Women's Doubles Summer Challenge Ladder
What is a challenge ladder?
This simple points-based format of play allows competitive match play by doubles teams to move up and down a tennis ladder. Doubles teams at a similar level challenge each other. If a lower team on the ladder beats a higher placed team, they move up and everyone in between moves down.
3 steps
How this works
How this works
How this works
Initial standings for the ladder will be determined by the ladder director and posted on a Google Sheets here. Initial ranking of players is based on the players' ratings including at the discretion of the ladder director. Players may join the ladder at any time during the two sessions. New players during the session will be added to the
Initial standings for the ladder will be determined by the ladder director and posted on a Google Sheets here. Initial ranking of players is based on the players' ratings including at the discretion of the ladder director. Players may join the ladder at any time during the two sessions. New players during the session will be added to the bottom of the ladder and they can challenge to work their way up. Session 1 is June 1 - July 31. Session 2 runs August 1 - Sept. 30, 2025.
Your doubles team will be ranked on the ladder in order of sign up; in other words, the earlier you sign up, the higher your initial ranking. There may be some movement on the ladder to ensure a good level of play.
Know the rules
How this works
How this works
Best two out of three sets format, with a seven-point tiebreaker played if any set is tied at 6-6. Teams spin a racquet or flip a coin to determine the initial serve and choose the side of the court. The Rules of Tennis apply to all matches, found at www.usta.com When a challenge match is completed, the winning team contacts the info@woo
Best two out of three sets format, with a seven-point tiebreaker played if any set is tied at 6-6. Teams spin a racquet or flip a coin to determine the initial serve and choose the side of the court. The Rules of Tennis apply to all matches, found at www.usta.com When a challenge match is completed, the winning team contacts the info@woodrivertennis.org to report the score. The challenge ladder administrator will update the ladder standings.
Teams must issue a challenge at least once a month and play a minimum of two matches each month. The challenging team provides a new can of balls for the match.
Awarding of points
Team shall be awarded the following points:
1 point for accepting a challenge
2 points for issuing a challenge
3 points for winning a match
2 points for for a default win
CHALLENGING: One team challenges a team ranked up to two spots up the ladder. Challenges by lower teams can be weekly. You may make a challenge by email, text or phone call with suggesting a specific day, time and court location for the match. The team being challenged may ACCEPT, MODIFY, or DECLINE the challenge.
ACCEPTING A CHALLENGE: When you receive a challenge, respond within 48 hours with the goal of playing the match within one week of the challenge.
MODIFYING THE CHALLENGE: It’s the challenged team who proposes a match time within one week of contact. If the challenge is not responded to, the challenged team forfeits the match and the challenging team takes their place on the ladder.
DECLINING THE CHALLENGE: If a team cannot accept the challenge due to illness, vacation, busy schedule, etc. any reason will do, the challenged team DECLINES the challenge. Although they forfeit the match, this process keeps the ladder moving and allows players to participate in more matches. If the challenged team does not respond within 48 hours, the challenging team receives 2 points in their favor.
MOVING UP the ladder: When a higher seeded team loses, the winning team replaces that team and the losing team moves down one spot. Everyone in between the teams will also move down one spot. If the challenging team loses, no one moves.
Sign up
How this works
Sign up
Join the challenge ladder, sign up to play with your doubles partner and schedule a match. Add your name to the Google sheet here. When you enter your name and partner’s name to the sheet, you will be ranked on the ladder in order of sign up. That means the sooner you sign up, the higher your initial ladder ranking will be.