TWO SITES SUNDAY
All play Saturday will be at Huntsville Tennis Center. Sunday, we will use 2 facilities. Huntsville Tennis Center, and Athletic Club Alabama. Athletic Club Alabama is 1/2 mile away from HTC. We will have a link attached Friday.
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Athletic Club Alabama
6 consolation matches will be played at Athletic Club Alabama Sunday morning. Here is direction link. All other matches will be played at Huntsville Tennis Center the whole tourney weather permitting.
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SATURDAY MORNING 6:15 AM WEATHER UPDATE
We have limited courts this morning due to all the rain. All 8:00 matches are still on schedule to play at 8:00AM. All 9:00AM Matches will now play at 10:00AM. All 10:00AM Matches are still scheduled to play at 10:00AM. NOON matches will still be at noon. ONLY THE 9:00am Times have changed to 10:00AM. Hard Courts will be the only courts available to warm up on this morning. We are keeping players off the clay courts until the 8:00 matches begin. I will change all the 9:00AM match times to 10:00AM on TDM now.
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WEATHER NOTICES
Any type of WEATHER notice/delay will be posted here.
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DRAWS/START TIMES POSTED
Singles and Doubles draws are posted with Saturday times. We are playing 2 main draw rounds of singles - Round of 128 and round of 64, and playing 1 round of doubles - round of 32. There will be no consolation singles play until Sunday. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CHECK THOSE TIMES CLOSELY! There are lots 8:00AM, 9:00AM, 10:00AM, and NOON match times all mixed up for singles due to all the byes.
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FRIDAY EVENING 9-1 UPDATE 6:25PM
We've had lots of rain over the past 48 hours. Our courts are soaked right now. We will update here at 6:30AM on court playability, delays, non delays, and all match time questions. Clay Court Warm Up will begin at 7:00am (providing courts are ready and no more rain occurs - some clay courts might be very soft and possibly unplayable). We have 6 hard courts that will be open the whole time for warm up. PLAN ON CURRENT SCHEDULE for Saturday morning. CHECK HERE FOR 6:30AM UPDATE.
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CHECK - IN
No mandatory check-in. All matches will be played at Huntsville Tennis Center day 1 - Saturday. Please arrive 30 minutes before your first match with your waiver filled out. We will have waivers on site. If you were a late entrant, please bring check or cash when you sign in for your first match.
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Practice Courts
Huntsville Tennis Center will be open until 8:00PM Friday night for practice. 6:30AM each morning clay courts will be available to warm up on - first come first serve - 24 courts. At 8:00am, all clay courts will be in use, there won't be any clay courts available for warm up after this time. Additionally, we have 6 hard courts on site first come first serve that will be open all day.
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STRINGER AND TRAINER ON SITE
We will have a Trainer here at 7:30am each morning at he/she will be here all day each day. We will have stringers available at HTC the whole tournament as well. HTC carries Wilson and Luxilon string.
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Medical Release form
Medical Release Link
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WED 8-30 update
All doubles partners are paired up. First match starting times will be posted Thursday evening. Draws will be posted Friday morning. We are going to play 2 rounds of MAIN DRAW singles Saturday (round 128 & round 64) and 1 round of doubles (round 32), and NO CONSOLATION singles until Sunday. Due to large amount of byes in singles, several players will only play one round of singles Saturday. Doubles is a perfect 32 team draw currently, and singles has 80 players out of a 128 draw.
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MONDAY 8-28 UPDATE
Singles is currently sitting at 81 players. We are going to seed 16 singles players in a 128 draw. Doubles is sitting at 64 players with NO ALTERNATES LEFT. If you want to be a doubles alternate, please email me @ Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com. We will take alternates in the order in which we receive emails. We will have 8 seeds in a 32 doubles draw. We will be randomly pairing doubles partners Tuesday 8-29 in the evening. Seeds are no longer posted before the tournament. The seeds will be shown when the draws are posted. Saturday start times will be posted Thursday evening. Doubles will also start Saturday after singles - 1 round of doubles scheduled.
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QUESTIONS -LATE ENTRIES - WITHDRAWALS - CONTACT ME @
Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com. Please email me - DON'T CALL with any tournament questions. This includes late entries - withdrawals - doubles partner notification - and any other questions you might have.
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PROCESS WHEN DEADLINE CLOSES
Singles registration closes Sunday, August 20th, 2017 11:59 PM (Central Time) . After registration closes ... To enter send email to: Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com Late entries will be processed on a first come - first serve basis. Late entries that effect the seeding are NOT allowed. Late entries will be taken until 12:00 midnight, Thursday Aug. 24th. Please include the player's name and usta# with request on email. Please call JOC (tournament director) 256-883-3988 regarding questions
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RANDOM DOUBLES PAIRINGS
We have 64 doubles players right now - a full doubles draw. We will be randomly pairing up partners Monday, August 28th. Please email me with your partners name if you aren't matched up on the tournament page. Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com
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HOTELS
The three closest hotels are The Double Tree Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, and Hampton Inn on BLVD South & South Memorial Parkway, at 5 minutes away. The next two closest hotels are the Springhill Suites and Embassy Suites at 5-10 minutes away. The remaining hotels on the visitor guides link are 10-15 minutes away.
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Birth Certificate or Green Card
All players must have a BIRTH CERTIFICATE or GREEN CARD on file with the USTA Southern office for proof of citizenship. You must do one of the following before you begin play in the tournament. Fax to: USTA Southern office at 770-368-9091 or Email to: howard@sta.usta.com
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Southern Championship level 1, 1A, or 2
“This event is restricted to the following Jr. players: U.S. Citizens; Permanent Resident Aliens; Diplomats, Refugees/Asylees; CTA. Refer to USTA Regulation III.A.2a.”
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RANDOM DOUBLES PARTNER SELECTION
If you signed up for doubles, and do not have a partner, we will randomly pair the remaining participants together once the deadline ends. If there is an odd number, one player will be left out of doubles.
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FORMAT
128 draw for singles FIC through the RD of 16 with Quarterfinal playoff. In 1A Championships, the quarterfinalist losers automatically go into their own back draw. The four losers will play and then the two winners for 5th & 6th place. The 7th & 8th place do not play. 64 player draw for doubles Single elimination for doubles draw. 8 game pro set will be played with a tie break at 8 games all. A 3/4 playoff shall be played in both singles and doubles.
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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
SAT - 2 rounds of main draw singles, 1 round cons singles, 1 round doubles SUN - 2 rounds of main draw singles, 2 rounds of cons singles, 2 rounds of doubles MON - 2 rounds of main draw singles, 2 rounds of cons singles, 2 rounds of doubles TUES - 1 round of main draw singles, 2 rounds of cons singles, 2 rounds of doubles
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SCORING FORMAT
Main Draw Singles: Best 2 of 3 Sets. Consolation Singles: 10 point Tiebreak in lieu of a third set. Doubles: Single Elimination 8-game Pro Set with at 7 point tiebreak at 8 games all.
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Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Sunday, August 20, 2017 11:59:00 PM Central Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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