SPENCO ATA Winter Junior Open (Jr)

Please check this homepage for any weather related updates. Matches may be delayed due to rain, wet courts or extreme cold this weekend. This message will be updated with any new information.

We will be using 4 locations on Saturday. Please check your draw carefully to see where you are playing. Sites are abbreviated as follows: Austin Tennis Academy (ATA) - see address and directions below, Lakeway World of Tennis (WOT) - One World of Tennis Square, Lakeway TX 78738, Polo Club (PC) - 14101 Canonade, Dripping Springs TX 78620, Austin Tennis Center (ATC) - 7800 Johnny Morris Road, Austin TX 78724. Click on the following link for a map of area tennis facilities. You can then choose the facility you are looking for in the drop down menu. more info

Friday night doubles and Saturday singles schedule are now posted on the draws. The remainder of the schedule will be published Wednesday.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Austin Tennis Academy’s Spenco Winter Open! The Austin Tennis Academy is a training program for junior tennis players who aspire to achieve excellence through tennis–it is a group of coaches, players and parents dedicated to pursuing excellence in tennis and life. The mission of the Austin Tennis Academy is to create a local junior tennis community, dedicated to developing students to their fullest potential in tennis, academics and character. One of our primary objectives is to help students use tennis to help them make the perfect college choice. The flagship service of the Austin Tennis Academy is the Academy Program. The Academy Program is tennis training and fitness training for top level players and those that aspire to be top level players. Top level in this case means Superchamp level in the USTA Texas Section and nationally ranked players in the United States and for those with the talent and drive, success at the National and International level. Players in the Academy program look at their lives through the prism of being a tennis athlete. They train on and off the court, they travel to meet the competition, they are focused on lofty goals in tennis performance. We pride ourselves on our collaborative relationship we share with our parents and pride ourselves on that being an element that makes us unique among tennis academies. Our students are special. Not only do they pursue athletic and academic excellence, they are partners in making our program successful, they participate with younger players as mentors, and take responsibility for making the program and each other better. Call us today at 512.276.2271 or email us at info@AustinTennisAcademy.com. We'd love to tell you more about our programs, short programs, and summer camps. more info

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 into Spanish Oaks, go to the second round about and we are on your left. OUR ADDRESS DOES NOT WORK ON YAHOO MAPS OR ON SOME GPS SYSTEMS. MAPQUEST and GOOGLE MAPS DO WORK. If your GPS doesn't find a location West of HWY 620 for our physical address, you can use the address to McCoy's which is 13324 W Highway 71, Bee Cave, TX 78738. Then follow the directions above. more info

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 brian.notis@austintennisacademy.com if you need to withdraw from the tournament after the deadline. Include your name, division and reason for withdrawing. There are no refunds for withdrawals after the entry deadline or for weather related cancellations.

All 12's, 14's, 16's and 18's singles matches will be best of 3 sets, regular scoring. Consolation matches will play a match tie-break instead of a 3rd set. 10’s will play 8 game pro-sets, regular scoring, with a tiebreaker at 8-all. Doubles will be 8 game pro-sets, regular scoring, with a tiebreaker at 8-all. Any qualified level event with over 32 entries will be divided into a champ division and a superchamp division in order to complete the tournament by Sunday.

SINGLES WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY AT 8:00 am. Doubles will begin Friday at 5:00 pm. If you can't play on Friday, please do not enter doubles.

Qualified division is for champ and superchamp level players only. All other players should enter the Non-Qualified division including all ZAT level players. All doubles events are Open (meaning any level player who is age eligible may enter).

Hampton Inn Lakeway - 2013 FM 620 South, 10 minutes from ATA, 512-263-7474, 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. La Quinta, 4424 S. Mopac Expressway, 1-866-725-1661, www.LQ.com. 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, www.marriott.com (30-40 minutes).

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.

Matches will be played at Austin Tennis Academy as well as other sites in the area. Please check the draw carefully (after they are posted) to see which site your first match will be played at. If you have any questions about this, please email me at brian.notis@austintennisacademy.com

The entry deadline has been extended until Tuesday, January 6th. We will not accept any late entries after that date.

SINGLES WILL BEGIN SATURDAY, DOUBLES BEGINS FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM