Manhattan newest flex league
The TLN works a collection of city based internet sites where we connect tennis players on the tennis courts.
Here are some of the domains in our network:
Portland Tennis, San Antonio Tennis, Manhattan Tennis
Our playoffs Play after every league.
How do the Playoffs Work?
We use the playoff system to determine who is the overall winner of the season. Its a single elimination tournament where we will eventually have one champion.
Tourney are Skill Level Based
Tourney are skill level based; in most types we only Work 1 division for each level. So the qualifying players from the section will be placed in one tournament bracket. But, in some events we have multiple divisions of the same level.
Seedings & Brackets
We present all the qualifiers on the Division report pages. League Rule #10 is used to shape the brackets:
Rule #10) Playoff Positioning
Regular league ties are broken by this order:
1) Overall Record, based on tennis matches over .500. 6-1 is 5 tennis matches over, 8-2 is 6 matches over and would be better.
2) In league Head-to-Head record for players tied after #1
3) We promote players playing tennis matches, so 6-1 would be better than 5-0.
4) % of games won
5 participants qualify. In a 5 person single elimination bracket the #1 qualifier will have a first round bye while qualifiers #4 and #5 play a quarter final match where the winner will play the #1 seed in the semi-finals. Seeds #2 and #3 will play in the other semi-final match. The victors of the two semi-finals tennis matches will play for the championship.
Scheduling & Deadlines
The scheduling of the matches follows the same format as the league as we really want the players to agree on a mutual time and location to play. We do have a rule where the higher seed does have choice of tennis court. Also the higher seed has choice of serve or side to start the match.
Prize Pool & National Tournament
The victor of the tournament will receive an invite to the national championship that will be held at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne Florida on Nov. 5-7.
* They will also be seeded according to Rule #10 indifferent of which level the wins came from.
