Southern Maryland Tennis Cup Series

Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 11:12 Written by Jason Wynn Tuesday, 09 March 2010 03:48

New for 2010 the SMCTA presents the

Southern Maryland Tennis Cup Series

Cove Point Spring Fling Tournament - April 17-18
Breton Bay Open - May 29-31
New! First Annual St. Mary's College Open - July 3-5

In our continuing efforts to expand and promote competitive and fun local tennis play, the SMCTA has created the Southern Maryland Tennis Cup.  The SMTC framework provides a system where players can earn points for participating in local events which accumulate over the course of a year.  Players with the highest cumulative point total at the end of the year in each of 5 divisions will be crowned the Cup winners.

The Spring Fling and the Breton Bay Open, two of our long standing and well known yearly tournaments, have become affiliated with the series.  In addition, a new tournament, the St. Mary's College Open, has been added to the yearly calendar.  In the future we hope to foster new tournaments in Southern Maryland area as well as invite any pre-existing tournaments to become a part of the SMTC Series.

The ultimate goal of the Southern Maryland Tennis Cup is to promote increased participation for all local events, without diminishing the importance of participating in, nor the achievement of winning any of the individual tournaments.

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Full info on the Southern Maryland Tennis Cup, including the point system, registration forms, and more coming soon.

SMTC Goals

SMTC Point System

Players earn points by participating in SMTC tournaments in any of the following divisions

• Open Men's Singles
• Open Women's Singles
• Open Men's Doubles
• Open Women's Doubles
• Open Mixed Doubles

Points are awarded as follows:

1. Winning a division in a tournament - 50 Points
2. Finalist in a division - 40 Points
3. Winning any match in a tournament - 20 points per win
4. Participation in a tournament without a win - 10 points

A player/team may only earn points from one of the above per tournament, whichever yields the highest points. For example if you win a division by winning 3 matches, you get 60 points for that tournament.  If you win a division by only winning 1 or 2 matches, you would get 50 points.

Players and teams with the most points after the final tournament wins the cup.  Doubles and Mixed doubles teams acquire points as a team, not individually.

Tournament Registration Forms

2010 Cove Point Spring Fling

2010 Breton Bay Open

2010 St. Mary's College Open