Recreational League Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME FROM BILLIE JEAN KING . 3 JOIN THE WINNING TEAM Mylan World TeamTennis . .4 . Mylan WTT Recreational League . 4 . RECREATIONAL LEAGUE SPONSORS . 4. ADDITIONAL MYLAN WTT PROGRAMS . 4-5 MYLAN WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUES What Is It? . .5 . Who Plays? . 5 . When Can Your League Start? . .5 . How Does Mylan WTT Help the Tennis Club or Public Facility? . 5 Mylan WTT Membership Includes . 5 What is Needed? . 6 . Can Teams Advance Past the Local Level? . 6 . Can Seniors Participate? . 6. Can Open Players Participate? . .6 . SCORING Game Scoring . 6 Set Scoring . 6 . Match Scoring and Overtime . 7. Substitutions . 7 . Warm-up Time . 7. Service Order . 7. Changing Ends . 7. Service Lets . 7 Coaching/Line Calls . 7 Default Rule . 8 Explanation of Tiebreakers . 8 . ADMINISTRATION OF LEAGUES Team Captain . 9 League Director . 9-10 Licensing your League or Tournament . 10 . Fee Structure for a Mylan WTT League or Tournament Site License . 10-11 . Handling the Cost of the League . .11 . Tennis Balls . .11 . PUBLICITY How to Get Publicity . 12. Respecting Media Deadlines . 12 . Using Media Kits . 13. Leverage the Power of Social Networking . 13 TIPS FOR RECRUITING CORPORATE TEAMS . 14. SAMPLE NEWS RELEASES 866-PLAY-WTT | WTT.COM — 1 — MYLAN WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUE GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS [CONTINUED] Mylan WTT Recreational League . .15 . Mylan WTT Corporate League . 16 MYLAN WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUE STYLE GUIDE - PUBLIC RELATIONS Mylan WTT References - Capitalization . 17. Correct Name of Other Mylan WTT Events and Affiliated Events . 17 . USTA National Campus Championships . 17 Mylan WTT Boilerplate . .17 . Mylan WTT Logo . 17. HOW TO SET UP A ROUND ROBIN SCHEDULE . .18 . QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT/EVENT FOR NATIONAL QUALIFIER ADVANCEMENT . 18 NATIONAL QUALIFIER RULES . 19-20. MYLAN WTT NATIONALS RULES . 20 . 2015 NATIONAL QUALIFIERS . 21 . 2015 NATIONALS . 21 CONTACTS . 22. Copyright © Mylan World TeamTennis, LLC . 2015 . All rights reserved . WTT IS A COPYRIGHTED TENNIS FORMAT AND MAY NOT BE USED BY ANYONE WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION . MYLAN WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUE GUIDE — 2 — 866-PLAY-WTT | WTT.COM Dear WTT League Directors: For more than 30 years, Mylan WTT Recreational Leagues in more than 1,000 cities across the nation have been helping tennis players of all ages and abilities experience one of the more exciting formats in our great sport. As a director of your local league, you play a major role in helping us introduce more players to the WTT format and our special brand of tennis. Our mission when we founded the Mylan WTT Recreational League in 1985 is still very much at the forefront of everything we do today. Mylan World TeamTennis is dedicated to promoting tennis as a sport for everyone and anyone by tapping the fun, competitive, social and entertaining spirit that comes from being part of a team. I will forever be very proud of the work we have done together over the years to grow Mylan World TeamTennis to where it is today. Our job is not done and we will only reach our goal of having Mylan World TeamTennis played at the recreational level in thousands of cities throughout the country through the hard work, tireless energy and commitment from FOTO: JONATHAN EXLEY FOTO: JONATHAN you, the Mylan WTT League Directors. I wish you the best of luck this year and I am thrilled to have you on the Mylan WTT team. BILLIE JEAN KING BIO • Co-founded World TeamTennis (1974), Life and the Battle of the Sexes to Organization (UNESCO) in 2008, the groundbreaking coed professional commemorate the 35th anniversary received the NCAA President’s Gerald tennis league and founded the World of her historic 1973 match against R . Ford Award in 2009, honored with TeamTennis Recreational League, one Bobby Riggs . Major League Baseball’s Beacon of of the most popular recreational tennis • Was one of nine players who broke Change Award in 2010 and appointed formats in the U .S . away from the tennis establishment to the President’s Council on Fitness, • On August 12, 2009, King was and accepted $1 contracts from Sports and Nutrition in 2010 . awarded the Presidential Medal of tennis promoter Gladys Heldman in • Continues to be a leader in the fight Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian Houston . The revolt led to the birth of for equality and recognition in the honor . The first female athlete to be women’s professional tennis and the GLBT community, and has been honored with the Medal of Freedom, formation of the Virginia Slims Tour honored by many of the leading GLBT King was presented the award by and Women’s Tennis Association . organizations, including the Human President Obama in ceremonies at The • Empowered women and educated men Rights Campaign, GLAAD and Lambda White House . when she defeated Bobby Riggs in Legal Foundation . • Named one of the “100 Most Important one of the greatest moments in sports • Honored on August 28, 2006, when the Americans of the 20th Century” by Life history – the Battle of the Sexes in National Tennis Center, home of the Magazine in 1990 . 1973 . This match is remembered for U . S . Open, was renamed the USTA • Won 39 Grand Slam singles, its effect on society and its contribution Billie Jean King National Tennis Center doubles and mixed doubles tennis to the women’s movement . in honor of King’s contributions to titles, including a record 20 titles at • Founded the Women’s Tennis tennis, sports and society both on and Wimbledon . Association (1973), the Women’s off the court . • Member of three World TeamTennis Sports Foundation (1974), Women’s • Currently serves on the boards of the Championship Teams (New York Sports Magazine (1974) and co- Women’s Sports Foundation and the Sets – 1976, New York Apples – 1977, founded GreenSlam, an environmental Elton John AIDS Foundation . She Chicago Fyre – 1983) . initiative for the sports industry (2007) . is also a member of the President’s • Named Global Mentor for Gender Council on Fitness, Sports and • In 2008 King authored Pressure is a Nutrition . Privilege: Lessons I’ve Learned from Equality by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 866-PLAY-WTT | WTT.COM — 3 — WTT CORPORATE & RECREATIONAL LEAGUE GUIDE JOIN THE WINNING TEAM MYLAN WORLD TEAMTENNIS Mylan World TeamTennis (Mylan WTT) is the only professional team sport with men and women equally represented. A team consists of two men, two women and a coach. The 40th season of Mylan WTT will run July 12-29, with conference championships scheduled for Thursday, July 30. The Mylan WTT Finals, which will air live on EPSN 2 will be contested on the home court of the Eastern Conference champion on Sunday, August 2. Teams featuring some of tennis’ top names will compete this summer. For more information, visit WTT.com. MYLAN WTT RECREATIONAL LEAGUE Mylan WTT Recreational Leagues are played at tennis clubs, public parks, colleges, high schools, corporations, military bases, tennis camps and other facilities all across America. It is a team effort with men and women competing together using the same WTT format that the pros using in Mylan WTT. It is administered through a nationwide structure including Team Captains, League Directors and the National Headquarters in New York. RECREATIONAL LEAGUE SPONSORS MYLAN Mylan is a global pharmaceutical company committed to setting new standards in health care. Working together around the world to provide 7 billion people access to high quality medicine, we innovate to satisfy unmet needs; make reliability and service excellence a habit; do what’s right, not what’s easy; and impact the future through passionate global leadership. We offer a growing portfolio of more than 1,200 generic pharmaceuticals and several brand medications. In addition, we offer a wide range of antiretroviral therapies, upon which approximately 40% of HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries depend. We also operate one of the largest active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturers and currently market products in approximately 140 countries and territories. Our workforce of more than 20,000 people is dedicated to improving the customer experience and increasing pharmaceutical access to consumers around the world. Mylan.com GEICO GEICO (Government Employees Insurance Company) is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and is the third-largest private passenger auto insurance company in the United States. GEICO, which was founded in 1936, provides millions of auto insurance quotes to U.S. drivers annually. The company is pleased to serve more than 13 million private passenger customers and insures more than 22 million vehicles. GEICO’s online service center helps policyholders take care of policy sales, policy changes, claims reporting and to print insurance ID cards. Policyholders can also connect to GEICO through the GEICO App, reach a representative over the phone or visit a GEICO local agent. GEICO also provides insurance quotes on motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), travel trailers and motorhomes (RVs). Coverage for boats, life, homes and apartments is written by non-affiliated insurance companies and is secured through the GEICO Insurance Agency, Commercial auto insurance and personal umbrella protection are also available. For more information, go to www.GEICO.com. WILSON Innovation is more than a statement at Wilson. It is our obsession with product performance. Our drive is to elevate design and pursue breakthrough technologies that enhance athlete performance at every level. ADDITIONAL MYLAN WTT PROGRAMS X TEAMTENNNIS HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS Billie Jean King’s Mylan World TeamTennis has added another quick and exciting twist. The X TeamTennis format features coed teams competing in three sets - boys and girls singles and mixed doubles. The unique Mylan WTT format, which is also played in the Professional League, includes no-ad scoring, substitution and coaching. The winning team is the team that wins the most total games! Participants MUST have played high school tennis during the 2014-2015 school year.