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Harvard Tennis Ladder

 

The Harvard Tennis ladder has been set up at the CourtSide USA website. This service will allow you to create your personal profile at  the CourtSide USA website  to schedule matches, keep track of the ladder progress, report your scores etc.

The ladder is free for the first 100 participants!

To sign up for the ladder:

  1. Go to http://www.courtsideusa.com/
  2. Click Player Account.
  3. Click Sign Up.
  4. Complete the brief registration process, agree to the terms and then click Sign Up once again.
  5. When prompted enter Harvard University as your home club.
  6. Upon completion of the registration process go to Homecourt link tab at the top right of the page. The Homecourt is a place to keep track of your personal tennis events and information.
  7. From your Homecourt you will have a tab at the top right entitled Club. Clicking Club will take you to the Harvard University Club home page. This is where you will be able to register for a tennis ladder.

Harvard Challenge/Sliding Ladders

Harvard Recreational Ladder, Singles 2.5 - 3.0

Harvard Competitive Ladder, Singles 3.5

Harvard Elite Ladder, Singles 4.5 and up

Harvard Tennis Ladder Rules:

You may challenge anyone above you. The challenger arranges the match. If the challenger wins, he/she takes the loser's place and everyone pushes down on the ladder. The cool-off  period (number of days after a match that a player must wait before challenging the same player again) is 15 days.

All matches will be 2 sets of  4 games (each set begins with 2 games all) with a 7-point tiebreaker.

Both players must bring an unopened can of extra duty balls to the match. The winner keeps the new can of balls, and the loser of the match keeps the game balls.

If a game reaches the score of 40-40, the first deuce is played out. The second deuce is a game point and the receiver chooses the side to receive on.

If the match is tied (1 set each), the match is decided with a 7-point tiebreaker:

Service rotation continues.

First server serves one point from the deuce court.

The next server serves 2 points starting in the ad court.

Continue with each server serving 2 points, alternating serves, until one player wins 7 points and is ahead by 2 points.

The winner reports the score on the  CourtSide USA website.

We have reserved tennis courts for the ladder Saturdays 2:30-8:00PM. Other reserved times will be posted later.

 

For Elite Ladder only

Prior to signing up for the Elite ladder level, you must receive mandatory approval from Michael Mercier, Harvard's Head Tennis Professional, mercier@fas.harvard.edu or phone: 978-273-6500.