Flight Playoff Adult 40
2015 USTA Adult 40 & Over Flight Playoff Schedules
Flight playoff schedules are now available. See below for more information including links to schedules and frequently asked questions.
Flight Playoffs are scheduled for Saturday, August 15.
Match times are determined by NTRP level.
10am – M 3.0, M 3.5, M 4.0
1pm – W 2.5, W 3.0, W 4.0
4pm – W 3.5, W 4.5+, M 4.5+
Flight playoff schedules are now available. Please be sure to read the important notes at the bottom of this page regarding Flight Playoff matches.
Flight Playoff Facility Usage Report
Instructions for finding Flight Playoff match schedules:
- Click on the flight that your team is in from the list below.
- You will be redirected to TennisLink. Next, click on the link under “Championship” (i.e. USTA ADULT 40 & OVER…DEN1, DEN2, DEN 3, NOCO1, etc).
- Click on “Match Summary” Tab.
- Do not use addresses listed in TennisLink. Only use the USTA Colorado Court Locator to get directions.
Denver Metro Flight Playoffs
| Women’s 3.0 Women’s 3.5 Women’s 4.0 Women’s 4.5+ |
Men’s 3.0 Men’s 3.5 Men’s 4.0 Men’s 4.5+ |
Northern Colorado Flight Playoffs
Women’s 3.0
Women’s 3.5
Southern Colorado Flight Playoffs
Women’s 3.0
Women’s 3.5
Colorado Geographic Areas
DEN – Denver Metro
NOCO – Northern Colorado
SOCO – Southern Colorado
ASP – Aspen & Mountains
WS – Western Slope
Only areas with two or more flights in a specific NTRP level will have a Flight Playoff round. If an area only has one flight in a specific NTRP level, the winning team from that flight will advance to Districts. If there is only one local flight for a specific NTRP level within Colorado, the winning team from that local flight will advance directly Sectionals.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
| • | Home Team provides courts (at Home Team’s standard Home Match location) and balls for the team match. At least 48 hours prior to the match, the Home Team captain must contact the Visiting Team captain and provide details about the match location. |
| • | These matches take precedence over any other USTA/CTA local league matches. If there is a conflict with other District and/or Sectional Championship, teams may request to play the match earlier than scheduled with their opponents. If Home Team has court conflicts that can’t be avoided (i.e. blackout for tournament), the captains should communicate and either move the match to the visiting team’s location or agree on an alternate date, time or location to complete the match prior to the score entry deadline of August 17, 2015 at 11:59pm. |
| • | Regardless of inclement weather, matches need to be completed and scores entered no later than August 24, 2014 at 11:59pm. Any match not entered by that date will be decided by a coin toss. |
| • | It is the responsibility of BOTH team captains to make sure the scores are reported and confirmed. |
| • | Eligibility – players must have played in at least one (1) regular season match (a win by default counts) to be eligible to participate in the Flight Playoffs. If ineligible players are played, the match will be scored as a win by default for the opposing team. |
| • | Only the winning teams from the Flight Playoff round will advance into the District Championships. |
| • | All Flight Playoff matches are unofficiated, so just like the regular season, the teams are expected to abide by the Player Code and all league regulations. Roving officials are not allowed for flight playoff matches. |
| • | The match format for all Flight Playoff matches is required to be best two of three sets with a match tiebreak (first to 10 by 2) played in lieu of the third set (using the Coman tiebreak procedure). It is not allowed for teams to play out the entire third set. Hard court surfaces will be used. If hard court surfaces are not available at the home team’s site, the match shall be moved to the visiting team’s site. Indoor and outdoor courts are both approved. |
| • | Contact Taylor McKinley if you have any questions. |
- If one of the teams requests that a match be played on a different date or time what are the rules for accommodating that request?Answer: Reschedule requests are not required to be accepted unless there is a rainout or a conflict with another USTA league championship (i.e. Districts, Sectionals or Nationals).
- How do you print the scorecard with both teams rosters for the Flight Playoff match?Answer: From the Match Summary tab of your specific Flight Playoff match, hover over the “Match ID” with your mouse. Then click on the “Print Blank Scorecard” link.
- How are opponents determined?Answer: Flight Playoff match ups are determined before the season has ended. Geographical considerations are taken (when possible). Other than geographical considerations, it is completely randomly done.
- Why aren’t standings taken into consideration?Answer: First – because we have to begin setting up Flight Playoff schedules well before the league is over, so we do not have final standings available to us when we are setting it up.
Second – since there are not cross-flight matches during the local league, it would be impossible to consider a team from one flight to be stronger than another because of their standings. It is possible that team with a better record was in a weaker flight. - How is it determined who is home vs. away?Answer: TennisLink randomly determines who is home and away. If a facility ends up with more home teams than they can handle based on numbers of courts, it is manually changed.
- Why are we playing a team from the same facility?Answer: We attempt to split teams from the same facility into different flights for the local league. Due to that, two teams from the same facility could end up winning their flights and end up scheduled against each other for Flight Playoffs. Since these match ups are determined prior to the end of the season, and since many facilities have multiple teams, it would be possible for this to be avoided.
- Is home court not given to the team with the better record?Answer: No. A better record does not mean the team is better since the team with the better record may have been in a weaker flight.