Entering score timed match

[mahgeetah]

We "lost" a match today. We were up 7-6, 6-5 and I was to serve for the win but the timed match rule kicked in and we played two tiebreaks with us losing both.

Now people have entered the score of a 7-6, 5-4 match that went to the second set tiebreaker as 7-6, 7-6 and they have also entered matches as 7-5, 6-5 when the matches are timed. So, does anyone know the official rule and more importantly can you back up this knowledge with a link?

 

[Cindysphinx]

I would say the score goes in with the winner's score first. So that would be 6-7, 7-6, 1-0 (timed).

No cite to a link, I'm pretty sure that's how it would go around here.

 

[mahgeetah]

Thanks, Cindy.

 

[dizzlmcwizzl]

I would think there would have to be some district rule for this. Every USTA league I know of uses sets and games lost as tiebreakers for end of season playoffs. In this scenario there must be some published expectation about how the score should be reported.

We don't have the same rules here but common sense would say that it should be reported as 6-7, 7-6, 1-0

 

[mahgeetah]

Unfortunately, my district (Missouri Valley) and section (Heart of America) do not have this information on their website. The only link I could find was from a USTA district or sectional in Arizona. So I went ahead and entered the score as 6-7, 7-6, 1-0.

The thing is earlier this year a match between two experienced captains was entered as 7-5, 6-5 (timed match). So since it has been entered both ways I wanted to see if anyone knows for sure. I will email our league coordinator to clarify.

 

[Cindysphinx]

The thing is earlier this year a match between two experienced captains was entered as 7-5, 6-5 (timed match).

That would be an appropriate way to enter the score if that is what happened.

Your case sounds different in that you played two tiebreaks.

In our league, you do not stop and play tiebreaks or sudden death points because time is dwindling. You play, and then you enter the score exactly as it was when time lapsed (unless there was an exact tie).