Please note that this championship is NOT a selection for AICES. It is simply a tournament to find the AICES Champion.
We will be playing the new Fast rules except for the number of games played.
Pools of 5 & 6 - Fast 5
Pools will be best of 9 games with tiebreak at 4-4. First to win 5 games wins.
* If the serve clips the tape and lands in the service box, there's no let, it’s game on. What’s more, if you’re playing doubles either the receiver or their partner can take the return.
* As soon as a game gets to deuce it’s a Power Point. The receiver chooses which side will take the serve. This applies to doubles as well with the receiving pair deciding who returns the point.
* At 3 games all or 4 games all a short tie-break is played, first to 5 points. A Power Point determines the winner at 4 points all
Boys
At the end of the Pool Games the top 2 players will progress to the Playoff Knockouts to determine the AICES Champion. All other players will progress to the Repechage rounds.
Girls
At the end of the Pool Games the top 3 players will progress to the Playoff Knockouts to determine the AICES Champion. All other players will progress to the Repechage rounds.
TBA
Nomination Policy
A maximum of 40 players will be admitted to each draw (boys and girls). This will consist of 8 pools of 5.
All players with a current Australian ranking will be admitted to the draw first.
This is followed by one player from each school . This process continues until each school is exhausted of players or all places are full. If a school has more than one nomination without a ranking they must list the rank order of those players to ensure the strongest are admitted to the draw first. A separate email must accompany the online selections to establish this rank order.
To ensure the strongest players are accepted into the draw, schools have the right to apply to swap players from their school who do not have an Australian Ranking and have been included in the draw with those from their school on the reserves list.
If numbers are smaller than those indicated above the Pools and Format will be altered to fit the number of nominations.
Girls Acceptances
Girls - 9.30am Warm Up & Briefing 10.00am Start
Girls will play a Round Robin Competition with the top two or three (TBC) from each pool (TBC)progressing to the Selection Playoffs. The bottom three players will play in a Repechage Competition. All girls are guaranteed a minimum of five games. Players may depart when knocked out of the playoffs.
Boys –8.30am Warm Up & Briefing 9.00am Start
Boys will play a Round Robin Competition with the top two (TBC) from each pool progressing to the Selection Playoffs. This will be first to four games for the first round the first to five games for other rounds. The third, fourth and fifth placed players will play a Repechage Round. This is designed to give meaningful game time to all boys. All games will be first to three games. Players may depart when knocked out of the playoffs.
Please note that as CIS Nominations close on Wednesday 12/2/20 we will not have time to reschedule should it rain. In that case current Australian Rankings will be used to select the AICES Team for CIS.
Girls Acceptances (by school alphabetical)
Boys Acceptances (by school alphabetical)
Entries in the AICES Cup Section of Nominations
This competition is a "Davis Cup" style teams competition. The champion tennis school from each association can enter. A team is made up of four players from a school who will play singles, reverse singles, doubles and reverse doubles against other schools in the draw. This does not progress to CIS or Australian Schools Championships. Schools should enter the Australian Schools Championships themselves.
Info - AICES Tennis Cup Info - click here
Please note that this no longer progresses to CIS
