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LEVEL 1 MIDWEST USTA
POINTS PER ROUND and LEVEL 4 NATIONAL
POINTS PER ROUND
IMPORTANT-MUST READ- NO
Multiple Registrations except for different age divisions
One age division
registration:
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When signing up for this event, you are NOT
allowed to sign up for two sites in one age division. You must choose the East Site or the West
Site in one age division
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After selections are posted and you are an Alternate
for the site you chose, you may, IF the second site is not full, EMAIL
the Tournament Director and ask to be entered as a “late entry”, again,
only if there are not 64 players entered
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If you are successfully entered and now a Competitor
in the secondary late entry site you MUST email the Tournament
Director of your first choice site and request that your name be removed from
the Alternate list
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You cannot be a Competitor on one site and an
Alternate on another site in the same age division and if you are, you will be
issued five suspension points by the USTA Midwest Section and will not be
issued a refund. See rule below under “USTA/MIDWEST
SECTIONS SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM…..”
Two age divisions registration:
·
You ARE allowed to sign up for two age
divisions at two sites. You MUST
EMAIL both Tournament Directors on the same email informing them of
what you are doing.
·
You will be considered for the older age division
first and if you make the 64 draw you will not be considered for the younger
age division selection.
·
If you are an Alternate in the older division, you
will be considered for the younger division.
·
If you are a Competitor in the younger division, you
may remain an Alternate in the older division till the Wednesday before the
tournament begins at 6pm. At that time you need to make a decision of what you
would like to do because after 6pm on Wednesday you cannot be a Competitor in
one event and an Alternate in another and if you are, you will be issued five
suspension points by the USTA Midwest Section and will not be issued a refund. See
rule below under “USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM…..”
·
If you are an Alternate in both events, you may
remain on both lists for as long as you like with no penalty and hopefully you
will be offered a spot in one of those events.
If you then become a Competitor in one event, you must have your name
removed from the Alternate list of the other or you will receive five
suspension points. See rule below under “USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS
SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM…..”
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
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2014 Midwest/National schedule
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2014 NEW Points Tables
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2014 NEW Midwest Tournaments used for National
Ranking/National Tournaments used for Midwest Ranking
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Midwest Evaluation Form
For all
this information and more: http://www.midwest.usta.com/Juniors/tournamentrankings/?intloc=headernavsub2
TOURNAMENT WILL BE A 64 DRAW SINGLES AND INCLUDE
A FEED-IN CONSOLATION THREE DAY EVENT.
The Main Draw will be completed and the FIC consolation will stop at the
SemiFinals. This tournament ends on Monday, DO NOT sign up for this event even if
you think you will not “make it” till Monday. You, must be injured, ill or there must be an
Emergency for you to withdraw. The USTA Referee has the right to ask for Doctor’s
proof.
PLAYER SELECTION AND NUMBERED ALTERNATE LIST WILL
BE POSTED BY THE MONDAY AFTER THE FRIDAY DEADLINE BY 8PM
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. Eight (8) 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.
SCORING
All Main Draw matches will be a full 2/3 sets and all consolation matches will play a matchtiebreak
(Supertiebreak) in lieu of a third set. Some
players may be playing up to three matches in a day. A player will be entitled
to a three minute break after splitting sets and before playing the
Matchtiebreak.
TOURNAMENT HOTEL
The
tournament hotel is the Comfort Inn located at 3414 South Keystone Avenue,
Indianapolis IN, 46227. This location is approximately a quarter mile from the
club. The daily rate is $74 plus tax. Call 317-788-3100 and mention UIndy
Tennis to get the discounted rate.
PRACTICE/WARM-UP COURTS
The Uindy Tennis Center will be offering a
limited amount of Practice Courts on Friday night, Full court for an hour for
the rate of $24 per hour. Warm-Up Courts are available at
7:00am-7:45am daily at no charge
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE COURTS
You will have to call other clubs to get practice
courts while the tournament is being played.Indianapolis Racquet Club East ,
4901 North Shadeland Avenue, Indianapolis is the club closest to the UIndy
Tennis Center. Call 317-545-2228 to check on availability. Again, warm-Up Courts
are available at no charge daily every morning at 7am. You may contact the
front desk for the phone numbers to other facilities in the city.
FIRST ROUND REPORT TIME INFORMATION WILL BE
AVAILABLE ON THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS BY 8PM
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.
SEEDED PLAYER WITHDRAWS
AFTER START TIMES ARE POSTED
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.
ORDER OF PLAY
SATURDAY
Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will
play the Rd of 64, Rd of 32 matches followed by the Qualifying Rd of 32FICand
SUNDAY
Play begins at 8am. Main Draw will
play of 16 and Quarters, FIC will play
the Rd of 32 FIC, Qualifying Rd of 16 and Rd of 16.
MONDAY
Play
begins at 8am. Main Draw will play Semi-Finals, Finals or 3/4 Playoff. FIC will
play the Qualifying Quarters, Quarters. The Semi-Finals and Finals of the FIC
will not be played out
DRAWS WILL BE POSTED ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE
EVENT BEGINS AT 9PM
NO REFUNDS AFTER PLAYER SELECTION IS COMPLETE
USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS
SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM AND SIGNING UP FOR TWO TOURNAMENTS
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, unless you have followed the
Multiple Registration Guidelines for this tournament (first paragraph above) OR
if signing up for a Level 5 Local District Event, 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.
WE CANNOT CONTACT YOU UNLESS YOU PROVIDE US YOUR CELL NUMBERS AND
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
If you don't provide an email address and/or cell number(s) 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.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Notes PLEASE READ THIS HOMEPAGE AND IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL, Jlfritz58@sbcglobal.net
LEVEL 1 MIDWEST USTA POINTS PER ROUND IMPORTANT-MUST READ- NO Multiple Registrations except for different age divisions Two age divisions registration: ? You ARE allowed to sign up for two age divisions at two sites. You MUST EMAIL both Tournament Directors on the same email informing them of what you are doing. ? You will be considered for the older age division first and if you make the 32 draw you will not be considered for the younger age division selection. ? If you are an Alternate in the older division, you will be considered for the younger division. ? If you are a Competitor in the younger division, you may remain an Alternate in the older division till the Wednesday before the tournament begins at 6pm. At that time you need to make a decision of what you would like to do because after 6pm on Wednesday you cannot be a Competitor in one event and an Alternate in another and if you are, you will be issued five suspension points by the USTA Midwest Section and will not be issued a refund. See rule below under "USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM….." ? If you are an Alternate in both events, you may remain on both lists for as long as you like with no penalty and hopefully you will be offered a spot in one of those events. If you then become a Competitor in one event, you must have your name removed from the Alternate list of the other or you will receive five suspension points. See rule below under "USTA/MIDWEST SECTIONS SUSPENSION POINT SYSTEM….."
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