If the score is tied after one team has won the fifth set, a timed seven-minute men's singles super shoot-out is played.

In the event that two or more teams share the highest points on the final tally, the criteria to decide the champion are Mahesh Bhupathi announced the founding of the International Premier Tennis League on 25 May 2013, in Paris.

The initial plan was to start the league with six charter franchises in Asia with the inaugural season commencing in November 2014.

Five franchises would play their home matches in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai and Singapore.

[9] However, only four teams participated in the draft: Bangkok, Mumbai, Singapore and Middle East now referred to as the Dubai franchise.

No mention was made by IPTL of the Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur franchises which had abruptly disappeared.

[10] On 10 May, IPTL announced that the Bangkok franchise would be moved to Manila, Philippines due to political unrest in Thailand.

A group called PVP Ventures led by entrepreneur Prasad V Potluri (Telugu: ప్రసాద్ వి పొట్లూరి) and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar had been the original franchise owners with a plan to play home matches in Mumbai.

On 22 August 2014, IPTL announced it had reached an agreement for the Middle East and North Africa television broadcasting rights with Abu Dhabi Media.

[26] On 4 November 2014, Integrated Sports Media announced it had reached a deal with IPTL to televise every league match of the 2014 season on a pay-per-view basis in the United States.

[27] On 7 November 2014, IPTL announced it had reached agreements on television broadcast contracts with ABS-CBN in the Philippines and SingTel in Singapore.

[citation needed] The league also said there would be television coverage of its matches in the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Brazil.

In total, television coverage of IPTL matches will be available in more than 125 countries worldwide and reach over 300 million households.