Tournament Reports
2017 Players by Event - Boys and Girls 14u Singles - Boys and Girls 16u Singles - Boys 14u Doubles
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2017 Tourney: B14s and G14s start Monday J19, B16s and G16s Tuesday J20
Matches begin 11:00AM. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-5pm practice court available w priority given to all registered tournament players, w tournament ball provided for practice as well as all matches (Babolat Roland Garros).
MONDAY RAINED OUT - court updates at www.clayfricktennis.org and Twitter @clayfricktennis - https://mobile.twitter.com/clayfricktennis - With Monday matches moving to Tuesday same times, and Tuesday to Wednesday same times, Wednesday singles finals to be moved to Thursday 6:00PM. Thanks many!
For tournament and facility updates (including any weather delays), you can see top right corner at www.clayfricktennis.org and also follow Twitter @clayfricktennis.
There are a handful of family places to eat within walking distance of the Frick Park Clay Courts, as well as Pizza and Ice Cream next door :-)
We look forward to welcoming all during the week !
more info
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Notes
2017 is the ninth year for this junior tournament!
Boys and girls (divisions 16, 14 and 12 & under) from City
neighborhoods and as far away as Madrid, Spain, Puerto Rico,
Florida, and Texas have competed in the only junior tournament held
on red clay in all of western Pennsylvania. This USTA-sanctioned
and USTA-officiated event is organized by the Frick Park Clay Court
Tennis Club, a community tennis association (CTA). ---
This open junior tournament accepts both City and non-City
residents and has no USTA or other entry ranking requirements. For
residents of USTA MS Allegheny Mountain District, the 12u players
accumulate points towards a district ranking. For residents of USTA
Middle States section, the 14u and 16u event players accumulate
points towards a MS section ranking. Entries are open and players
of all levels - novice to experienced junior tournament players -
are encouraged to enter. Large draws for each event along with
players from out of town ensure local players are exposed to a
great variety of other players. Players in 12u singles will play a
compass draw with a minimum of 3 matches, Players in 14u and 16u
singles will player a single elimination draw with a first match
losers consolation draw. All doubles events are Round Robin, with
teams playing short matches against every other team in their draw.
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Notes from previous tournament year s 2009-2014: Main Draw first
match losers are entered into a Full Consolation Draw. Main Draw
singles matches are best 2 out of 3 tiebreak sets and are held
Monday to Friday, all day, 8 a.m. to dusk, with Main Draw Singles
Finals on Saturday at 12:00PM Noon to be followed by all Singles
Consolation Draws. All doubles are scheduled for Friday, 8 a.m. -
dusk. Doubles events are Round Robin. Sunday is reserved as a
rainday if needed. All schedules subject to change and weather
permitting - match schedules posted online at tournament website.
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Sponsored by Frick Park Clay Court Tennis Club, Dollar Bank, PNC,
USTA Middle States, K&L Gates LLP, Pittsburgh Tennis League
(PTL), Babolat and Gamma Sports. Frick Park red clay courts are
maintained the non-profit Frick Park Clay Court Tennis Club.
Proceeds from this tournament are to be invested in ongoing
improvements to this unique and historic tennis facility in the
city of Pittsburgh. Vamos!
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This tournament is part of the Nat'l. Public Parks Tennis Assoc. Tournament Series. The goal of the series is to increase awareness of public park tournament tennis and to promote the Nat'l. Public Park Tennis Chps. Visit nppta.com for more information.
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Players can register with or without the name of partner to play DOUBLES on FRIDAY. Doubles registration to remain open through the start of singles play early in the week.
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TENTATIVE, weather permitting, SCHEDULE ( based on 2017 draw sizes): All singles main draw early round matches Monday to Wednesday - 8am to late afternoon, early evening - All SIngles Finals, weather permitting, Wednesday 6:00pm. Thursday ALL Day Doubles Round Robin, and if Wednesday evening play is posponed or suspended, finals then Thursday 6:00PM. Please use online poll to let us know of an AVOIDANCES for days and/times are all CONSIDERED - please use the online poll. Thanks!
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SE HABLA ESPAÑOL - Tournament Desk staff is bilingual English and Spanish. You are welcome! Bienvenidos!
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See CLAY TIPS and CLAY RULES links on tournament website www.clayfricktennis.org for court rules.
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For DIRECTIONS, and last minute COURT UPDATES, please see www.CLAYFRICKTENNIS.org (top right corner) - and/or follow Twitter @clayfricktennis - There are bathrooms and changing rooms on site - Plenty of lunch places across the Street on Braddock Ave., and within walking distance, including FPCCTC Sponsor Park Pizza and Ice Cream. There’s also a playground for younger siblings next to the tennis courts.
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Player Selection TypePlayers are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry TypeEntry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, June 15, 2017 11:59:00 AM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
Quick ReferenceIn the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 350034717 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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