Type of Play for CTPA Members

Open Play

Games like UP/DOWN Split can be open to all levels or defined between just a few levels. Usually the games are timed to allow for maximum play. If the team wins, they move to the next court and split. If the team loses they go down to the next court and split. Play and the timer (about 12-to-15 minutes) start and once the timer expires, the players note where they finished. Those finishing on the right side (even) when the timer expired go up (or down). The team with the other person who finished in the even position will be the partner for the new game.

Round Robin

This typically is played in a single skilled level play or two levels. Usually the games are timed to allow for maximum play. A number is randomly assigned that determines partners and opponents. 

Level Play

Level Play refers to playing people who have the same Club rating. These sessions are scheduled by a level coordinator and managed by a session coordinator. The type of game can be general pickup or timed/untimed round-robin format. Multi-level games are an opportunity for two levels to play together.

Ladder League

Leagues include Ladders, Doubles Ladders, Singles, and any other scheduled event that reserves court time for specific play. Play is usually associated to three seasons: Spring (May-June); Summer (July-August); Fall (September-October). There is a small charge available to play in a league. Balls are provided.

Your Four (YF)  (Stop being offerred starting 2025)

YF allows four CTPA members of any rating to play together without rotating in new players. The foursome can continue to play together until another foursome is queueing. In this case, foursomes must leave the courts at the end of the game to 11 and call in the next foursome. All four players need to combine CTPA membership cards and queue on the designated queueing rank to play again.

  • Your Four  (YF) is part of membership and there is no fee to pay. No balls will be provided.
  • Display membership cards on the membership card display racks on the separation fence post between courts. If you do not have your membership card you cannot play. If one member in your group does not have a membership card none of the other members can play. All four membership cards MUST be displayed properly.
  • YF is available on all courts except those courts scheduled for Level Play or Leagues or other special events that would be posted in the schedule. If there is nothing scheduled for the date and time frame during CTPA hours then all courts are available for YFP. 
  • If courts are going to be used for Level Play or Leagues, you must give up your court 5 minutes before the start even if your game is not finished. If other courts are still available for YFP you can queue cards to play. League & Level play has priority and must play on the courts they were assigned. Please be respectful of Level & League play and their priority to specific court assignment.
  • If you have a 5th, 6th, or 7th person as part of your group to change players for the next game, and other foursome are queueing, you must come off the court and set the next four cards who are playing together on the next available empty space on the queueing racks. The 5th, and/or 6th and/or 7th person in your group cannot save a queueing spot in the rack while you are playing. You must have all four persons available and not playing to queue and all four membership cards hanging on the queueing rack to play. 
  • If you are a group of 8 or 12 players, you can intermix players between your groups on the queueing racks.
  • If people are queueing, the foursome will come off the court after they finish their game to 11, win by two.
  • Singles can be played up to 8:30 a.m. weekdays during YFP. If there are people waiting, two singles players can queue their cards together just like a foursome until 8:15 a.m. If courts are available after 8:30 a.m. and no one is queueing you can play singles until a group of four player queues.
  • You can finish your game if your time extends into public play times but if people are queueing you must give up your court once you finish your game. Please be respectful of public play times.