USTA NorCal Wiki
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USTA Adult Leagues
USTA NorCal Adult leagues take you beyond interclub play while providing a fun and competitive team tennis experience. 30,000 men and women participate in NorCal’s Adult Leagues, making it the largest adult tennis league in the nation. The high quality of play and social atmosphere lets you meet new people, play in different environments, improve your performance and create tennis memories. Barbecues, food, drinks, family and new and old friends are what league play is all about.
NorCal teams are found on courts in the Bay Area and Sacramento, Santa Clara to Marin to Mendocino Counties, as far north as Redding and as far south as Fresno. Players are grouped according to National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) levels, ranging from 2.5 (entry) to 5.0 (advanced), so you're always sure that you'll be facing off against someone of comparable ability.
Adult League Tennis
This league is for men and women 19 years of age and older, with local, area and sectional championships, culminating in a national championship. NTRP levels include 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 and Open divisions. Team match format consists of two singles matches and three doubles matches, except for the 2.5, 5.0, 5.5 and Open.
Mixed Doubles League
This league is for men and women 19 years of age and older with District, Sectional and Regional championships. Teams are developed with a combined rating of 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10. for each doubles partnership. Total NTRP rating cannot exceed level of team (i.e., 7.0 team could be a combination of two 3.5 players, one 4.0 partner and one 3.0 partner or one player a 3.0 and partner a 3.5). Format consists of three doubles matches.
Senior League
This league is for men and women 50 years of age and older, with District, Sectional and National championships. NTRP levels include 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5. Team match format consists of three doubles matches.
Super Senior 65 League
This league is for men and women 65 years of age and older with Sectional championships. NTRP combined levels include 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0. Team match format consists of three doubles matches.
Super Senior 60 League
This league is for men and women 60 years of age and older with Sectional and National championships. NTRP combined levels include 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0. Team match format consists of three doubles matches.
FiftyMixed League
This is Mixed Doubles for seniors. All you need is a half century or more of life on this planet, a partner of the opposite sex, a few friends and some courts, and you’ve got a FiftyMixed team. The levels are 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0, so any combination of partners who do not exceed the team’s level will work.
Combo League
This is a Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles league, age 19 and up, with team levels structured to encourage partners of different levels to play together. The levels are 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5 and 10.5
Flex Leagues
Prefer to fly solo? Flex Leagues offers players a chance to enjoy organized competition without the commitment to a specific schedule or team. Taking advantage of easy-to-use online software, flights of same level singles players are organized giving you the flexibility to schedule your matches with your opponent. You record your results online and have the opportunity to meet new tennis players in your area.
Tennis on Campus
Tennis on Campus is a USTA league that combines high-power competition with serious fun! Through a relaxed atmosphere, college students are able to play competitive tennis without having the commitment restraints of a varsity team.
The Tennis On Campus program features coed college teams playing in the World Team Tennis format, which includes sets of men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles, Nationwide over 400 colleges and 25,000 students currently participate in the program. Participating NorCal schools include UC Merced, Univ of the Pacific, University of San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Santa Clara University, San Jose State, Napa Valley College, Saint Mary's College, Fresno State, Golden Gate University, San Francisco State and University of Nevada, Reno.
Throughout the school year, teams compete for advancement to the regional USTA Campus Championships, held every November. The regional winner and runner-up teams move on to Nationals,
Schools also host Tennis on Campus events, titled the College Championship Series Events, which are one or two days of tennis and fun activities.
2007-2008 season
UC Berkeley’s “Gold” team captured the title over sister UC Berkeley “Blue” team in the regional USTA Campus Championships, which were held in November 2007. Both UC Berkeley teams, along with regional 2nd place school UC Davis and Stanford (wildcard entry), were part of the sixty-four club teams from around the country that competed for the National title during the ninth annual Championships presented by Tennis Warehouse, in Cary, North Carolina, this past April.
Berkeley’s Gold team had a monumental win in the semi-finals, defeating four-time champs Texas A&M. Though eventually defeated by the Texas Longhorns, Berkeley was extremely proud and excited about reaching the finals for the first time. Billie Jean King, legendary tennis champion and advocate for social change and equality, presented the championship awards.
How to get your school involved:
To learn more about Tennis on Campus in Northern California or Northern Nevada, contact Hilary Somers, Tennis on Campus Coordinator for USTA Northern California, somers@norcal.usta.com or (650) 595-2488.
Grants:
The USTA offers financial support and resources for Tennis on Campus programs through the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) to colleges and universities interested in “serving up” recreationally based team tennis programs for their students. Assistance is available whether you want to start a new Tennis On Campus program or run a special activity to increase participation and improve your existing program.
NIRSA grants are available for Tennis on Campus start-up programs and Tennis on Campus Special Activities. (www.nirsa.org)
ITA grants are available for Tennis on Campus start-up programs. (www.itatennis.com)
USTA Northern California Organization Grants are available for Tennis on Campus programs. (www.norcal.usta.com)
