Tennis Flights

Do you like doubles but don't have a partner or are looking for a partner? This is the right place for you.

Tennis Flights is a coed doubles division where you rotate partners during the match. Each player is ranked individually. This is fun way to meet people from all the divisions. It's a much more social way to play tennis because you play with new partners every match.

If you like doubles, this is a easy way to set up match because you don't need to coordinate teams of players. Set up a match with 4, 5 or 6 players. You may want to set up 6 players to allow for last minute cancellations. You can use the Puget Sound Tennis Tour Match Scheduler to contact other doubles players by E-mail who are looking to play at similar times and locations.

Use the flight score card to record games won and loss for each player.
Flight Score Card

• Each player ranked individually
• Leagues combine both women and men
• You can play against anyone in the league
• Rotate doubles partners after every four games
• After the match, players names are entered into the Tour website in order of most games won. Players are reranked based on the match result and their current standing on the ladder, similar to singles.
• Playoffs: The ladder is broken up into groups of four. Each group of four plays one final match. The players of the top group will finish in the number one through four spots in the rankings.
  

• One person decides he wants to set up a match so he becomes the "organizer"
• The organizer sends out a match request using the Match Scheduler selecting where and when he or she wants to play
• The organizer receives multiple E-mails from players who would like to participate
• He selects three to five players to participate
• During the match the organizer inputs games won on the Flight Score Card
• They play the match, rotating every four games
• Games won are tallied after every four games
• Four People
  • Play with each partner twice for a total of 24 games
• Five People
  • Play with each person twice for a total of 32 games
• Six People
  • Play with each person once for a total of 20 games
• The organizer inputs the player's names on the website in order of most games won

How the Rankings Work

• Suppose the names were input as 1st John, 2nd Joe, 3rd Rick, 4th Stan
• The rankings program runs similar to the singles rankings program but the flight match is considered multiple matches
• The result would be Rick defeated Stan. Joe defeated Stan. Joe defeated Rick. John defeated Stan then Rick then Joe.
• So John would be 3-0, Joe 2-1, Rick 1-2, Stan 0-3.
• Each individual win moves you up the ladder a third as much as a win in singles because one flight match is equivalent to playing three singles matches.
  • May each individual win moves you up a maximum 10% of the total number of players
  • June each individual win moves you up a maximum 7% of the total number of players
  • July each individual win moves you up a maximum 3% of the total number of players
  • Minimum amount is 2 spots.
• Each individual loss to a lower ranked player moves you down one spot
• Two week rule applies the same as for singles

Champions

• The champions will be the highest ranked male and female players after the final tournament has been played