Event Format

This event will be a group stage where all pairs play each other followed by a final between the top two teams from the group stage.

Match Format & Rules

• Best of three sets (1 point per set won)
• Third set is a championship tie break unless both teams agree in advance that they will play a full third set.
  
• If any group finishes level on points then it’s ranked in the following order:
  
  1. Least sets lost
  2. Games difference (games won minus games lost, 3rd set counts as one game regardless of whether it was played as a full set or championship tie-break)
  3. Head to head result
  4. Toss of a coin
• Winning team are responsible for sending in the results (using the form opposite)
• All results will be updated on this page by the tournament organisers as soon as possible after they receive them
• The pair marked “HOME’ on the fixtures sheet (below) is responsible for organising the match. All group matches to be played by Sunday 19th September 2021.
• In the event of a player injury during a group phase then all games involving injured player are null and void
• If the injured player was due to progress in the tournament then the position will be filled with next pair from their group