This tournament is not sanctioned and will not count for ranking by the governing organization.
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THANK YOU!!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the second annual New Orlean Tennis Fest! Our second year was a tremendous success and we appreciate everyone who participated and contributed to its success! We will continue to work hard to improve this event and make each year bigger and better than the one before. Trey Luby
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DRAWS DRAWS DRAWS DRAWS
IF THERE IS NO DATE AND TIME NEXT TO YOUR NAME THAT MEANS YOU START ON SATURDAY. WE WILL POST THE TIMES FOR THE SATURDAY MATCHES DURING THE DAY TOMORROW.
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PRIZE MONEY
$10,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED PRIZE MONEY
Men's Open Singles-$1,500-Winner, $750-Finalist, $350-Semi-finalist, $100-Quarterfinalist
Men's Open Doubles-$1,250-Winner, $625-Finalist, $300-Semi-finalist, $100-Quarterfinalist
Mixed Open Doubles-$1,000-Winner, $500-Finalist, $100-Semi-finalist
Women's Open Singles-$500-Winner, $250-Finalist
Women's Open Doubles-$500-Winner
All NTRP Divisions with a minimum of 8 entries will pay $100 to the winners.
All prize money for Doubles Events is per team.
Prize money is estimated based on the number of expected entries in each division and is subject to modification based on final number of competitors.
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CHARITY TOURNAMENT
New Orleans TennisFest 2015 is a charity event raising money and awareness for the Legacy Donor Foundation. The Legacy Donor Foundation provides education and public awareness activities about organ donation and is part of the Donate Life Louisiana collaborative. Through public education and awareness activities, the Foundation promotes organ donation and fosters informed family acceptance of the process.
more info
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TOURNAMENT SITE
City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center
5900 Marconi Drive
New Orleans, LA 70124
more info
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TOURNAMENT HOURS OF PLAY
Thursday, July 30th-Play begins at 6 pm
Friday, July 31st-Play begins at 6 pm
Saturday, August 1st-Play begins at 8 am
Sunday, August 2nd-Play begins at 8 am
*Thursday play will be allocated as much as possible to local players in order to facilitate out-of-town players to play on Friday.
*Players should be prepared to play each day of the tournament depending on your draw size.
*Players should be prepared to play multiple matches a day depending on the number of events you have entered and the size of your draw.
*Check-In Time will be 30 minutes prior to your posted match time.
*Once you check-in, you should be prepared to play irrespective of your actual posted match time.
*Please do not leave the Check-In area once you have checked in.
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BASED ON THE EXPECTED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT SCHEDULING REQUESTS.
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SCORING AND RULES
Match scoring will be the best of three sets with a Match Tiebreak (10 pt) played in lieu of a third set. We reserve the right to alter the scoring format, such as to no-ad scoring or other format, as circumstances warrant (i.e. weather delay, time constraints, etc.).
Warm-up is limited to 5 minutes.
The USTA Rules and Code of Conduct will govern all play.
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COURTS
16 hard courts and 10 clay courts
All Open events will be played on hard court.
All other events will be either hard or clay court depending on draw size and time constraints.
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MORE DETAILS
For more information, contact Trey Luby at trey@nolatennis.org or trey.luby@gmail.com
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COOL ZONE MISTING TENT
Stop by the Cool Zone Misting Tent sponsored by Baudry Therapy Center and BRIO to recover from your matches with ice wraps, recovery drinks, and fruit. Players will also have access to post-match recovery equipment such as foam rollers, massage sticks, J-bands, and more. Check the schedule of events on-site to see when there will be demonstrations of dynamic warm-ups, post-match recovery techniques, and 'Ask the PT' injury screens.
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PLAYER AMENITIES
Each participant will receive a tournament bag including a tournament t-shirt and other items.
A silent auction will be going on throughout the tournament and we will hold several 50/50 raffles.
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE
We will be providing food for each meal including Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday morning, Saturday lunch, Saturday dinner, and Sunday brunch.
Dinner Saturday night will be catered by James Beard award-winning, Celebrity Top Chef judge, and New Orleans restaurateur Chef Donald Link. Chef Link owns four of the most popular New Orleans restaurants including Peche, Cochon, Herbsaint, and Cochon Butcher.
more info
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NON-PLAYERS
We invite and encourage everyone to come watch some great tennis free of charge but for those who want the food and drink for the weekend, there will be a $20 per day or $30 for the weekend charge and will be issued tournament wristbands.
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HOTEL
Royal Sonesta
www.sonesta.com
504-586-0300
$299/night
Sheraton Metairie
www.sheratonmetairie.com
504-620-9415
$119/night
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to USTA Members, USTA Members who have an expired membership and Non-USTA Members. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, July 28, 2015 5:00:00 PM Central Time.
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