no cap on matches. The more you play, the more you climb.

Ladders are split into men’s and women’s singles at 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5+. You’ll play people in your own division.

You don’t need a USTA membership. If you do have a USTA rating, join at that level or higher, never lower.

The first season is centered on Lake Norman and nearby towns: Mooresville, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Denver and the surrounding area.

Play as often as you like, against anyone in your division. You can accept or pass on any proposal, no questions asked. Players who don’t play don’t earn points, so they’ll slide down the ladder.

• Post a proposal with a day, time and court. When someone accepts it, the match is on.
• Accepting a proposal means you’ll be there. The same goes for the player who posted it.
• Changed your mind before anyone accepts? Cancel the proposal so nobody grabs it.
• Already accepted? Message your opponent in the app right away. Don’t just disappear.

You and your opponent agree on where to play. If you pick a club with a guest fee, say so up front in the proposal note or chat. A fee nobody mentioned in advance is on the host, not the guest.

Matches are best of three: two regular sets with standard tiebreaks at 6–6. If you split sets, play a 10-point match tiebreak (first to 10, win by 2) instead of a third set.

Both players bring a new can. Open one. The winner keeps the unopened can, and the loser takes the used balls home.

Be ready to play at the scheduled time. Keep the warm-up to about 10 minutes so the court time goes to the match.

Either player can enter the score in the app. It counts immediately, and both players’ points and the ladder update right away.

If your opponent entered the wrong score, contest it within 48 hours. The points come off the ladder until the organizer sorts it out, and the organizer’s call is final.

Deliberately entering a false score can get you removed from the league.

Things come up. If you have to cancel, let your opponent know as early as possible (a day or two is ideal) so they have a chance to find another match. Then set up a new time right away.

If you cancel less than 24 hours before the match, offer your opponent the win by forfeit. It’s their choice: if they find another match that day, they can let it go.

More than 15 minutes late, or not there at all, is a forfeit. The player who showed up gets the win.

Enter it as a 6–0, 6–0 win for the player who showed up.

If a match gets interrupted, note the exact score where you stopped and pick up from there as soon as you can. Don’t start over. Write the score down in the match chat so there’s no confusion later.

If a player gets hurt and can’t finish, the other player is credited with all the remaining games needed to complete the match. Enter that completed score. It isn’t a forfeit, so the injured player still gets credit for the games they won.

USTA rules apply, including The Code for calling your own lines. When in doubt, give your opponent the benefit of it. This is supposed to be fun.

Contact info and messages you get through the league are for setting up matches only. Don’t use them for anything else.

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