Tennis Victoria is excited to launch an exciting new competition structure for the 2013 Premier League season.\u00a0For the first time in the competition\u2019s history the winning club will recieve $4000 in\u00a0prizemoney and the runners up will recieve $1000\u00a0for both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s competitions.<\/p>\n
The \u00a02013 Premier League will commence on\u00a0Friday 1 March \u00a02013 and will conclude with the final on Sunday 14 April 2013. \u00a0The 2013 Premier League Competition model has been transformed to ensure it provides the Pro Circuit \u00a0players with an opportunity to play in the preliminary rounds and qualify for finals.<\/p>\n
Player squad sizes have been reduced to\u00a0a minimum 4 player teams (doubles players may vary from singles though if club chooses) with a match format of 2 doubles rubbers and 4 singles rubbers. The reduction in team size will see an increase in the overall standard of the Premier League competition. Doubles rubbers will be played as 2 sets with a match tie break (first to ten points, two points clear) if locked at one set all, and sudden death deuce on all doubles games.<\/p>\n
The competition match days have also been revolutionised with rounds to be played under lights on Friday nights and on Sunday afternoons, with fixture dates providing numerous qualification and playing opportunities for Pro Tour players, whilist the addition of night matches will provide the competition with a significant positive facelift.<\/p>\n
The competition will also feature Super Rounds for the first time in its short history, successfully introduced for the 2012 ATL Victorian Conference season. Each club will be given an opportunity to host a Super Round where all matches of that competition will be played at their venue, providing their local tennis communities with an opportunity to have\u00a0the very best Victorian players at their venue at the one time.<\/p>\n
Excited by the new\u00a0model, Tennis Victoria’s\u00a0Competitions Manager Jeff Downs said\u00a0\u201cIt is imperative for the branding of the competition that we attract high quality players and the changes to smaller team sizes with a minimum 4 players (doubles may be different) will allow us to enter into Friday night rounds which will provide Pro Tour players with an opportunity to participate in the preliminary rounds and qualify for the finals. The addition of Super Rounds and night tennis will ensure a massive positive facelift for the competition moving forward and ensure the competition evolves and establishes itself in the Victorian tennis market.”<\/p>\n
The Premier League competition will be an \u00a0attraction for many touring players and emerging elite juniors from across the country, and will also provide the selected clubs with an enormous marketing opportunity with their feature Super Round.<\/p>\n