2017 USTA Boys' 14 National Indoor Championships

THE BRONZE DRAW IS ONLINE. PLEASE DISREGARAD THE CONSOLATION PORTION OF THE DRAW.
TO ACCOMMODATE DOUBLES AND LATE MATCHES COMPLETED IN SINGLES, ALL SINGLES MATCHES ARE MOVED BACK APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES.

Starting Monday, November 20th, you can reserve a court for Thursday, November 23rd. by phone. Courts will be available after noon and can be reserved with a credit card in one hour increments. Please call Midtown at 773-235-2300. Practice courts during the tournament are complimentary and are available in 1/2 hour increments. Those must be reserved in person.

Below is a link to a Waiver and Release form that parents need to sign and either email to marilyn.goldman@midtown.com or bring with you to the tournament. Players will not be able to play unless this form is signed. You will need to copy and paste the link.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ustaassets/assets/1/15/usta_release_and_waiver._juniors._2015.pdf

This is a 64 draw for singles with a modified feed-in consolation and a 32 draw for doubles that is single elimination.

The draws are up. Please note the location by the abbreviations below.
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The Main Draw matches & 3/4 Playoffs for singles will be the best of three tiebreak sets. The Consolation will play 2 tiebreak sets and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. The Doubles matches will be one 6-game pro-set with no-ad scoring.

Start times each day will be 8:00 AM on Friday and 9:00 AM the rest of the tournament. Doubles will be played first, followed by singles.

Thursday: Mandatory Players Meeting will be held at 5:00 PM in the Theatre in Midtown Athletic Club.

Friday: There will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of singles, and 1 Consolation round of singles.

Saturday: There will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of singles and 2 Consolation rounds of of singles.

For Thanksgiving, Chromium, the Restaurant at Midtown, will be holding a Thanksgiving Day buffet from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM. The cost is $65 for adults and $30 for children 14 & Under. Please feel free to contact Midtown for reservations and enjoy!

There are three sites for this tournament:
Midtown Athletic Club (Main site) - MID
Eight practice courts are available each day from 7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
2020 W. Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

McFetridge Sports Center (practice courts and Friday Main draw & consolation singles) - MFSC
Two practice courts are available each day from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
3843 N. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60618

Lakeshore Sport & Fitness (practice courts) - LSSF
Two practice courts are available Friday and Saturday from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
1320 West Fullerton Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614

If you need transportation, it will be provided from the hotels to all of the courts and to the social activity. A list of times when the transportation will each location will be posted at that location. All practice court reservations must be made in person at the Reservation Desk at Midtown. If you need transportation to/from the airports, call Just Grab a Crab at 708.803.2722.

Activities - Friday, November 24, 2017 - Starting at 6:30 PM. Bowling Party!
Whirlyball
1825 W. Webster Ave.
Make reservations through Midtown at the Reservation Desk.

Hotels
The Hotel at Midtown
2444 North Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
773.235.2300
Tournament Rate: $225 per night for a regular room and $375 per night for one of two suites, including parking.

Below is a link to make reservations:
https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1542&skipfirstpage=true&page=1025
Additionally, you can call, any time during the day, Imran Jivani, the Hotel Director, at 773.687.7403 and he will be glad to assist you. Rooms will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

The Whitehall Hotel
105 East Delaware Place
Chicago, IL 60611
312.944.6300
Tournament Rate: $199 per night for a single; $209 per night for a double

Important Links:
Selection Process:
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Selection%20Process%20for%20Level%201%20National%20Championships.pdf

Selectional Quotas:
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/20170308_Section.Quotas.pdf

National Jr. Regulations:
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/2017%20USTA%20Junior%20Tournament%20Regulations.pdf

Wild Card Application:
http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/PlayerDevelopmentWildCards/

Concurrent Entries Not Permitted Without Prior Approval
At the time entries close, no player may be entered in two or more sanctioned if any part of the tournaments overlap unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation and concurs in writing. USTA Regulation IV.C.12

Concurrent Entry Into Ediie Herr ITF and National Indoor Championships
The entry deadline for the 18s division of the Eddie Herr ITFs is Tuesday, October 31st. The entry deadline for the 12's, 14's and 16's divisions of the Eddie Herr was October 6th. Players selected for the main draw and the qualifier for the Eddie Herr will be posted prior to the November 2nd entry deadline for the National Indoor Championships.
• Players who registered for both and are selected for both tournaments must notify the Tournament Committees of which tournament that they would like to participate in by November 13th.
• Players who withdraw from one event to participate in the other after the date of November 13th, or who apply for and receive wild cards for one of the events and then subsequently withdraw from the other will be assessed suspension points for withdrawing to play in another tournament.

Athletico is the OFFICIAL Provider of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training for the 2017 USTA Boys' 14s National Indoor Championships.

Players are selected from a variety of National Lists and generally require Section endorsement.

Entry to this tournament is restricted. To see how entrants will be selected, follow the “Selection Process” link to the left. It is the player’s responsibility to check the selection list(s) after registering online to be sure that a check mark appears beside the player’s name on the list, in order to insure proper registration. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, November 2, 2017 11:59:00 AM Eastern 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: 850044817 from the searchable schedule homepage.

Division and Draw Type Abbreviations Legend

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