USTA Midwest Level 3 Tournament

Congratulations to Jordan Phelps for receiving the Sportsmanship Award in our Level 3 Tournament this past weekend!

Tournament Director Contact

PLEASE READ THIS HOMEPAGE AND IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL, jbrannon@rltc.net, or call 513-252-9057

TOURNAMENT WILL BE A 32 DRAW SINGLES AND INCLUDE A FEED-IN CONSOLATION

Main Draw and Consolation will play a Matchtiebreak (Supertiebreak) in lieu of the third set, with up to three singles matches a day in the FIC. Main Draw will finish and FIC will stop at the Finals.

SINGLES LEVEL 3 MIDWEST/USTA POINTS PER ROUND. NO NATIONAL POINTS

ORDER OF PLAY
Saturday - Main Draw will play the Rd of 32, Rd of 16, and Quarters and the FIC will play Qualifying Rd of 16, and the Round of 16
Sunday - Main Draw will play the Semi-Finals, Finals, and 3/4 Playoff. FIC will play the Qualifying Quarters, the Quarters, and the Semi-Finals. FIC does not finish and stops at the finals.


PLAYER SELECTION AND NUMBERED ALTERNATE LIST WILL BE POSTED BY SUNDAY , DECEMBER 7TH BY 6 PM


USTA/MIDWEST SECTION SEEDING & SELECTION CRITERIA

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. Four (4) 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 2 players will be selected) 2. 28 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 30 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.



USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM AND SIGNING UP FOR TWO TOURNAMENTS.

Signing up for two events: The USTA Code of Conduct and Suspension Point System is in effect. You are expected to play the entire event as scheduled. The USTA/Midwest Section Junior Competition Committee has adopted a new Suspension Point System. 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, unless each Tournament Committee involved agrees with the multiple entries in writing via e-mail. This applies to all players who signed up for the tournament including alternates.


SCORING

All Main Draw and Consolation matches will play a Matchtiebreak (or Supertiebreak - first to 10 points/win by two ) in lieu of the third set with advantage scoring on all matches. Some players may be playing up to three singles matches in a day. A player will be entitled to a three minute break after splitting sets in singles and before playing the Matchtiebreak

PRACTICE/WARM-UP COURTS

Riverside Athletic Club will have practice courts available Friday evening. You can also use the club early morning Saturday and Sunday.

Forest Hills Sportsplex will have practice courts available Saturday and Sunday while the tournament is being run.

Cost for practice court is $24 an hour, $12 for a half hour.

HOTEL ACCOMADATIONS
Courtyard Hamilton - 1 Riverfront Plaza Hamilton, Ohio 45011. 513- 896-6200


FIRST ROUND REPORT TIME INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, AFTER 6 PM.

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 (in parenthesis). Please be careful when reading these times. 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.

WE CANNOT CONTACT YOU UNLESS YOU PROVIDE US YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

The USTA Legal Department has determined that they cannot provide contact information to tournament directors unless the customer provides the contact information during the registration process. Previously the home phone number and email address were pre-filled from the USTA Membership database when a player went through the online registration process. The pre-fill was removed due to privacy concerns. If you don't provide an email address and/or telephone number when you register for this tournament then we will be unable to notify you about any possible changes in the tournament.

USTA/MIDWEST SECTION DOMICILE RULES:

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.

DRAWS WILL BE POSTED FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE THE START OF THE TOURNAMENT.

NO REFUNDS AFTER PLAYER SELECTION IS COMPLETE

MIDWEST EVALUATION FORM
At the end of our event it would be very helpful to us to better serve you, if you could fill out a Midwest Evaluation Form that is online using this link.

Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.

Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Friday, December 5, 2014 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.

In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 850028314 from the searchable schedule homepage.

Division and Draw Type Abbreviations Legend

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