116th Ojai Valley Junior Tournament (Level 3)

The Junior Division of the 116th Ojai was completed on Saturday. 450 matches over three days. There were eight finals played today at Libbey Park. Fantastic tennis by twenty remarkable young women and men!

Tennis in the Open and College Divisions continues on Sunday at Libbey. Women's Open finals 9:30am. Men's Open finals at 11:30. See tournament website for links to schedules and draws.

Thank you for Thursday! 460 Junior Competitors in the 8 Divisions. 270 Junior matches played Thursday--On 45 courts at 20 separate locations!

You can see instantly updated results and draws on tennis link....Click on the tabs above.

For court locations check our tournament website (see above for link). Use pull-down menu under "Tournament Info". Note: Please be careful in interpreting court abbreviations on draw sheets: For example, V=Villanova Prep, VHS=Ventura High School, OVS is lower campus, OSU is upper campus.
Players are invited to the free BBQ on Thursday April 21st at 5:30pm at Upper Libbey Park. Lots of fun activities going on.

The Ojai does not have standard Boys 18 divisions. We host CIF events in Singles and Doubles.

Junior players may enter only one event. An individual can not play in both singles and doubles or in both an Open and Junior event.

In Connection with on-line entry, each player must sign a Waiver of Responsibility form, which will be sent via email following each entry.

Sunday April 24 will be utilized as a rain day. Juniors divisions are held concurrently with the Pac-12 Men's & Women's Championships, as well as other collegiate and open events.

The Ojai Valley Junior Tournament is proud to be part of the Tennis Recruiting.net National Showcase series. These tournaments will count towards Tennis Recruiting.net rankings. Players who compete in these tournaments and win at least one match will become NATIONAL PLAYERS for their Tennis Recruiting Ranking.

DRAW SIZE LIMITS FOR 2016 OJAI
The draw size limits for each junior division have been set by the Ojai Tournament Committee for the 2016 Ojai. These limits are formulated based on present court availability on Thursday and on previous years draw sizes:
� Boys CIF division: 64 singles players, 64 doubles teams (selected by CIF Committee)
� Girls 18's Singles: 32 singles players
� Girls 18's Doubles: 16 doubles teams
� Boys 16's Singles: 64 singles players
� Girls 16's Singles: 48 singles players
� Boys 14's Singles: 64 singles players
� Girls 14's Singles: 48 singles players
If court availability is increased on Thursday, the Tournament Committee reserves the right to expand all divisions not previously 64 competitors. The selection process is detailed below:

SELECTION PROCESS FOR 2016 OJAI
The 2016 Ojai has entry limits in each one of their events (see above). In the event that entries are oversubscribed for a particular event, the following selection process will be used:
For a 32 draw:
� Step 1: top 26 players will be accepted from the natural age division
� Step 2: up to 4 spots from the lower age division will be accepted (player must be in top 100 of that lower division standing list in order to qualify for these spots.
� Step 3: Tournament Committee will award up to 2 wild cards for players not accepted in steps 1 or 2. If the Tournament Committee does not award these, any unused wild card spots will go back to the natural division.
For a 48 draw:
� Step 1: Top 39 players will be accepted from the natural age division
� Step 2: up to 6 spots from the lower age division will be accepted (player must be in top 100 of that lower division standing list in order to qualify for these spots.
� Step 3: Tournament Committee will award up to 3 wild cards for players not accepted in steps 1 or 2. If the Tournament Committee does not award these, any unused wild card spots will go back to the natural division.
For a 64 draw (please note that this does not apply to CIF divisions):
� Step 1: top 52 players will be accepted from the natural age division
� Step 2: up to 8 spots from the lower age division will be accepted (player must be in top 100 of that lower division standing list in order to qualify for these spots.
� Step 3: Tournament Committee will award up to 4 wild cards for players not accepted in steps 1 or 2. If the Tournament Committee does not award these, any unused wild card spots will go back to the natural division.
Please visit our website: www.ojaitourney.org

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 Sunday, April 10, 2016 11:59:00 PM Pacific 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: 651747816 from the searchable schedule homepage.

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