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FAC EDITORS’ NOTE
USTA officials are often called upon to officiate at intercollegiate events. This
section contains the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) officiating
regulations. These regulations are followed at most intercollegiate events.
USTA Regulations are in effect in college tennis except where explicitly
superseded by ITA, NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, or Conference Rules.
Those ITA regulations that are substantially different from USTA Regulations
have been set in Bold Italics. ITA rules vary from USTA Regulations in the
following major areas:
• Overrule on verbal appeal only;
• Carry over of Point Penalty System;
• Player who changes call from out to good loses point;
• Receiver’s partner may not stand in service box; and
• Medical timeout procedure.
There are no corresponding USTA Regulations for the following ITA
Regulations.
• I.E.5. ITA Carry-Over Rules;
• I.F. Restrictions on Players and Spectators;
• I.J. Coaching;
• I.K. Coaches’ Code of Conduct; and
• II. Team Competition.
Before officiating at an ITA event, officials should confirm whether any
new changes have been adopted by the ITA and should check the “Rules”
section of the ITA website, www.itatennis.com.
RULES, REGULATIONS & TOURNAMENT PROCEDURES
The purpose of the official ITA Rulebook is to codify for college players,
coaches and USTA certified officials all the rules and regulations, and
tournament procedures which are unique to college tennis, as well as to
highlight those USTA rules which most often apply to college tennis.
These rules govern all collegiate play, except in the few cases where a specific
conference rule, NAIA, or NCAA tournament rule differs from the ITA
rule. In this case the conference rule, NAIA, or NCAA rule will take
precedence over the ITA rule. Otherwise, all ITA coaches are expected to follow
the ITA rules as closely as possible. Failure to do so should be reported
immediately to the ITA Ethics and Infractions Committee and the ITA National
Tournament Committees.
USTA Rules and Regulations are in effect in college tennis except where
explicitly superseded by ITA, NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, or Conference Rules.
244 INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS
ITA Board of Directors
December 2009