USTA Midwest Level 2 Open Championships

Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info

Sycamore match times are on a 2 hour delay....Princeton match times are on a 1 hour delay

COURTS ARE STILL WET. MATCHES WILL BE ON A ONE (1) HOUR DELAY. IF IT STARTS RAINING AGAIN, PLEASE CHECK BACK AS WE WILL UPDATE THIS SITE WITH ANY NEW INFORMATION.
SO...Please report to your originally scheduled site and...... All 8am matches will start at 9am, 9.30am will start at 10:30 and 11am will start at 12noon

Main draw and consolation singles matches will be the best of three tiebreak sets with a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. The main draw will feed in to the consolation through the quarterfinals. There will be a 3/4 place playoff and the consolation will stop after the semifinal round. Doubles matches will be 8 game pro sets and will have a 3/4 playoff.

Princeton High School (PR) - 11080 Chester Rd, 45246 and Sycamore High School (SY) - 7400 Cornell Rd, 45242

All USTA/Midwest Sectional and Designated Tournaments will adhere to the following Seeding and Selection Criteria as set by the USTA/Midwest Section Junior Competition Committee. Players will be selected based on the most current USTA/Midwest Section Standing List at the time of the tournament entry deadline. Players will be selected by the following (1)- 26 players from the top 100 of the most current USTA/Midwest Section Standing List in next lower division (except in the boys and girls 12s divisions where 13 players will be selected (2)- 102 players from the most current USTA/Midwest Section Standing List in the current age division of the event (except in the boys and girls 12s division where 115 players will be accepted) Remaining vacancies and/or alternates will be selected from the USTA/Midwest Section Standing List in the division of the event. Alternates will be numbered with this Midwest Standings List. Seeding will be done based on the USTA/Midwest Section Standing List the following week.

· 2014 Midwest/National schedule
· 2014 NEW Points Tables
· 2014 NEW Midwest Tournaments used for National Ranking/National Tournaments used for Midwest Ranking
· Midwest Evaluation Form
For all this information and more: http://www.midwest.usta.com/Juniors/tournamentrankings/?intloc=headernavsub2

ALL PLAYERS that want to play doubles, MUST sign up for doubles by 6pm on Thursday, July 17. NO EXCEPTIONS. If both of you did not sign up online, you must email me with your partners' name. If you are looking for a partner, email me and we will try to match you up with someone. dorianna.queencity@inbox.com

This is an OUTDOOR EVENT. In the event of rain, and we must go indoors to complete the event on time, the charge will be $10 per player per singles match and $5 per player per doubles match. DURING THE TOURNAMENT, IF IT IS RAINING IN THE MORNING, CHECK THE TOURNAMENT WEBPAGE OR CALL 513-771-2835 TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION.

Homewood Suites - 2670 East Kemper Rd, Sharonville 45241 - 513-772-8888 -King Suite w/sofa bed $119 + tax/night. Rate includes Hot Breakfast buffet daily and an Evening meal w/ beverages Mon - Thur 5-7pm.

Practice/Warm-up Courts will be available at both Princeton and Sycamore prior to 8am each day, as well as after matches are complete in the evening. There will be courts during the day at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy for warm-up/practice, on a first come first serve basis - 11525 Snider Rd, 45249

Come back to this page on and click on the blue "Future Match Info Report" to find out your first match time as well as your Win/Loss time (W/L). Please be careful when reading this. The W/L times are in parentheses. Players from the same District will not play each other first round unless an alternate fills a spot or more than half the draw is from the same District.

Recovery Rule: Extended length of rest between singles matches in Junior, Adult, Senior, NTRP and Wheelchair Divisions. In all singles matches in Junior, Adult, Senior, NTRP, and Wheelchair Divisions in which the match format is two out of three standard tiebreak sets or more, a rest period of two hours shall be offered by the Referee before the player’s next singles match. This Rule does not apply to short set matches and matches that play a tiebreak in lieu of a final third set, nor to any match played indoors where the duration of the match is less than 120 minutes.

Main draw and consolation singles matches will be the best of three tiebreak sets with a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. The main draw will feed in to the consolation through the quarterfinals. There will be a 3/4 place playoff and the consolation will stop after the semifinal round. Doubles matches will be 8 game pro sets and will have a 3/4 playoff.. A player will be entitled to a three minute break after splitting sets and before playing the Matchtiebreak in singles.

The trophies that will be distributed are as follows: Champion, Finalist, Third & Fourth Place for Main Draw Singles and Doubles, four Semi-Finalist FIC & Midwest Sportsmanship Winner.

The Tournament Director is not required to re-seed his draw if a withdraw occurs after Friday at 12 noon before the tournament begins. The Alternate may be inserted on the draw line where the seed withdrew and no match times are affected for the remaining players. If the Tournament Director would like to re-seed the draw and change start times after the Friday, 12 noon deadline, he may. It is not required.

SATURDAY: Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will play Rd of 128 and Rd of 64 singles followed by the Qualifying Rd of 64 FIC . Doubles to follow.
SUNDAY: Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will play Rd of 32 and Rd of 16. FIC will play the Rd of 64 FIC, Qualifying Rd of 32 and Rd of 32. Doubles to follow.
MONDAY: Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will play Quarters and Semi-Finals. FIC will play the Qualifying Rd of 16 FIC and Rd of 16 FIC. Doubles to follow
TUESDAY: Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will play the Finals or 3/4 Playoff. FIC will play Qualifying Quarters and Quarters. FIC stops at the Semi- Finals. Doubles to follow.

Signing up for two events: All players will be given five (5) suspension points for entering two or more tournaments that take place at the same time, in whole or in part, for Midwest Elevated Events OR if signing up for a Level 5 Local District Event, unless you have emailed both Tournament Directors for permission to do so. This applies to all players who signed up for the MW Elevated tournament(s) including alternates and is a general USTA rule for all events.

If you don't provide an email address and/or cell number(s) when you register for this tournament, we will be unable to notify you about any possible changes in the tournament.

The USTA/Midwest Section Closed Junior Championships, the district qualifiers, the USTA/Midwest Section Designated Tournaments and USTA/Midwest Section Junior Davis & Wightman Cup events are open to citizens of the U.S., permanent resident aliens in possession of a valid alien registration card, individuals who are applicants for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status and who can present a USCIS receipt for a pending unadjudicated form I-485, aliens who have resided continuously in the US for more than one year and who are members of families of persons in the diplomatic or consular corps and aliens who have been granted Refugee Status, Asylee Status or Temporary Protected Status.

Acceptable tennis attire and tennis shoes.

Email dorianna.queencity@inbox.com or 513-771-2835. Email preferred with the quickest reply. Happy to answer any of your questions.