Tournament Reports
Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info
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Sunday 6:00 AM
Matches will be rescheduled for Sunday. All players that were on court should report to their playing sites at 8 am.
Memorial Park Tennis players. Memorial Drive will be closed due to the Houston Marathon. You can enter the park via I-10 exiting on Washington.
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Site Locations
Below are the sites that HTA normally uses for this tournament. Tentative sites for divisions are listed below:
Lee LeClear Tennis Center (LLTC) (headquarters) 9506 S Gessner Dr, Houston,
TX 77074 All G14 matches singles and doubles
Homer Ford Tennis Center (HFTC) 5225 Calhoun Rd, Houston, TX 77021 B14A Singles & B14 A doubles
Lost Forest Racquet Club (LFRC) 5775 Lost Forest Dr. Houston, Texas 77092
G12 A singles & all G12 A doubles (some singles matches will be at Memorial Park Tennis Center (MPTC) .
Memorial Park TC (MPTC) 1500 E Memorial Loop, Houston, TX 77007
B14 B Red & White singles; B14 B doubles draw; (Some G12 A singles)
Missouri City (MCRC) 2701 Cypress Point, Missouri City, Texas 77459
Top half B12A singles & top half B12 A Doubles; B12B singles & B12 B doubles. Note: some B12A singles and B12 A doubles matches will be at Clements High School (CHS)
Clements High School (CHS) 4200 Elkins Rd, Sugar Land, 77479
Bottom half B12 A Singles & bottom half of B12A doubles
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IMPT: New Withdrawal Rule - Please Read
In 2016, there is a new regulation for Super Champ Designated Tournaments which end on a Monday or Tuesday. For this tournament, players are required to inform the tournament desk or tournament director the day before of their intent not to complete their matches on the last day of the tournament. This must occur no later than 6pm Sunday for tournaments that end on Monday, or 6pm Monday for tournaments that end on Tuesday, or within 15 minutes of completing their final match of the day (whichever is later). For this tournament, B Draw players must inform the director by Sunday at 6pm for Monday (1/18) matches. A Draw players must inform the director by Monday at 6pm for Tuesday (1/19) matches. The tournament director will inform the opponent immediately of any withdrawals. Players who pull out after Sunday (or Monday) at 6pm will have their match coded as a withdrawal and will receive no points for their wins in that tournament. If a player gets injured or ill after that 6pm deadline and they think it's important to "keep their points" they (the player) will need to physically show up on Monday (or Tuesday) morning and pull out in person in order to have that match coded a walkover and retain their points.
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Doubles Registration
The Doubles Registration process will remain the same for 2016 Super Champ Designated Tournaments. Players may register with or without a partner. Those who register with a partner must indicate their partner through the online registration system before the entry deadline. Players will need to correctly identify their doubles partner during their initial registration process or they may go back later, prior to the entry deadline, and “Edit Registration” to indicate their partner of choice. Correct doubles registration is the player’s responsibility. Immediately after registration, players need to check the Applicant List to ensure they are registered with their partner of choice (and their partner is also registered with them). Tournament Directors will not accept any request for changes in doubles partners at any time.
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Super Champ eligible players can play both the Super Champ Level 3 and the Doubles Excellence taking place this month
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January Super Camp Level 3 Information
The January Super Champ Level 3 begins on Saturday and ends on Tuesday. Singles: A draw of 64, B draw of 32. Doubles: A draw of 32, B draw of 16
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USTA Texas Feed In Consolation through the Round of 16
Singles Draws – 14s Main Draws will play full two-out-of-three set matches. 12s Main Draws will play a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of third set. All Singles Consolation Draws play 10 point match tiebreaks in lieu of the third set. Feed In Consolation through the Round of 16. Players who lose in the Quarterfinal Round will be placed into their own consolation bracket of four players and the winner of this bracket receives fifth place points (same format as consolation draw). Play-off for 3rd and 4th place will use same format as main draw.
Doubles A and B Draw –8 game Pro-Sets with single elimination.
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Draw Posting
Only first match times and site locations will be posted on the Tuesday prior to the start of the tournament. Draws will be posted on the Thursday prior to the start of the tournament at 6pm. Due to A draw players receiving higher sectional and /or national points for these tournaments, players will be moved from the B draw to the A draw to replace A draw withdrawals based on "Friend at Court" regulations. Tournament Directors will make draw changes due to withdrawals until the prior Thursday at noon. Final draws will be published on the prior Thursday at 6:00pm. All players are responsible for re-checking their draw after Thursday at 6:00pm to make sure their time and location have not changed.
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Awards
First, Second and Third Place medals will be awarded. Consolation winners no longer receive medals. A sportsmanship award is given to the outstanding boy and girl in each designated tournament.
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Out of section players are not eligible for this tournament.
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Excessive Overrule Guideline: The USTA Texas Officials Committee along with the Competitive Department has established a guideline in reference to excessive overrules as clarified in the Friend at Court. This guideline states "Once a player has been overruled for a second time in a match, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the point penalty system."
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Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Monday, January 4, 2016 11:59:00 PM Central 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: 800003416 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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