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OFFICIAL
RULES
& REGULATIONS
[Effective: September 1, 2000]
1.0
--THE GAME
1.1 Types of Games
1.2 Description
1.3 Objective
1.4 Points and Outs
1.5 Match, Game, Tiebreaker
2.0
-- COURTS AND EQUIPMENT
2.1 Court Specifications
2.2 Ball Specifications
2.3 Ball Selection
2.4 Racquet Specification
2.5 Apparel
3.0
-- PLAY REGULATIONS
3.1 Serve
3.2 Start
3.3 Manner
3.4 Readiness
3.5 Delays
3.6 Drive Service Zones
3.7 Defective Serves
3.8 Dead-Ball Serves
3.9 Fault Serves
3.10 Out Serves
3.11 Return of Serve
3.12 Changes of Serve
3.13 Rallies
3.14 Dead-Ball Hinders
3.15 Avoidable Hinders
3.16 Timeouts
3.17 Technical Fouls and Warnings
4-12
-- RULE MODIFICATIONS
4.0 Doubles
5.0 One Serve Game
6.0 Multi-bounce
7.0 One-wall and Three-wall play
8.0 Wheelchair
9.0 Visually Impaired
10.0 Deaf
11.0 Men's Professional
12.0 Women's Professional
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COMPETITION
POLICIES
& PROCEDURES
A
-- TOURNAMENTS
A.1 Draws
A.2 Consolation Matches
A.3 Scheduling
A.4 Notice of Matches
A.5 Finishes
A.6 Round Robin Scoring
A.7 Court Assignments
A.8 Tournament Conduct
B
-- OFFICIATING
B.1 Tournament Management
B.2 Tournament Rules Committee
B.3 Referee Appointment and Removal
B.4 Rules Briefing
B.5 Referees
B.6 Line Judges
B.7 Appeals
B.8 Outcome of Appeals
B.9 Rule Interpretations
C
-- ELIGIBILITY & NATIONAL EVENTS
C.1 Professional
C.2 Return to Amateur Status
C.3 USRA Eligibility
C.4 Divisions
C.5 Division Competition by Gender
C.6 USRA Regional Championships
C.7 U.S. National Singles & Doubles
C.8 U.S. National Junior Olympics
C.9 U.S. National High Schools
C.10 U.S. National Intercollegiates
C.11 U.S. Open
D
-- PROCEDURES
D.1 Rule Change Procedures
D.2 USRA National Rules Committee
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