Team tennis is a tennis tournament which consist of matches between different groups of players each competing to win the tournament for their team. The format is usually an altered version of the professionally played World TeamTennis format; consisting of both Men's and Women's matches with Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
11-521: The Champions Tennis League (CTL) was a team tennis tournament in India held two times only in November 2014 and in late 2015, across six Indian cities. The first edition of Champions Tennis League was held from 17 to 26 November 2014, across Mumbai , Hyderabad , Delhi , Pune , Bangalore , and Chandigarh . The second edition was held from 23 November to 6 December 2015. The Champions Tennis League
22-453: A match. The winner of a match was the player / doubles team that won 6 games. The winner of the tie was the team that won the highest number of games across all 5 sets. The winners' prize money was Rs. 1 crore, while the runner-up prize was Rs. 50 lakhs. The 2015 edition of CTL was announced by Vijay Amritraj on 23 September 2015, at a press conference in Mumbai. The press conference also saw
33-458: Is a professional tennis league held in India where the team captains are Grand Slam veterans and the players are among the best in the world. It is a privately owned tennis league, owned and operated by Vijay Amritraj 's sports management company Second Serve Pvt. Ltd., which operates other integrated sports and entertainment formats in India and overseas. The player draft for each season of CTL
44-499: Is conducted without an auction with each team picking four players from a pool of 24. The pool consists of six legends, six international ATP players, six international WTA players, and six Indian players. Each CTL team features an ATP and WTA player, an international legend as their playing captain, a noted Indian male tennis player, plus a top ranked junior Indian girl and boy. The league consists of six teams, split into two zones. Each zone has three teams, with each team playing
55-685: The CASHS tennis team teams (often backed by a professional player) with a National Championship in the US. In the United Kingdom, team tennis is played through schools and clubs from local to national levels. The Lawn Tennis Association have an 'AEGON Team Tennis Series' where several thousands of teams compete. Active Ceased Abolished This tennis-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tennis Channel Too Many Requests If you report this error to
66-678: The Margaret Amritraj award. The Robert Amritraj award is given to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) who has won the most games throughout the tournament, while the Margaret Amritraj award is given to the best Indian player in the tournament, who has won the most games among the Indian players. In 2014, the CTL saw 13 matches played over a 10-day period between 17 and 26 November. Each tie consisted of 5 sets, with each considered as
77-616: The USA. Team tennis It is played at the collegiate or national level in the United States. The United States Tennis Association promotes junior team tennis and USTA League Tennis. The National Collegiate Athletic Association organizes competitions such as the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship and NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship . Many regions have their own "city-based" or "area-based" for example;
88-401: The draft of the players into each team. In 2015, CTL featured six city based teams across India and saw 13 matches played over a 2-week period between 23 November and 6 December. The winners' prize money was Rs. 1 crore , while the runner-up prize was Rs. 50 lakhs . Each tie will consist of 5 sets with each set being considered as a match. Unlike the 2014 edition, the winner of a match was
99-644: The other two teams on a home and away basis to decide the zonal standings. Two teams competing against each other is called a tie. The teams with the highest number of games (not sets) won in their respective zones will advance to the final, where they play each other for the Champions Tennis League trophy. Apart from the Champions Tennis League Cup, two individual awards are given out: the Robert Amritraj award and
110-557: The player/doubles team that wins 5 games, not 6. The winner of the tie was the team that wins the highest number of games across all 5 sets. The first edition of Champions Tennis League was held for 10-day period between 17 and 26 November 2014. The tournament started in Mumbai , progressed through Hyderabad , Bangalore , Pune , Delhi , Chandigarh , before closing out with the finals in Delhi. The second edition of Champions Tennis League
121-586: Was held for two weeks between 23 November to 6 December 2015. The tournament started in Mumbai , progressed through Chennai , Chandigarh , Hyderabad , Raipur , Nagpur , before closing out with the finals in Hyderabad . In India, all Champions Tennis League matches broadcast live on Sony SIX HD and Sony KIX , who have the exclusive broadcasting rights for the event in the Indian subcontinent . The Tennis Channel , shall broadcast Champions Tennis League across
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