Great Southern Tennis Association

Great Southern Tennis Association offers team-based competitions for senior, junior and orange ball players. Delivering structured match-play opportunities for both adults and juniors, they offer a variety of great benefits – supporting players’ technical development, improving fitness, and encouraging meaningful connections among players and clubs. 

For players ready to take on the next challenge in their tennis journey, tennis association leagues can help you reach more advanced competitions within the state’s Performance Pathway.

• Clubs associated with Tennis SA and Great Southern Tennis Association can nominate a team for each competition and division.
• All nominated players must have completed their CPP (Competitive Player Profile) and connected their UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) or CBR (Coloured Ball Rating) 
• Team nominations need to be submitted online via League Manager. Clubs that are accepted will receive an invoice once the nominations have been finalised.  

For detailed information on the eligibility criteria, download the competition match rules. 

• First round: 11 October 2025 
• Last round before Christmas: 13 December 2025 
• Season break: After 13 December 2025, to resume on 10 January 2026 
• Last round: 21 February 2026 
• Finals series: The finals are going to be held over three weekends, starting on 28 February 2026, with the grand final taking place on 14 March 2026. 

• First round: 18 October 2025 
• Last round before Christmas: 13 December 2025 
• Season break: After 13 December 2025, to resume on 31 January 2026 
• Last round: 21 February 2026 
• Finals series: The finals are going to be held over three weekends, starting on 28 February 2026, with the grand final taking place on 14 March 2026. 

• The orange ball competition is played over six to eight Saturday mornings split into two seasons in Term 4 and Term 1. 

Term 4 dates 

• Start Date: 25 October 2025 
• Final Round: 29 November 2025 
• Term 1 dates are yet to be announced. 

• Each team is made up of four players regardless of gender.   
• Division 1 players will play one singles match and one doubles match per week. Division 2 players will play one singles match and two doubles match per week. Doubles only competition players will play three doubles matches per week. 
• Division 1 and the doubles-only competition are played as a first-to-nine game set with a seven-point tie-break played at eight games all. Division 2 is played as a first-to-six game set with a seven-point tie-break played at six games all. 

• Each team is made up of four players regardless of gender. 
• All players will play one singles match and one doubles match per week. 
• The sets are played as a first-to-six game set with no tiebreaker for green ball and a first-to-six game set with a seven-point-tiebreak played at six games all for yellow ball. 

• Each team is made up of four players regardless of gender. 
• All players will play one singles match and two doubles matches per week. 
• The sets are played as a first-to-four game set with no tiebreaker. 

Fixtures for the senior, junior and orange ball competitions are available via Match Centre. Need help with League Manager and Match Centre? if you need help with accessing League Manager and Match Centre, visit Join competitions.

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