Each match will follow this format:
- Team matches are composed of four 21-point games (women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and then two games of mixed doubles)
- Home/Away team will be determined before match begins by a coin flip. The winner will elect to choose the option of selecting serve/end/receive OR the option of being the Home Team or Away Team for that Match.
- When it's time to play Mixed Doubles, the Home Team will choose its mixed doubles teams AFTER hearing the Away Team's partners.
Game Format
- Games will be RALLY scoring to 21, win by 2. A point is earned after every rally, whether it was won by the serving or receiving team. However, the first team to reach 20 points reverts back to the traditional format by scoring only on its serve. If the score reaches 19-19, both teams can score only on its serve.
- Players will switch ends when a team reaches 11 points.
- Players do not switch sides after winning points. Players will choose if they want to play the Even side or Odd side for the game, and players will serve based on if they have an Even or Odd score (similar to Singles play).
- Players may switch Odd/Even sides during a time-out or when changing ends, and they must inform the other team of the change.
- Teams are allotted only 1, 1-minute time-out per game. Teams will also have a 1-minute break when switching ends.
Tie Breaker
- If after the 4 games, the series is tied 2-2, the 5th game will be a Dreambreaker Doubles game. This game will go to 21, win by 2, with rally scoring
- The Home team will disclose its lineup first to the Away team before the game begins. The Women will play the first 4 points of the game. The Men will then play the next 4 points. The first Mixed partners will play the next 4 points, followed by the remaining Mixed partners. The same order will continue until a team wins the game.
- IF we are behind schedule, the tournament director can use discretion to adjust the tiebreaker game format.
Due to the length of each match (possible 2 hours per match to complete 5 games to 21, win by 2), this tournament will be a Single Elimination bracket, where each player is guaranteed 4 games.
