ATA Fall Open and TennisRecruiting.net National Showcase (formerly Spenco Open) (Jr)

Sunday's matches have been rescheduled due to several matches not getting played on Saturday. Please check your draw carefully to determine your new time and location for Sunday.

ALL Consolation Doubles have been cancelled.

Please join us on Saturday evening from 7pm-8pm at the ATA Fitness Center for our first ever College Coaches Forum. We have partnered with TennisRecruiting.net to host an event that players and parents of players who want to play college tennis shouldn't miss. We've invited college coaches from the area to attend and speak. We will have a short presentation on the college process for high school students. Players and parents will have an opportunity to ask questions to our visiting coaches and some of these coaches will take the opportunity to watch some of the matches during the day. TennisRecruiting.net has generously offered to provide dinner for all forum participants. Coaches from UT and Trinity among others have committed to being in attendance. Any college coach that would like to attend and speak, please email me at brian.notis@austintennisacademy.com

We've invited professional tennis photographers from YourGameFace.com to provide Action Posters and Digital Photos for the tournament. They will be shooting by appointment, so SIGN UP EARLY. They have been documenting the USTA Nationals for 12 years. They will be based at ATA, but shooting all sites by appointment. Check out their website YourGameFace.com for samples of their incredible Action Posters and Collages. To SIGN UP - CALL or TEXT 214-543-5437.

The Austin Tennis Academy ATA is located in southwest Austin inside the Spanish Oaks community. Our physical address is 6800 Spanish Oaks Club Blvd., Austin, Texas 78738. ATA is located .2 miles west from the intersection of Hwy 620 and Hwy 71W. Look for the McCoy's Building Supply sign on your right and get in the left hand lane, make a left at the windmill into Spanish Oaks, go to the second round about and we are on your left. Also go to our website at www.austintennisacademy.com for directions and a map. YOUR NAVIGATION SYSTEM MAY NOT FIND ATA, SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THIS WEBSITE! To use your navigation system, you must enter the following address: 13443 Hwy 71 West, Bee Cave TX 78738. This takes you to the entrance of Spanish Oaks. more info

We are using multiple sites on for this tournament...ATA, Lake Travis HS, Westlake HS, Barton Creek and possibly Polo Tennis and Fitness. Click on the following link for a map that shows the sites as well as other courts in the area. more info

3322 Ranch Road 620 South, Austin, TX 78738 - From the intersection of Hwy 71 and RR 620, go north on 620. Turn left on Spillman Loop. Courts on your right. Please leave extra time to get to LTHS and park on Friday evening as they have a home football game and parking will be challenging. UPDATE: Regarding use of tennis courts this afternoon/evening at LTHS:

There is a Lake Travis football game (Homecoming) and a Lake Travis volleyball game tonight as well as our ATA Fall Open at the tennis courts.

I'm told that the north entrance (Spillman Loop) will be open, but parking will be likely not be available, due to the other events and the fact that the former middle school is under construction. The south entrance will be closed except for football season ticket holders.

There is a shuttle that goes from Lakeway Regional Medical Center parking garage to the high school starting at 5:30pm, but the shuttle drops off at the football field.Some GPS devices to not find LTHS so please click on the following link for a MAP: more info

4100 Westbank Dr, Austin 78746 - Click on the following link for a map - Courts are on the right off of Westbank Dr. as your coming from 360. more info

We are looking forward to seeing you at the ATA and TennisRecruiting.net Open! The Austin Tennis Academy is a training program for junior tennis players who aspire to achieve excellence through tennis–it is a group of coaches, players and parents dedicated to pursuing excellence in tennis and life. The mission of the Austin Tennis Academy is to create a local junior tennis community, dedicated to developing students to their fullest potential in tennis, academics and character. One of our primary objectives is to help students use tennis to help them make the perfect college choice. The flagship service of the Austin Tennis Academy is the Academy Program. The Academy Program is tennis training and fitness training for top level players and those that aspire to be top level players. Top level in this case means Superchamp level in the USTA Texas Section and nationally ranked players in the United States and for those with the talent and drive, success at the National and International level. Players in the Academy program look at their lives through the prism of being a tennis athlete. They train on and off the court, they travel to meet the competition, they are focused on lofty goals in tennis performance. We pride ourselves on our collaborative relationship we share with our parents and pride ourselves on that being an element that makes us unique among tennis academies. Our students are special. Not only do they pursue athletic and academic excellence, they are partners in making our program successful, they participate with younger players as mentors, and take responsibility for making the program and each other better. Call us today at 512.276.2271 or email us at info@AustinTennisAcademy.com. We'd love to tell you more about our programs, short programs, and summer camps. more info

Smaller events may be combined

Format 12-18's Doubles will play 8 game pro-sets with no-ad scoring. For 12's - 18's Singles - All Main Draw matches through the quarter finals and Consolation matches are best of 3 sets regular scoring with a match tie break in lieu of a 3rd set. Singles Semi's and Finals will play best of 3 tie break sets (full third set).

SINGLES WILL BEGIN SATURDAY, DOUBLES BEGINS FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM

Youth Tennis Texas Website:
For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com

DIVISIONS OF PLAY - Qualified division is for champ and superchamp level players only. All other players should enter the Non-Qualified division including all ZAT level players. All doubles events are Open (meaning any level player who is age eligible may enter - all levels are combined).

WITHDRAWALS - Please click on edit registration on the left side of this homepage and follow the directions to withdraw before the deadline. Please email me at john.kudrick@clubcorp.com if you need to withdraw from the tournament after the deadline. Include your name, division and reason for withdrawing. Written notification (email is sufficient) is required for withdrawals after the entry deadline as per USTA rules. There are no refunds for withdrawals after the entry deadline or for weather related cancellations.

CHECK IN PROCEDURE - Please register at your playing site 15-30 minutes before your first match. You will then also need to check in for each of your matches (including your first match) when you are ready to play (before your scheduled time, of course) and stay within earshot of the tournament desk.

HOTEL INFORMATION - Lakeway Area: Hampton Inn Lakeway - 2013 FM 620 South, 10 minutes from ATA, 512-263-7474, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lakeway 15707 Oak Grove Blvd 512-735-5555, Mountain Star Lodge, HWY 620, 5 minutes from ATA, 512-263-2010. Lakeway Inn Resort, 512-261-6600. The Vintage Villas Hotel, 512/266-9333. See "Hotel Info - Mopac and NW" for additional options

Please recheck your draws before Friday as there may be changes due to withdrawals.

B&G 8&U Red Ball Tournament FROM 5:00-7:00 PM FRIDAY EVENING AT ATA. Play will be on a 36 ft court with red balls. ALL PLAYERS SHOULD CHECK IN BY 4:45. Email John Schoenmakers at john.schoenmakers@austintennisacademy.com to enter or if you have any questions.

New 10 & Under Regulation - Other Junior Tournaments

Starting on January 1, 2012, 10s will offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green dot ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). Please register for Boys' or Girls' 10s, and you will be placed into the correct 10s division. For the full 10s regulation, please click here

CONSOLATION - All divisions will use "First Match" consolation

BALL TYPE - Wilson US Open Extra Duty Felt balls will be used for all matches (12's - 18's).

Court Surface - All matches will be played on hard courts

ELIGIBILITY - Out of section residents and foreign players MUST be approved by the USTA Texas Section office to compete in TX Section tournaments. You must fill out an Out-of-Section Application. Please contact Sylvia Krywacz at skrywacz@texas.usta.com with any questions or for an application.

WEATHER UPDATES - We will do everything we can to complete the tournament even if we have inclement weather. The Austin weather can change very quickly. If necessary, we will go to alternate scoring to speed up the matches. This website will be updated with any weather related delays or you may call ATA at 512-276-2271 during the tournament for weather related updates. Please also be sure to follow me @briannotisata on twitter for up to the minute tournament updates.

AIRPORT - The Austin Bergstrom Int'l Airport is approx 45-60 min. from the Austin Tennis Academy. The ATA is in southwest Austin. Go west on Hwy 71W for approximately 22 miles, Hwy 71W is called US 290W for a few miles, follow signs to Hwy 71W. When you get to the light at Hwy 620, get into left lane, turn left into Spanish Oaks across from McCoys.

10's Orange and 10's Green Format
10's will all play 2 out of 3, 4-game sets (first to win 4 games) using no-ad scoring; 7-point tie break in lieu of 3rd set (first to 2 win 7 points by a margin of 2).

10's Green and Orange Ball players - will be separated into their appropriate draw after the deadline. Please just enter 10's Green. The USTA TX Section office will let us know which 10's players are eligible for green and which ones are eligible for orange. Unfortunately TennisLink doesn't allow for all the different event categories we have in this tournament.

Photography ServicesWe have invited professional tennis photographers of YourGameFaceto provide Action Photos and Action Posters for the tournament.They will be based at ATA but photographing remote sites by appointment.Don't forget to sign up early. Call or Text them at 214-543-5437Then come view your images at their photo booth at ATA.email-YourGameFace@me.com phone-214-543-5437

Large Draws will be split - Any Qualified Division with more than 32 entrants will be divided into a champ division and a superchamp division.

TennisRecruiting.net National Showcase Series - The ATA OPEN is proud to be part of the Tennis Recruiting.net National Showcase Series. Tournaments in the National Showcases are USTA sanctioned junior tournaments open to players from all USTA Sections. These tournaments are designed to give players from all parts of the country the chance to compete outside their districts and sections. The qualified and superchamp events in this tournaments will count towards Tennis Recruting.net rankings. Champ only events will not count (in the event that champs and supers are separated due to more than 32 players entered in an age group). Players who compete in these tournaments and who win at least one singles match will become NATIONAL PLAYERS for their TennisRecruiting.net rankings. Players from outside the Texas Section, must, however complete an Out-Of-Section Application in order to be placed in the qualified or superchamp division. Please email me at brian.notis@austintennisac