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League Play

The Pelham Racquet Club offers several different leagues for the general public. The Leagues for Men and Women are regular USTA, Senior USTA, Soft Court, regular Combo, Mixed Combo, Night Leagues, Singles' Ladder and  Ladies LITL.

  • REGULAR USTA is men and women's United States Tennis Association leagues.
    These matches consist of two courts of singles and three courts of doubles playing on
    hard or soft courts. Players must be rated by the USTA. Levels of play are 2.5 to 5.5.
    Scoring is best 2 out of 3 sets with tiebreak.

  • SENIOR USTA is for men and women (team members must be 50 years of age) The
    players must have a USTA rating. Levels of play are 2.5 to 5.5. Scoring is best 2 out of
    3 sets with a tiebreak. League play is on Monday and Sunday afternoons.

  • SOFT COURT for ladies is matches played on soft courts only. Levels of play are from
    2.5 to 5.5. Both LITL and SOFT COURT are played during the weekdays beginning at
    9:00am with the same scoring as LITL.

  • SOFT COURT for men is played by levels of A, B, and C. This league is played on
    Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights beginning at 6:15pm. A and B level is played
    Saturdays at 9:00am and C level is played at 6:00pm on Thursday nights. The format is 4
    singles followed by 4 doubles. Singles is 2 out of 3 sets with a 10 point tiebreak for the
    third set and doubles are 2 out of 3 sets.

  • REGULAR COMBO is a league for both men and women played on either hard or soft
    courts. This league level is a combination of taking two different USTA levels and
    adding them together to form a level. (Such as 2.5 plays with a 3.0 to form a Combo level
    of 5.5). Scoring is best 2 out of 3 sets with tiebreak.

  • MIXED COMBO is a league using men and women players to establish a team. The
    league level is a combination of taking two different USTA levels and adding them
    together to form a level. Matches are played on hard or soft courts, The scoring is best 2
    out of 3 sets with tiebreak.

  • NIGHT LEAGUE is round robin play for men and women. Ladies night league is played
    on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights at 6:15pm. The level of play is 4.5 USTA on
    Monday nights. Tuesday night is 2.5 and 3.0 levels, and Thursday night is 3.5 and 4.0.
    Scoring is best 2 out of 3 sets with tiebreak.

  • SINGLES LADDER is for men and women. Levels of play are 2.5 to 5.0. Scoring is 2
    out of 3 sets with a tiebreak. One can sign up now for the spring ladder at the Racquet
    Club. Play will begin the end of April and go through the first of August.

  • LITL is Ladies Interclub Tennis League usually played on hard courts. Levels of play are
    2.5 to 5.5. The league has 4 singles matches followed by 4 doubles matches. Scoring is 2
    sets per match. If there is a tie in sets, games are counted.