Men’s and Women’s Doubles Events

• A social, yet competitive event
• Draws will be posted prior to the tournament at www.kimatkins.net and updated during tournament play
• Matches will be played at Pine Log, Maxell and Salem High School . Other Facilities in Conyers may be utilized if needed
• For facility addresses/directions, go to Kim Atkins website under Facility directions

• This is a single elimination tournament (If fewer than 4 teams participate in any division a round robin will be played instead of single elimination)
• Players in the tournament will be placed in the event brackets using a combination of both their ALTA (A,B,C) levels (excluding mixed doubles) and USTA ratings (4.0,3.5,3.0)
• Matches will begin on Saturday and continue on Sunday. To help beat the heat and facilitate scheduling, matches may begin as early as 7:30 a.m. on both days.
• Barring inclement weather, teams will not play more than 2 matches per day
• The finals will be on Sunday August 24 at Maxell
• Each round will be the best 2 out of 3 sets (a full third set is to be played if sets are tied at 1 all)
• The champion will be the team with the winning record and will be determined by
  • Winner of most individual matches
  • Winner Head-to-Heat
  • Loser of the fewest sets
  • Loser of the fewest games
  • In the event of a tie, a sudden death match will be played
• This is a recreational/non-sanctioned tournament.
• USTA Rules DO apply
• There will be a tournament chair person at each site to answer rule questions. They will not act as line umpires
• Balls will be provided and the coin toss will be done by the tournament chairs
• There will be a ten minute warm up before each match
• Please check in at your match facilities tournament desk 15 minutes prior to your start time
• Point penalty system (USTA) rules. The following rules apply for failure to be on the court at match times:

no warm up. and....

0-5 minutes late....forfeit toss and 1 game

5:01 - 10:00 minutes....forfeit toss and 2 games

10:01 - 15 minutes forfeit toss and 3 games

15:01 minutes late... forfeit match

 

 

The Family Doubles Event

 

• Social & Non-competitive event that’s fun for everyone
• Draws will be posted prior to the tournament at www.kimatkins.net

• All matches will be played on Sunday @ Pine Log beginning at 7:30am
• Balls will be provided and the coin toss will be done by the tournament chairs
• The teams have been divided into three groups based on the Age & Ability combination
• Each group will play a round robin amongst themselves
  1. Each team will play all other teams within that group
• Each match will be a TOTAL of 8 games with regular add scoring (Each player will serve twice)
• In the event of a tie, a sudden death 4 game match will be played
• At the end of the match, scores will be reported to the front desk and the next match will be assigned
• The team in each group with the most games won, will be the winner of that group