Time Violations & Penalties for Lateness
TABLE 4
(Table 15 in Friend At Court)
Time Violations
| Delay between points or after warm-up |
First Offense: Warning Each Additional Offense: One Point Penalty |
| Violation of the 90 second changeover or 120 second Set Break rules |
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| Violation of the 3 minute rest period |
TABLE 5
(Table 16 in Friend At Court)
Penalties for Lateness
| Lateness for Start of Match or Resumption of Suspended Match | |
| TIME LATE | PENALTY ASSESSED |
| 5:00 Minutes or less | Loss of Toss* plus 1 Game |
| 5:01-10:00 Minutes | Loss of Toss plus 2 Games |
| 10:01-15:00 Minutes | Loss of Toss plus 3 Games |
| More than 15:00 Minutes | DEFAULT |
| Both players late, but arrive at different times | Penalty accrues on the arrival of first player (A). the opponent (B) loses the toss and 1, 2, or 3 games depending on the time lapsed between A and B's arrival. |
| Both players are more than 15 minutes late | The Referee may default both players or the Referee may reinstate the match using the principle in effect when both players are late, but arrive at different times. |
| The Referee shall start the lateness penalty clock when the scheduled match time has arrived, any court is available, and a player has not arrived. The Referee is not required to keep a court open while awaiting a player. | |
| A player is not deemed to have arrived until the player checks in at the designated check-in. | |
| Except for a default, the Referee shall never assess more than a 3-game penalty for lateness. | |
| *There is no loss of toss when penalty is due to lateness for Resumption of Suspended Match. | |
| Lateness After 10-Minute Rest Period | |
| TIME LATE | PENALTY ASSESSED |
| 5:00 Minutes or less | Loss of 1 Game |
| More than 5:00 Minutes | DEFAULT |
| Both players equally late up to 5:00 Minutes | No Penalty |
| Both players are late, but arrive at different times |
The penalty accrues on the arrival of the first player (A). The opponent (B) loses 1 game unless B arrives more than 5 minutes later than A, in which case B is defaulted. |
| Both player latesness exceeds 5 Minutes |
The Referee may:
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