WEATHER UPDATES - Saturday 8:30am
Play has started at XYZ, WLHS and ATA. UTW courts should be ready for play before 9:00am. Please check your draw online for an updated schedule. Please follow us on twitter @briannotisata for weather updates or check this message in the event of inclement weather.
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UT Whitaker (UTW)
Corner of 51st Street and Guadalupe. You can put 218 W 51st St, Austin 78751 into your GPS and look for the entrance to the parking lot across the street. IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU MUST OBTAIN A PARKING PASS FROM THE UTW STAFF (passes are available at the tennis courts) AND PLACE IT ON YOUR VEHICLE TO AVOID GETTING A PARKING TICKET. THIS IS THE CASE ALL WEEKEND. PLEASE DO THIS IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO UTW. Also, please keep in mind that there is limited permanent seating at UTW. We will provide approximately 25 folding chairs for our spectators to use, but if you can bring your own chair, please do so. Click on the following link for a map and directions:
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Austin Tennis Center (XYZ)
7800 Johnny Morris Road, Austin Texas 78724 - (512) 928-8119. This is a totally different location from Austin Tennis Academy. Click the following link for a map to Austin Tennis Center.
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Westlake HS (WLHS)
4100 Westbank Dr, Austin 78746 - Click on the following link for a map - Courts are on the right off of Westbank Dr. as your coming from 360.
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ATA Location and Directions
The Austin Tennis Academy ATA is located in southwest Austin inside the Spanish Oaks community. Our physical address is 6800 Spanish Oaks Club Blvd., Austin, Texas 78738. ATA is located .2 miles west from the intersection of Hwy 620 and Hwy 71W. Look for the McCoy's Building Supply sign on your right and get in the left hand lane, make a left at the windmill into Spanish Oaks, go to the second round about and we are on your left. Also go to our website at www.austintennisacademy.com for directions and a map.
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DRAWS ARE NOW POSTED
Please click on draws above and choose the appropriate age division. Keep in mind some age divisions have a more than one draw because of the number of entries.
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PRACTICE SITES
Courts will be available at all playing locations before play begins each morning. Once matches begin, no courts will be reserved for practice. All locations other than the public tennis centers are first come first served: Lake Travis HS - near ATA Westridge MS - near ATA and WLHS Lake Travis MS - near ATA Ramsey Park - near UTW Northwest District Park - near UTWSouth Austin Tennis Center - call for reservation 512-442-1466 Pharr Tennis Center - call for reservation- 512-477-7773
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USTA MEDICAL WAIVER AND MEDIA RELEASE FORM
USTA TX medical waiver and media release form is a USTA TX requirement to play in any Challenger, Championship Major Zone (CMZ), or Super Championship Major Zone (SCMZ).
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Challenger Information and Schedule
Check out the new Challenger Information page on our Youth Tennis Texas website using the following link! Every Challenger tournament is listed with dates, locations, rules, formats, points, and directions on how to find ranking information!
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Challenger 2-Day (12s-18s) and Challenger 1-Day (10s) are now located on separate tournament homepages
The 10s Divisions for this Challenger can be found using the "more info" link. The Tournament ID number for the 12s-18s homepage is 800029018.
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HOTEL PARTNER - CROWNE PLAZA AUSTIN
Booking Code: IL7KP. Depending on availability: $99.00 or $120.00 plus tax Includes a free full hot breakfast buffet Free parking Free WIFI Just 3 miles to UT Whitaker Courts Please contact Meshele Jackson to make your reservation: 512-371-5243 or mjackson@cphaustin.com
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HOTEL PARTNER - SONESTA BEE CAVE
Please support our hotel partner, the Sonesta Bee Cave Austin located at 12525 Bee Cave Parkway, Bee Cave TX 78738. This hotel opened in July 2015 and features beautiful modern accommodations in a premiere location just minutes from ATA. A short walk to Whole Foods, numerous restaurants and a movie theater. The Sonesta is offering ATA customers a special rate. You may call the Sonesta directly at 855-463-3097. Code: 1206ATACHA
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Ice, Water, Gatorade and Fruit
We are pleased to provide complimentary ice, water, Gatorade and bananas at all of our sites for our players. If you're not sure where these amenities are located, please check with your site director. Please do not plan on filling up large coolers with the ice we provide for all the participants.
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WELCOME TO THE AUSTIN TENNIS ACADEMY
The Austin Tennis Academy is a training program for junior tennis players who aspire to achieve excellence in tennis and in life. Our mission is to create a local junior tennis community of parents, coaches, teachers and players, dedicated to developing students to their fullest potential in tennis, academics and character. One of our primary objectives is to help students leverage the perfect college choice through tennis. ATA College Prep is a fully accredited private school that augments student-athlete potential and maximizes college choice through rigorous academics, flexible scheduling, and leadership opportunities. We look forward to seeing you at the ATA College Prep Open!
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Become an Official
Give back and help grow the game of tennis through Officiating. Click here for more info
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Junior Know the Rules and Additional Important Documents
Click on the following link for documents and answers to questions about the junior competitive system in Texas
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Youth Tennis Texas Website: For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com
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WITHDRAWALS - Please click on edit registration on the left side of this homepage and follow the directions to withdraw before the deadline. Please email me at john.kudrick@clubcorp.com if you need to withdraw from the tournament after the deadline. Include your name, division and reason for withdrawing. Written notification (email is sufficient) is required for withdrawals after the entry deadline as per USTA rules. There are no refunds for withdrawals after the entry deadline or for weather related cancellations.
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CHECK IN PROCEDURE - Please register at your playing site 15-30 minutes before your first match. You will then also need to check in for each of your matches (including your first match) when you are ready to play (before your scheduled time, of course) and stay within earshot of the tournament desk.
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HOTEL INFORMATION - Lakeway Area: Hampton Inn Lakeway - 2013 FM 620 South, 10 minutes from ATA, 512-263-7474, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lakeway 15707 Oak Grove Blvd 512-735-5555, Mountain Star Lodge, HWY 620, 5 minutes from ATA, 512-263-2010. Lakeway Inn Resort, 512-261-6600. The Vintage Villas Hotel, 512/266-9333. See "Hotel Info - Mopac and NW" for additional options
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Please recheck your draws before Friday as there may be changes due to withdrawals.
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BALL TYPE - Wilson US Open Extra Duty Felt balls will be used for all matches (12's - 18's).
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Court Surface - All matches will be played on hard courts
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WEATHER UPDATES - We will do everything we can to complete the tournament even if we have inclement weather. The Austin weather can change very quickly. If necessary, we will go to alternate scoring to speed up the matches. This website will be updated with any weather related delays or you may call ATA at 512-276-2271 during the tournament for weather related updates. Please also be sure to follow me @briannotisata on twitter for up to the minute tournament updates.
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AIRPORT - The Austin Bergstrom Int'l Airport is approx 45-60 min. from the Austin Tennis Academy. The ATA is in southwest Austin. Go west on Hwy 71W for approximately 22 miles, Hwy 71W is called US 290W for a few miles, follow signs to Hwy 71W. When you get to the light at Hwy 620, get into left lane, turn left into Spanish Oaks across from McCoys.
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10's Orange and 10's Green Format 10's will all play 2 out of 3, 4-game sets (first to win 4 games) using no-ad scoring; 7-point tie break in lieu of 3rd set (first to 2 win 7 points by a margin of 2).
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HOTEL INFORMATION - Mopac and NW Areas: La Quinta, 4424 S. Mopac Expressway, Hyatt House Austin Arboretum 10001 N. Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin, TX 78759, 1-866-725-1661, Hampton Inn NW/Arboretum 3908 W Braker Ln 512-765-9998, Homewood Suites Arboretum/NW 10925 Stonelake Blvd 512-765-9996, Embassy Suites-Arboretum 512-372-8771 Hampton Inn - Arboretum 512-349-9898 Towneplace Suites-Northwest 512-231-9360 Fairfield Inn and Suites - Northwest 512-527-0734 La Quinta Inn and Suites - Northwest 512-832-2121. Candlewood Suites 4320 IH 35-512-444-8882, Hyatt Regency Downtown Austin, 512-477-1234, Crown Plaza, 6121 IH 35, 512-323-5466. The Renaissance Hotel, 9721 Arboretrum Blvd, Austin, TX - 1-800-228-9898
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10 & Under – USTA Texas regulations mandate that all junior sanctioned tournaments offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). For the full 10 & under regulation, please visit our website www.texas.usta.com, click on 10 & Under Tennis.
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First-off Consolation – All Challengers and CMZs use the First Off Consolation Format. This format will show as Single Elimination on the tournament homepage, but all players are guaranteed two matches. This format eliminates “maybe matches” and almost every player in consolation will play their first consolation match on Saturday. How does it work? Players that lose in the main draw will be fed into the consolation draw in the order that they come off the court (i.e. the first player to come off the court will go on line one, the sixth player to come off the court will go on line six). This new format ensures more players playing on Saturday and an overall better 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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USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament
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Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.
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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 Thursday, November 22, 2018 11:59:00 PM Central Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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