Gameplay Rules
Rules for Craigs Investment Partners Twilight Tennis
- 4 games are played in total starting from 6pm and finishing at 8pm.
- Each game will go for a timed period of 30 mins maximum
- The 4 games will be played in the following combinations: 1 x Men's Doubles (MD), 1 x Women's Doubles (WD), and 2 x Mixed Doubles (XD1 & XD2) - the order of these games will be determined between you and your opponent on the night.
- Normal doubles tennis rules apply when it comes to serving and determining if the ball is out or in.
- Deuce: We play a short Deuce to ensure the games can be completed in a timely manner. A short deuce means if a game lands on 40-40 the team that wins the next point also wins that game.
- When playing Mixed Double, each gender always serves to the same gender on the final short deuce point.
- Match winner is the team that wins the most games during that 30min period
- If you haven’t completed your final game when the time whistle blows then the team that is ahead is considered the winner of that game.