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Need your Team Number? - Don’t Have a Team? - Need Help Registering?

Contact your local league coordinator.

To register for a team click here to go to the USTA's Junior Team Tennis Tennislink Web Site.

Click on the link below to determine your appropriate NTRP level so you can choose and apropriate division of play.

http://www.ustajtt.com/index.php?page=champtionships---regulations---ntrp

Click on the link below to learn more about the team uniforms (Nike Dri-fit shirts) and the ordering process.

http://www.ustajtt.com/uploads/FAQ's.pdf

This link includes frequently asked questions.

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Note: Players, coaches, and parents can view a teams schedule and results by entering their team number, or team name on the front page of Tennis Link under (View Program Stats & Standings).

 Use Tennis Link to view:

Team and Match Schedule's
Team & Individual Match Results
Team Standings
Individual Player Results

Play Details

*Players rated 3.5 NTRP and high and/or with 1000 or more USTA New England tournament points at the end of the previous calendar year are ineligible to play at the intermediate division and can only play in the Advanced Division.

The winner of the match will be determined by total games won. In the event of a tie, head to head results will break the tie.  At season end and at state, championships an additional tie break is used if three or more teams are tied - least number of sets lost, then least number of games lost, then finally, a spin of the racket.

Minimum of six players required for championship league matches. Teams who have less than this number for a team match will have to forfeit an individual match, and said match will be scored as 8 games for the team with the appropriate number of players, and zero games for the non-compliant team.

Winning teams in each division are eligible to play in State, Section, and National Championship.

Maine State Championships will be Wednesday August 4, 2010, and Sectional Championships will be played on August 18-19, 2010.

Teams must have a minimum of 3 boys & 3 girls play in three team matches, which are recorded on Tennislink in order to qualify for championship play.

Players must remain age eligible through August 31 of the Championship year to be eligible for advancement opportunities to State, Section, and National Championships.

The Junior Team Tennis Championship Series age categories are defined as 18 & under and 14 & under. 

For a complete set of rules and regulations including NTRP descriptions please on the link below.

http://www.ustajtt.com/index.php?page=championships---regulations

Other Details

Team Scores must be entered on Tennislink by the home coach/captain within 24 hours of the completion of the match.

 It is recommended that you have enough players on your team to account for family vacations, illness, etc.

The team that is listed as the "home" team on the Tennis Link schedule shall supply new USTA approved tennis balls for the match.  These balls may be used in subsequent matches on the same day with agreement from both team coaches.

A 5-minute warm-up must precede all matches.  Official USTA rules and regulations will be in effect for all league matches as is the Code of Conduct.

Coaching is allowed from outside the fenced are, but only during the 90-second odd-game changeover.  Coaching is not permitted when a player or players change ends during a tie-break.  Only the designated coach/captain will be permitted to coach during the coaching period.  Teams with more than one coach/captain must designate a "Head Coach/Captain" to last throughout the duration of the match.

The substitution of players may not be made once the individual match has begun.

Player & Team Eligibility for State, Sectional or National Championships

Scores must be recorded in TennisLink Team Tennis to meet the local play history eligibility requirements of three team matches (said matches may not come from a one day event at the local level) prior to advancement to the championship levels.

A player is eligible to progress to championship level competition, including National Championships, if that player has played on the same team in at least three team matches during its local USTA Jr. Team Tennis season and has the results of said three matches recorded in TennisLink Team Tennis.

Only one match result may be the product of a defaulted or forfeited match by the opposing team to count to-wards advancing for all players involved.  A retired match shall count toward advancing for all players involved.

Can I Play On More Than One Team?

Players can only play on One Team in each Age Group per league season.

Players rated 3.5 and higher or with 1000 or more USTA New England tournament points at the end of the previous calender year can only play at the Advanced Division level. Players found to be playing below their level in the Intermediate Division will be moved up to the Advanced Division.

A member of a 14-and-under Advanced Team may also play for an 18-and-under Advanced Team at the local league level.

A member of a 14-and-under Intermediate Team may also play for an 18-and-under team in either the Intermediate or Advanced divisions at the local league level.

Prior to an advancing championship, the player must declare which team he or she will participate on in such championship.

Players are only allowed to play on one team at any championship level.

Order of Play

The order of play is typically Boys and Girls Doubles, Boys and Girls Singles, and then Doubles. However, at tournament play, the order of play is at the tournament directors discreation.

Default order of play will be Boys and Girls Singles, Boys and Girls Doubles, and then Doubles.

To register for a team click here to go to the USTA's Junior Team Tennis Tennislink Web Site.

Click on the link below to determine your appropriate NTRP level so you can choose and apropriate division of play.

http://www.ustajtt.com/index.php?page=champtionships---regulations---ntrp