USTA National Championship Girls 12

Congratulation Saige Roshkoff for being this year's Sportsmanship Award Recipient!!

FRIDAY: Nikki Yanez
THURSDAY: Rachel Arbitman
WEDNESDAY: Sydni Ratliff
TUESDAY: Nikki Yanez
MONDAY: Robin Montgomery
SUNDAY: Kathryn Treiber from Midwest Section

All matches on court report back at 4 pm.
Doubles matches new match time is 4 pm.

It rained a bit at 10:20 a.m. and the courts are a little wet. We think we will be able to get back on so we are holding the players at the facility with plans to go back on the court. If the courts don't dry as quickly as we anticipate and we have to delay times, we will update this site again at 11:00 a.m. or earlier.

The courts are totally dry at Windward and all Thursday morning matches are on as scheduled. In the event this changes, we will update this site again.

Since there is a chance of rain on Thursday, 8/5/15, we will post a weather update on this site at 6:45 a.m.

Day 1 - Singles: EAST Round of 128. Doubles: Round of 64.
Day 2 – Singles: East round of 64, West Round 1. Doubles: Round of 32.
Day 3 – Singles: East round of 32, West Round 2, North Round 1, South Round 1. Doubles: Round of 16.
Day 4 – Singles: East round of 16, West Round 3, North Round 2, South Round 2, Northeast Round 1, Northwest Round 1, Southwest Round 1, Southeast Round 1. Doubles: Quarterfinal
***Day 5 – Singles: East Quarterfinal; West QF, SF; North QF, SF; South QF, SF; Northeast QF, SF; Northwest QF, SF; Southwest QF, SF; Southeast QF, SF; Silver QF, SF. Doubles: Semifinal
Day 6 – Singles: East SF; West F; North F; South F; Northeast F; Northwest F; Southwest F; Southeast F; Silver F; Gold SF. Doubles: Final, ¾ Playoff
Day 7 – Singles: East F, ¾ Playoff; Gold F
***Days 5 and 6 consolation schedules will vary depending on players remaining in doubles. Players will only play 1 singles and 1 doubles each day or 2 singles, but not 2 singles and 1 double. For example, on Day 5, if one player in the SE draw is still in doubles, then the SE draw will only play one round of singles that day. This means it is possible that some of the consolation finals will be on Saturday, Aug 8.
Schedule is subject to change if weather is an issue.

SCHOOL BEGINS IN SOME LOCAL SCHOOLS ON WEDNESDAY. BE SURE TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR TRAFFIC!

All the information on this webpage is very important. Please read before emailing questions! Most answers can be found on this page.
THANK YOU!!!

Atlanta Marriott Alpharetta
5750 Windward Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Click more info for online reservation, phone and other information.
more info

If the rooms get filled at the Marriott, the overflow hotel is the Hampton Inn and Suites/Alpharetta-Windward, 16785 Old Morris Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004. The rate is $69.00 for Friday, 7/31/15 and Saturday, 8/1/15. From Sunday to Thursday, the rate increases to $129.00 per night. To reserve a room call 678-393-0990.

Withdrawal before Thursday, 7/02, 11:59 AM Eastern Time
Go to the Tournament website and find "EDIT REGISTRATION" on the right side of your screen then "Withdraw". From there you can withdraw. If you do not know your Confirmation #, click "Locate Confirmation No." just below "Withdraw" .
Withdrawal after Thursday, 7/02, 11:59 AM Eastern Time
There will be NO refunds after this date! You must fax or email your withdrawal along with the reason for the withdrawal. Do NOT call to withdraw. The email address is chelton48@yahoo.com. You will NOT receive a refund.
Withdrawals after Thursday, 7/02, 11:59 AM Eastern Time must provide a written medical excuse for injury or illness to the referee, prior to the last day of the tournament. For personal circumstance, a detailed explanation should be submitted to the referee who will decide if this is an excusable personal circumstance.
Once the draw is made players will not be removed from the draw if an alternate is not available.
Withdrawal AFTER the tournament begins, 8/02
You must see the trainer and notify the Head Referee in person. Do NOT call the tournament desk to withdraw. Unless you speak to the Head Referee IN PERSON, leaving the tournament will be counted as a "No Show".
Please click "more info" for more information concerning withdrawal and refunds.
more info

8/02 The doubles draw and times for Sunday will be posted by 10 am Sunday. Matches will not begin before 1:00 pm. Times will be dependent on singles matches and recovery time.
Doubles times for each day will be posted by 10 am so that we can schedule around singles matches.

Players may be trying to contact you concerning doubles. Please check out the Facebook Group for communications. Thank you.

HIGH-TECH TENNIS VIDEO SERVICES
For the 8TH STRAIGHT YEAR, we’re very excited to bring our popular video services to the G12 National Championships @ the Wonderful Windward Lake Club!!! Our only goal is to help jr tennis players achieve their recruiting/training goals & we’ve learned TWO important things: 1) If you want to play college tennis, YOU NEED A COLLEGE RECRUIT VIDEO & 2) If you want to compete with the top players, YOU NEED A MATCH PLAY VIDEO! Fortunately, we can help with BOTH so please visit www.high-techtennis.com for more info, including samples. We will be recording matches on a random basis but if you want to be SURE your player is recorded, please contact us ASAP via text(678.640.2723) to reserve your match time!! We have SEVERAL SPECIAL PACKAGES for this tournament & each video customer receives a Gift Card for $20 OFF the purchase of adidas tennis shoes or apparel @www.holabirdsports.com. FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED!! Finally, please be aware that any & all matches may be recorded for training or recruiting purposes ONLY. Thank you for your cooperation & for helping us help junior tennis!! more info CHEERS, HIGH-TECH TENNIS Danny & Julie Thiets
Text/Cell: 678.640.2723
Email: video@high-techtennis.com
Website: www.high-techtennis.com THANK YOU FOR HELPING US HELP JUNIOR TENNIS PLAYERS ACHIEVE THEIR RECRUITING & TRAINING GOALS more info

A face book group has been created to help players communicate to find a doubles partner. Do not post your phone numbers or email addresses. Click on "more info" to connect to the group. more info

Ordered alternate list is posted above under Tournament Reports.
1. If your name is not listed, you were not on your section's endorsement list. We will maintain an unpublished list of these entrants to go to if we run out of endorsed alternates. Sections will still have to give an endorsement at that time for you to be accepted.
2. Please note that only 120 players were selected, leaving positions for 8 or less wildcards. If no wildcards or fewer than 8 are selected then the next alternates on the Ordered Alternate List will be moved into the singles competitors. You will be contacted to give your credit card information at that time.
3. Wildcards will be selected by the middle of July 14th week.
Thank you for your patience as we complete this part of the selection process.

Click on "more info" concerning heat and humidity.
more info

AFTER THE SINGLES SELECTIONS ARE MADE, PLEASE CHECK THE DOUBLES COMPETITOR LIST FOR YOUR NAME and partner.
If you SHOULD be entered and your name IS NOT present, email chelton48@yahoo.com
If you SHOULD NOT be entered and your name IS present, email chelton48@yahoo.com
If you should be paired with someone specific, email chelton48@yahoo.com . BOTH players must confirm the pairing

TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH PLAYERS, PARENTS, AND COACHES, WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN THE RAIN OUT GROUP. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW:
Go to www.rainedout.net . Enter HELTON TENNIS in the search box. Click on the name HELTON TENNIS. Follow instructions to register your phone number. Enter the validation code sent to your phone. Select G12 National Championship . Instantly receive rain out information to your phone via text. Information about rain delays will also be posted on the tournament website more info

At check-in PLAYERS are required to submit a signed USTA Release form. If a parent is not traveling with the player, PARENTS should print a copy of the USTA release to send with THE PLAYER by clicking "more info". The form will be available on-site for those traveling with a parent or legal guardian. more info

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 11:59AM EASTERN TIME ON THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015
This is a National Level 1 Tournament
Draw Size is 128 for singles and 64 for doubles. Singles will be a Compass Draw. Doubles will be single elimination.
Email the Referee with general tournament questions and regarding alternates and withdrawals – chelton48@yahoo.com.
Matches will be played at the Windward Lake Club. Windward Courts will be available at 7 AM for warm-ups. Courts will be cleared at 7:45 for 8 AM matches.
Other Practice courts are listed on the Windward Lake Club website.
Courts 13-16 at Windward are reserved for Club members. Please do not ask to use these courts.
For East Draw singles and the Doubles draw, there will be a Playoff for 3rd and 4th places. A Gold Draw will determine 5th and 6th place and the Silver Draw will played for losers in the round of 16 in the East Draw. In non-East Draws, awards will be given to the winners.
Match formats: All East draw singles matches will be the best of three tie-break sets All non-East Draw singles will be 2 tiebreak sets with a 10-Point Match tiebreak in lieu of the 3rd set.
Doubles: Semifinals, Final, and playoff will play the Best of 3 TieBreak Sets. All other doubles will play 2 Tiebreak Sets with a 10-Point Match Tiebreak in lieu of the 3rd set.
The official ball of the tournament is Wilson US OPEN.
No housing is provided.

Any T-shirts must be plain or tennis related.
The bottom of your Shirt must touch the top of your Skirt or Shorts while standing upright-shoulders back.
Skirts and shorts must be worn appropriately above the pelvic bones.
Extremely short shorts are not allowed.

The Windward Lake Club uses conduct rules above and beyond those enforced by the USTA.
Players are required to abide by these facility rules of behavior on and off of the court.
The list below indicates the Facility Behavior Rules:
• No use of the word "suck" or any form of the word, spoken or spelled.
• No use of expressions of frustrations with references to deities (i.e. "Oh My God", "Jesus", "Jesus Christ", "Christ", "God") either spoken or spelled.
• No use of "freaking", "frigging", or "fricking" or variations of such words either spoken or spelled.
• No cell phones are allowed on court **and we ask that all spectators please have their phones on vibrate when courtside. Please be considerate of all players and use your phones away from the courts. **EXCEPTION: PLAYERS MAY USE PHONE ON COURT TO CALL COACH DURING THE 3 MINUTE BREAK BETWEEN 2ND SET AND MATCH TIEBREAK FOR 3RD SET.
• No unsportsmanlike conduct by players, parents, coaches, or other spectators will be tolerated.
• No Smoking anywhere on the premises. Premises includes parking lots, bathrooms, and anywhere within 30 feet of a tennis court.

7/02, THU - Entries close 11:59 A.M. EASTERN TIME. NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS TIME AND DATE. Late entries will be accepted by EMAIL or FAX only.
7/07, TUE- Ordered Alternate Report will be posted, if not earlier.
7/24, FRI - Alternates will be given 8 hours to respond before the next alternate is contacted
7/26, SUN - Alternates will only be given 4 hours to respond before the next alternate is contacted
7/27, MON - Singles Draw will be made at noon.
7/28, TUES - First alternate reached by phone will have 1 hour to decide before the next alternate is contacted
7/30, THU - First Match Times posted by Noon
8/01 SAT - Mandatory Check-In at the Windward Lake Club -3:00 pm until 5:00 pm
8/01 SAT - Mandatory Player Meeting at 5:30 pm at the Windward Lake Club. Draws will be distributed and posted on Tennis Link at the end of the meeting.
8/01 SAT - 7 PM deadline to enter doubles and designate partner name.
8/02 SUN- Doubles draws will be posted by NOON
8/02 SUN - 8:00am Play begins – 1 rounds of singles and 1 round of doubles
Please see the Tentative Schedule for other events of the week.

This tournament is a 128 compass draw. Please click on "more info" to see the quotas for each Section. more info

Players must enter using TennisLink. Please note that if you are not selected in the initial selection, your credit card is not processed.
If you are selected from the alternates list, you will need to provide your credit card information to the tournament.

Please click "more info" for information about entering two age divisions.

more info

Players who meet the U.S. or residency requirements, the USTA age eligibility requirements, and membership requirements (current USTA membership) may enter.
Players must be endorsed by their Section to be selected for the tournament as a competitor or alternate.
more info

Please click on "more info" for the selection process.

more info

Contact information: It is your responsibility to notify the referee of your most current contact information. The tournament will use the phone numbers or email address provided to TennisLink to notify you of the opportunity to enter. If you did not provide this info in Tennis Link, please email your contact info to chelton48@yahoo.com.Credit cards of alternates are not charged by Tennis Link.

ORDERED ALTERNATES REPORT
After the selection process is completed, applicants not selected will be placed on the tournament alternate list. The Tournament Committee shall prepare a list of those players with timely entries not accepted into the main draw and/or qualifier draw that appear on the Sectional Endorsement Lists. No other players are eligible to be singles alternates.
Alternate Ordering Procedure
Alternates will be ordered using the National Standings List used to accept players into the draw as follows:
1) Applicants with timely entries, but not selected, are ordered based on the National Standing List used for selection into the draw.
2) On time entrants not on the National Standing List are ordered by lot.
3) Endorsed players or winners of June Sectional Championships who entered late, are listed BELOW timely entrants in order entry request was received.
Players of any standing who apply after the entry deadline will be added to the bottom of the list.

POINT OF NO RETURN
If you have reached the "point of no return" for traveling, please be courteous and withdraw from the alternates list. We understand that some of you may not be able to come at a moments notice, even if a spot opens. As long as you are on the Alternates by Event Report, we assume you can still attend.
Replacing a player before the draw is made:

The tournament committee shall replace a player who was accepted as part of a Section's quota with the next player on the Section's endorsement list. The tournament committee shall replace a player who was NOT accepted as part of a Section's quota with the next highest remaining alternate.
Replacing of Player After Draw is Made, but Before the Completion of the 1st Round:
The tournament committee shall replace a player after the draw is made, but before the completion of the 1st round with the next highest remaining alternate.

No Replacement of Players is Made After the Completion of the 1st Round:

No players are replaced in the draw after the completion of the 1st round. For example, a player who wins their 1st round, but cannot play their 2nd round due to injury, is NOT replaced with an alternate.

ENTRY FEE

If an alternate is offered a spot in the draw, you will need to provide your credit card information. Your acceptance is not final until the entry fee has been paid AND we have written confirmation by email that you accept the position. The entry fee is $129.50.

The following players are eligible to enter the doubles event:
1) Singles Players on the Competitors List
2) Singles Alternates who appear on a Sectional Endorsement List
3) USTA National Open Doubles Qualifiers
4) Players with doubles-only endorsements.
No other players are eligible to play doubles.
Please register online for doubles with a partner, if possible.
On-Site Doubles sign up will end on SATURDAY, August 1, at 8:00pm.
Please note that you are responsible for entering or withdrawing from doubles, as well as, finding a partner.
At the mandatory check-in you will be asked to confirm your doubles status & partner.
After the meeting on SATURDAY, 8/01 we give players an opportunity to meet others who are not paired. Please understand if there is an odd number of unpaired players, there is no guarantee you will have a partner.
Any alternates or wildcards selected to play singles will have to notify the tournament if you want to play doubles.
Please click "more info" for information concerning doubles selection.

more info

2 walk up practice courts on site at no charge (first come first served).
Hitting sessions are available at Windward Lake Club for $25 per 1/2 hour. Reservations are made by calling individual pros. See the front desk.

There are other practice courts listed and directions provided on the Windward Lake Club website under Tennis-Tournaments that are available on a first come first serve basis at no cost. Windward Pros will have priority for the courts at Webb Bridge Middle School.
Click more info for directions to practice courts.

more info

3 minute rest break before a match tiebreak for the 3rd set. Coaching is permitted during the 3-minute rest period and must take place on court or in an area adjacent to the court designated by an official. Coaching may take place using a cell phone or other communication device. The device must be turned off and stowed at the conclusionof the 3-minute rest period. Penalty for lateness starting play after the 3 minutes is first a time violation, followed by a code violation.
10 minute rest break before a full 3rd set. Players may leave the court area for coaching. Penalty for being late to court 0-5 minutes is loss of 1 game. Any lateness beyond 5 minutes is default.

Seeding Method: The Computerized List Method of seeding will be used for the tournament. Refer to Table 18, page 174 in 2014 Friend at Court for the seeding criteria. The July 23, 2014 National Singles Seeding List and National Individual Doubles Seeding List will be used for the seeding process.
more info

Singles: All East draw singles matches will be the best of three tie-break sets.

All non-East Draw singles, Gold Draw and Silver Draw for the East will be 2 tiebreak sets with a 10-Point Match tiebreak in lieu of the 3rd set

Doubles: Semifinals, Final, and playoff will be the Best of 3 TieBreak Sets. All other rounds of doubles will be 2 Tiebreak Sets with a 10-Point Match Tiebreak in lieu of the 3rd set.

There will be a trainer on site at the Windward Lake Club during matches. By law, trainers are not allowed to distribute any medicine, even to adults. Please bring your own Tylenol, Advil, Sinus Medicine, etc.

Plan on HOT temperatures and start hydrating early in the week before the tournament. Temperatures could be 80-100 degrees, so be prepared for the heat and humidity.
If you have an injury or illness, we strongly suggest that you see the trainer. If you need to withdraw due to injury or illness, the process will be much smoother if we have confirmation from the trainer.

more info

The SINGLES event is a “Compass Draw”, which means ALL PLAYERS will play at least four singles matches, regardless of whether they win or lose.
At the end of round 1:

• The winners go east
• The losers go west.
At the end of round 2:
• The east losers go north
• The west losers go south.
At the end of round 3:
• The east losers go northeast
• The north losers go northwest
• The west losers go southwest
• The south losers go southeast.
At the end of round 4 (round of 16):
• The losers are out of the tournament unless playing in the east
• The losers in the east will enter the Silver Draw Championship.
At the end of round 5 (quarter finals):
• The losers are out of the tournament unless playing in the east
• The losers in the east will enter the Gold Draw Championship.
At the end of round 6 (semi-finals):
• The losers are out of the tournament unless playing in the east
• The losers in the east will play for 3rd and 4th

• The winners play the finals on each draw sheet.

The Silver Draw for the East will be composed of the 8 losers from the round of 16 matches. The Gold Draw for the East will be composed of the 4 losers from the Quarter Final Matches. Finalist and winner of the Gold Draw will be 5th and 6th place finishers for the tournament. FORMAT OF MATCHES: Match tie break in lieu of the third set.

On-Site alternates may check in during Tournament Registration on Saturday from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., OR contact the referee to place your name on the On-Site list.
On Sunday, on-site alternates must check with the Referee 30 minutes before the first match time and should be prepared to play if a spot becomes available.
If there is more than one on-site alternate, available spots will be filled according to the published ordered alternates list.
On Site Alternates MUST be endorsed by their section.

Players are expected to follow The Code. If you've never read it, please do so.
more info

First match times are posted under REPORTS: "Match Schedule Info- FIRST MATCH TIMES"

Anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

LATE ENTRANTS - USTA Georgia will allow late entrants to be accepted into all USTA GA tournaments, Levels 1-5, in the event that the draw is not full, provided that such late entrants do not affect the seeding and further provided that late entrants do not prevent timely entrants to be accepted into the draw under any circumstances. Accepting late entrants is at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. Seeds must be posted by 12 noon following close of registration. Once draws are posted, the tournament is closed and can no longer accept late entries.