$30,000 Purnell-Thomas Memorial

First Match Times

Draws

The singles draw will be posted in Salisbury Tuesday during check-in. They will not be posted online until the last of the first round matches are on the court.

Check In & Practice Courts

We will be at the tennis courts all day on Tuesday. We would like for everyone to check in on Tuesday if possible. If you, will not be able to make it down on Tuesday, please call Michele at (410) 726-9126 to check in by phone. Practice courts are available until about 6:00 when we will be having a Pro-Am. Following the Pro-Am, at about 7:30 or so, the courts will reopen for practice. Only six of the twelve courts are lighted and one is used for seating.

Directions and Parking

For GPS directions, please use 227 W College Ave Salisbury, MD 21801. The courts are directly across the street from this address. Please mind the parking signs on the side streets. Free parking is available on College Avenue. Do not park on Smith Street which intersects with College Ave. next to the tennis courts. The city will ticket you. There is an entrance to campus at the tennis courts. If you enter there and follow the little road around to the left, there is a lot at the opposite end of the tennis courts reserved for the tournament. Please let us know if you park in this lot as we may need to give you a permit.

We will be using the 12 outdoor hard courts at Salisbury University for all matches. There are three nice indoor courts available on campus for practice in case of inclement weather. These may be used during the qualifier for matches, but likely will not be used for the main draw unless the committee feels we are too far behind and must make use of them. The indoor courts play very much like the outdoor courts and are painted exactly the same (thick baselines and such), but have direct flourescent lighting.

This is a $30,000 men's prize money tournament that benefits Coastal Hospice in Salisbury, Md. This is not a USTA or ATP sanctioned event and will not count toward state, sectional, national or ATP rankings. To submit an entry for either the main draw or the qualifier, please visit our tournament website and fill out the online entry form. The tournament committee will review main draw applications and select competitors based on their own criteria which will include ATP points, national and sectional USTA rankings as well as collegiate rankings. Please supply us with any information that will aid us in our decision making process.

Money is paid starting in the round of 32 for singles and the round of 16 for doubles. Byes, if any, do not count as wins. A player receiving a bye must win a round before any prize money will be paid. Players are asked to check in on Tuesday, August 16th in person in Salisbury, Md. There is a pro-am and player party at the tennis courts that evening and the draws will be unveiled at that time. Free housing is available upon request for the main draw and will be with a local host family. Please expect to play your first round match between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM on Wednesday, August 17th.

As we receive entries via the tournament website, we are putting them into the tournament software. To verify that we have received your entry, click on competitors. Click then on the appropriate event. In the case of the qualifier, these are the actual competitors. In the case of the main draw, this is only a list of received entries, not committee selections. Should we exceed 60 applicants in singles or 32 in doubles, we will then meet as a committee to go over applicants and select the field.

Free housing is available to all players and will be with a local host family who will provide transportation to and from the courts if needed. There is a pro-am and player party on Tuesday, August 16th at the tennis courts and a player party Saturday, August 20th. Players are encouraged to come to both events if possible. On other nights, dinner is served at the courts and is donated by local restaurants that are sponsors of our event. There is a shuttle service available to players from BWI International Airport in Baltimore, Md. This service is provided by Bayrunner Shuttle, another of our sponsors. BWI also houses an Amtrak station.