For more information on senior competition or to submit your interest in joining a team, email: admin@altonatennisclub.org.au 

Senior WRTA (Western Regions Tennis Association)

•  Play is on Saturdays and starts at 1pm. Pennant typically finshes at about 3:00pm and for Mixed 4:00pm.
• There is a Mixed and a Pennant Format. 
• For the  Mixed format the team on the day consists of 2 gents and 2 ladies.  Everyone plays 4 sets each,  8 sets are played in total that consist of 2x mens doubles, 2x womens doubles & 4 x mixed doubles.
• For the pennant format the team on the day consists of 2 people .  The players can be both male and female - however the majority of players are male .  Each player plays 2 sets of singles and 1 set of doubles.  5 sets are played in total.
• WRTA is an interclub competition.   The clubs that partipate are all Western Suburbs.  The furtherest opposition clubs from Altona would be  Williamstown, Sunshine and Werribee.  
• There are two seasons of competition per year, Summer and Winter.  Summer runs from October to March.  Winter runs from May to August.
• There are 14 rounds of play in total for each season.   There is no play on the weekends that fall on public holidays or during school holidays.
• Teams generally consist of more than the minimum number requied for a day, such that team members will be rostered on or off for a given week.
• After play the home team hosts afternoon tea for the opposition team.  This might go for 15-30 minutes.   This has been temporarily haulted for the last year due to Covid-19. 
• Players need to be members to participate.   There is  fee of around $20-30 each player must pay for each season.   This fee covers costs for balls and the team WRTA fee.
• The compeition standard caters for most players however a minimum standard is required even for the lowest grades.  Players need to be able to serve reliably and hold a rally for at least 10 shots.   For Pennant the player UTR rating range wouble be approximately 2.0 to 8.5.   For ladies playing in Mixed the UTR rating range would be approximately 0.5 to 6.5.  For men playing in the mixed the player UTR rating range wouble be approximately 2.0 to 8.0.  

 Senior WSNTG (Western Suburbs Night Tennis Group)

• Play is on Tuesday night 7pm for men and Wednesday night 7pm for women.   Play generally finishes around 10pm.
• It is a doubles format where each player plays 3 sets for the night.  6 sets are played in total.
• WSNTG is an interclub competition.   The clubs that partipate are all Western Suburbs.  The furtherest opposition clubs from Altona would be  Williamstown, Sunshine and Werribee.
• There are two seasons of competition per year - Autumn and Spring.  Autumn runs from Feburary to May. Spring runs from July to December.
• There are 14 rounds of play in total for each season.   There is no play on the competition days that fall on public holidays or during school holidays.
• Teams generally consist of more than the minimum number required for a day, such that team members will be rostered on or off for a given week.  After play the home team hosts supper for the opposition team.  This has been temporarily haulted for the last year due to Covid-19.  
• Players need to be members to participate.   There is a fee of around $20-30  for the entire season each player must pay.     This fee covers costs  for the balls, lights and the team WSNTG fee.
• The standard of the competition caters for most players however a minimum standard is required even for the lowest grades.  Players need to be able to serve reliably and hold a rally for at least 10 shots.   For the mens the UTR range would be between 2.0 and 9.5.   For womens the UTR rating range would be 0.5 to 6.5.  

Senior Western Mid Week Ladies

This long-running weekly competition for ladies teams takes place on Tuesdays during the day. With five team members playing each week, Altona currently has one team playing in the comp. This is a social and friendly competition, which is played around clubs in the Western Suburbs, and normally includes lunch. 

Senior Tennis Victoria Pennant

Tennis Victoria Pennant is Australia’s largest inter-club league and marks its 139th year since inception in 2022.

The league is played over 14 or 15 weeks. In eight team sections, each team plays each other twice over 14 weeks, and in six team sections teams plays each other three times over 15 weeks.

Altona Tennis Club has a number of teams competing in different sections.

For 2022, the Men’s and Women’s leagues will continue to use the singles and doubles each week format utilised in 2021 in order to give it a full season trial. Two eight-game sets will be played for both doubles rubbers, followed by four singles rubbers, played in a best-of-two set format, with a ten-point match tiebreaker instead of a full third.