Details for the 2026 Mixed Doubles Tournament

Play-in round: Gerry Tovatt/ Ann Wolfinger vs John Blaize / Janet Bitter – the winner plays Semi Finals

Don Fujishige / Ruby Fuhrmann – Friday Jan 23rd at 1:00 PM

Play-in round: Mark Lankes / Kathy Klug vs Doug Grev / Kathy Morrell – the winner plays Semi Finals

Glenn Morse / Karen Tuke – Friday Jan 23rd at 10:30 AM

Pusch Peak Division:

Play-in Round:

Steve Holmes/ Laura Reed vs Sal Hernandez / Tzipora Schlesinger

Davids Burnham/ Marybeth McAteer vs. Al Oakland / Connie Wheeler

Dave McCarthy / Florence Richey vs. Don Garvin / Jen Garvin

Joel Gerber / Martha Browatzki vs. Sherwin Koopmans / Judy Lynch

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Note: For those teams randomly selected for play-in matches, please contact your opponents and schedule a match as soon as possible, but no later than Thursday January 22. Notify Joel Gerber at (763) 360-8167 of your scheduled play-in match. 

Please review the rules of play on the club website scovtennis.com prior to your first match. 

Bring a new can of balls and your $5 entry fee per person to your first match. Additional optional donations to support Casa Amigas are welcome. 

Questions? Contact Mark Lankes at (315) 450-1676. 

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• The Tournament will be three divisions with up to 8 teams in each division.
• The divisions will be established by skill level:
  • Mt Lemmon Division – This division is for those who like a harder hitting, fast paced, more advanced game.
  • Pusch Peak Division – This division is for those who like a competitive game but feel more comfortable with a finesse and shorter rallies in their gameplay.
  • Mt Kimball Division – This division is for players who may not be comfortable with competitive play or have never entered competitive play or may just be coming back from an injury, or just enjoy the game.
• The Teams – Players pick their partners (age not a factor) – 1 man and 1 woman is a team.
• Each team chooses its own level of play / Division.
• Players who cannot find a partner should request committee help to identify a partner.
• Important! – the last date for a team to sign up is Monday January 12th at Noon.

Selections of Opponents – this will be done by random draw in each division by the committee, there will be NO SEEDING.

Posting of Division Brackets – all 3 brackets will be posted on the Mountain Vista Tennis Courts bulletin board as of Wednesday, January 14th as well as scovtennis.com.

“PLAY-IN” if needed – Should more than 4 teams register in a division, one PLAY-IN match will be needed to determine which teams reach the semifinals. Teams and opponent pairings, if necessary, will be selected by random draw.

PLAY-IN matches will be set up directly by the teams playing and must be completed by January 22nd.

All teams scheduled to PLAY-IN should contact their opponents and arrange their matches as soon as possible.

Please notify a committee member of your scheduled PLAY-IN match.

Matches – will be best 2 out of 3 sets.

Set 3 – is a 10 point Coman tiebreaker to be played in all matches.

Sets 1 & 2 – If tied 6-6 a 7 point tiebreaker will be played in all matches.

Deuce Points – if a game goes to deuce – gender will serve to gender on the 2nd deuce point to decide the game.

Matches will be SINGLE Elimination – winners move on, losers become spectators.

Tennis Balls – Each team shall bring a NEW can of balls for any play-in and semi-final matches. The losing team shall receive the remaining NEW can of balls.

Your club dues will be used to supply new balls for the final matches.

Tournament Committee

Mark Lankes (315) 450-1676 mjlankes@yahoo.com

Ray McAteer (618) 410-8710 mcateerray@gmail.com

Joel Gerber (763) 360-8167 jagerber@yahoo.com

Karen Lee (520) 818-2200 salor314@gmail.com

Jan Dunbar (815) 766-0819 janbdunbar@gmail.com.