Tennessee State Closed Junior Championships - (STA L4) (TN L2)

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Thanks to everyone for a great tournament! Hope to see you back next year!

Congratulations and thank you for Great Sportsmanship throughout the tournament! Bobby Brouner and Michelle Fleenor

Time for 3/4 playoff in doubles on Monday is 8 am for all age divisions unless other arrangements have been approved by referee.

Please bring your ice/water from hotel or home as ice supply is limited.

B12 Seeded player withdrew and was replaced by the next player to be seeded.

Doubles draws will be posted by 5pm on Friday. Doubles matches will begin after singles play on Saturday, not before 2 pm. Sunday and Monday doubles will be played at 8 am prior to the singles matches.

First match times are posted in the Future Match Info Report. Draws will be published Friday by noon.

Although Champions Club - CHAMP (1096 Lupton Drive, Lupton City, TN) will serve as host to the 2011 Tennessee State Closed Junior Championships, other sites will be used for the event if needed. The Baylor School - BAYLR (171 Baylor School Road,Chattanooga, TN), McCallie School (MCCAL) and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) are the other sites.

Medical Release Forms have to be completed and signed by a PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. Please do not send your child without this form completed. This form must be completed and on file prior to play. Please follow the "more info" link then click "Junior Tennis" to locate and print the form. more info

Doubles entries will close the same time singles entries close -- ONLINE !! Please find doubles partners soon, you will need your double's partners USTA number to sign up online. NO DOUBLES SIGN-UP AT THE TOURNAMENT, we plan on playing doubles the first day of the tournament.

The Tennessee State Closed Junior Tournament uses conduct rules above and beyond those enforced by the USTA. Players participating in tournaments hosted by The Tennessee State Closed Junior Tournament are required to abide by these facility rules of behavior on and off the court! These rules also apply to parents, coaches, siblings, and other supporters of the players.
The list below indicates the Facility Behavior Rules:
• NO use of the word “suck” or any form of the word spoken or spelled.
• NO use of the expressions of frustration to deities (i.e. “Oh My God”, “God”, “Jesus”, “Jesus Christ”, “Christ”, etc.
• NO use of “freaking”, “frigging”, “fricking”, or ANY variation of such words either spoken or spelled. Verbal rules apply to ALL sites.
• NO Smoking anywhere on the premises. Premises include parking lots, bathrooms, and anywhere within 30 feet of a tennis court.
• ALL Cell phones should be on Vibrate or Off. If you must make or take a call, do it away from play! This is a MAJOR distraction to players and spectators.
• ABSOLUTELY NO cheering of a child’s unforced errors. This is unsportsmanlike and unacceptable!
The USTA Point Penalty System will be in place for these and ALL USTA Rules and Regulations as stated in the Friend at Court (FAC). Anyone found in violation of these rules will be subject to a Code Violation and receiving suspension points. Parent’s and other player supporter’s violations will be directed at the player they are supporting. Thanks for your cooperation!!

Boys: ALL T-shirts worn must be plain or tennis related. No under garments should be visible above the waist band. Shorts must be worn above the pelvic bones. Sleeveless shirts are only acceptable if they are made that way – no cutoffs.
Girls: ALL T-shirts worn must be plain or tennis related. Skirts and shorts must be worn appropriately above the pelvic bones. “Rolled” down skirts or shorts are unacceptable! Thank you for your cooperation!

A mandatory registration will be held at Champions Club on Friday, July 22 from 4 to 8 pm. It is extremely important that you attend this registration to receive tournament information. If for some reason, "you just cannot" make this registration, please fax your Medical Release Form and contact phone number to 423-870-4224. If you do not make the registration, the Tournament will not be responsible for informing you of changes to events and you will have to go directly to your match site prior to your playing time. Please be patient with us, we will be focused on putting matches on court and cannot predict how many participants miss regisration. Registering the day play begins is definitely a detriment to the tournament. Thanks for your understanding.

When playing a 10 point tiebreaker in lieu of the 3rd set, there will be a mandatory 3 minute break. Coaching will be allowed ON COURT during this break. No new balls. Cell phone may also be used on court during this break only. Be sure to have phone turned off while on court at other times.

When playing a full 3rd set, there will be a mandatory 10 minute break between the 2nd and 3rd sets for ALL age divisions. New balls for the 3rd set.

Line calls changed from "out" to "in" no longer result in a let. The player who made the incorrect call now loses the point regardless of their subsequent shot.

For BG 12, 14, 16, 18: All main draw matches will be best of three tiebreak sets.
All consolation matches will be best of two tiebreak sets with a match tiebreak (first to 10 by 2 points)to be played in lieu of the third set.
For BG10: Main and consolation singles matches will be best of two short sets to four with a seven point tiebreak at 4-4 and tiebreak for the third, first to seven by two. Play will be on 60 foot courts, using orange balls and rackets MUST BE 25 inches or less.

The consolation will be a full feed-in consolation through the quarterfinals.

Doubles will play an 8 game proset with a 7-point SET tiebreaker to be played at 8-all.

There will be a playoff for third and fourth place in the main draw singles and doubles.

USTA SOUTHERN SINGLES SEEDING CRITERIA: Seeding shall be done using the results from the most recently published USTA Southern Combined Standings List of the division in the order in which players appear on the list.
Players who have a standing in the next younger age division MAY be seeded in any group of seeds if they are in the top range of the most recently published USTA Southern Combined Standings List of any younger age division as determined by the Southern Seeding Calculator.
Players with current top 50 USTA National standing, top 100 ITF ranking, top 10000 ATP or WTA rankings will be considered for seeding. more info

Below are hotels within minutes of The Champions Tennis Club

4820 Hixson Pike Hixson, TN. 37343 ( 423 ) 877-6464

4833 Hixson Pike Hixson, TN. 37343 ( 423 ) 877-8388

1920 Hamill Road Hixson, TN. 37343 ( 423 ) 877-3100

5105 Highway 153 Hixson, TN. 37343 ( 423 ) 308-2333