1) Those who wish to be included on the singles ladder should email or otherwise notify the tennis shop, at which time their name will be added.
2) Individuals who are NOT in the ladder system may "enter" by setting their names at the bottom and challenging up. At the discretion of the ladder coordinator, they may be given one "free" challenge anywhere on the rungs...with the understanding they will go to last position should they lose.
3) The Challenge Ladder system commenced on December 18, 2005.
4) The Director of Tennis will establish the initial positions from top to bottom at his discretion.
5) Each week, the ladder will be updated to reflect the new positions, based on the match results from the previous week, and will be published on the OakLeaf Tennis website (www.olptennis.com).
6) Challenges may be made by email, in person, or over the telephone and should allow a window of 10 days from the date of the challenge for the match to be played.
7) All matches will consist of two out of three sets, tiebreakers to be played at 6-all in all sets. CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR MATCH RESULTS ONLINE or report your scores promptly to the tennis shop.
8) The challenger is responsible for reserving a court and providing a new can of balls for the match.
9) Challengers may challenge only 5 positions above their own...that is, player number 13 may challenge 12, 11, 10, 9 or 8.
10) Once played and defeated, the challenger may not challenge the same individual again until challenging another or defending once their own position.
11) Should the challenger win the match, they will take the place of the one defeated, who will drop one spot lower as a result of that loss.
12) It is important that the day and time be mutually agreeable to both players and USTA rules will apply in all circumstances. A player who is unable or refuses to accept a challenge, regardless of reason, will default that individual match.
13) The winner will be held responsible for reporting the results of all matches, which should be done within 24 hours. That information should be: 1) date of the match, 2) winner's name, 3) loser's name, 4) Score.
14) Players who have a pending ladder match may not engage in any ladder matches until the first is done.
15) All rules and disputes will be settled by the Director of Tennis who is ladder coordinator and his/her decision will be deemed final.