Tournament Reports
Match Schedule Info - Match Schedule Info
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THURSDAY 10:10 AM UPDATE
The hard courts will not be dry at 11:00. I have 3 indoor courts at Athletic Club Alabama at 12:00 noon. (1 minute from Huntsville Tennis Center). We are going to play the ladies 60's Singles Finals Main Draw, 70's Singles Finals Main Draw, & 70's Singles Main Draw 3rd/4th @ 12:00 noon at Athletic Club Alabama. Ladies 60's and 70's singles consolation will now be scheduled at 12:30PM on the hard courts at Huntsville Tennis Center. Doubles times will be posted shortly - some will stay the same at 1:00pm, some will change.
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DIRECTIONS TO ATHLETIC CLUB ALABAMA
Stay on Airport road like you are coming to Huntsville Tennis Center. Instead of turning left at our red light to come to HTC, go straight through the red light for 1/4 mile until the next red light. Lehman Ferry - turn right. You will see Athletic Club Alabama on your left side.
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THURSDAY MORNING 4-16 RAIN DELAY
All 60's singles - (main draw finals, 3/4 playoff, and consolations) will now play at 11:00am on the hard courts. 70's singles main draw finals, main draw 3/4 will now play at 11:00am. 70's singles consolation will play at 12:30pm. Doubles times are posted, correct, and current on draws. All singles and doubles times are posted, current, and correct on the draw. If it's still raining at 10:00am, we will have another update.
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WEDNESDAY's 60's and 70's Doubles
The 60's and 70's Doubles Consolation times are now posted. We will play 2 rounds of doubles today - 8 game pro-set. Matches will begin at 2:30, so please check your times.
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80's Doubles round #4
80's Doubles round #4 will be played at 2:30 on the hard courts
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WEDNESDAY 11:30AM UPDATE
The clay courts are unplayable and might be all day long. They are in a lot worse shape today at this time compared to yesterday. WE ARE MOVING CONSOLATIONS TO HARD COURTS. Ladies 60's singles Consolation will play on the hard courts @ 1:00PM. Ladies 70's singles consolation will also start at 1:00PM on the hard courts. We will then play 2 rounds of consolation doubles on the hard courts. Scoring will be 2 out of 3 sets with a 10 point match tiebreak for the third set in singles. Doubles scoring will be abbreviated in some form as well - to be determined. I will update new times on the draws now. Thank you for your patience.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING 4-15 RAIN DELAY
We had rain again all night ladies, the courts will be unplayable all morning. All singles matches that were scheduled at 9:00 & 9:30 will now play at 1:00PM. Be ready to play at 1:00PM. If the courts don't look like they will be ready by 1:00PM, we will update again at 11:30am with further instructions. We are also going to try to get 1 doubles round in after the singles. Due to the 3 days of rain now, we are going to go to an abbreviated scoring system for consolation singles and doubles.
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NO 60's or 70's DOUBLES TUESDAY 4-14
Due to the late 3:00pm start for all the singles main draws and consolations, we are NOT going to play 60's or 70's doubles today/tonight under the lights. Doubles will resume Wednesday at 1:00PM for both divisions.
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80's DOUBLES round #3
80's doubles ROUND #3 will be played today (Tuesday) at 3:00PM
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TUESADAY 12:00 noon singles DELAYED
All 12:00 NOON singles matches have been delayed until 3:00PM. We have not made a decision about doubles yet. All 24 clay courts still have puddles, or are way too soft to even get our equipment on to soak up the puddles. Sorry for the delay.
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RAIN DELAY #3 TUESDAY MORNING 4-14
All SINGLES matches that were scheduled at 9:00am will now play at 12:00PM NOON. Be ready to play at 12:00PM. All DOUBLES matches that were scheduled for 1:00PM will now play at 3:30 PM.
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RAIN DELAY #2 @ 4:00 PM
PLAY IS OVER FOR THE DAY - We will play singles matches first Tuesday morning at 9:00am. Doubles will follow at 1:00pm. Correct and adjusted times will be posted shortly on the tournament page.
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MONDAY DOUBLES ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED AT 1:00
Due to the morning rain delay, Doubles that was originally scheduled at 1:00PM, will now play at 4:30PM Monday.
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YES WE ARE PLAYING AT 1:00
The courts will be ready at 1:00PM. Be ready to play!
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RAIN DELAY #1 9:35am
We are currently under a rain delay. Be ready to play again at 1:00pm. We will have another update at 12:15pm if it's still raining.
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DRAWS ARE POSTED
Draws have been posted with Saturday and Sunday match times listed.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
I'm currently having phone issues at my desk. I can't receive any messages that have been left on my phone answering machine. Please email me first @ Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com or call the front desk at 256-883-3986.
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Practice Courts
We will have practice clay courts available throughout the whole tournament.
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Tuesday, April 7th Update
The 70's division has been re-seeded in both Singles and Doubles. Draws and first match start times will be posted Wednesday evening. Please EMAIL me first with any questions. Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com
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Schedule of Events
Friday, April 10th - Welcome party 4:00-6:00PM CST. This is a come and go as you please gathering - nothing mandatory. We will be serving drinks, snacks, fruit, and moderate hors d'oeuvre's. Lunches will be served on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday. We'll have Sunday cobbler and Pie, and some sort of evening event Monday.
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Monday, April 6th update
The 70's doubles division will have new seeds. The #1 seeds pulled out. Additionally, we will be looking at the 70's singles seeds to see if there need to be changes. We will have this updated this evening, or Tuesday morning.
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SEEDS ARE POSTED
The seeds have been posted as of April, 5th. Please EMAIL me if you have any questions. Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com.
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April 1st Update
Doubles partners are set - please check under the COMPETITORS list now that the entries have closed. SEEDS will be posted on Sunday evening April 5th.
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March 30th Update
All players have been entered as of 12:35PM CST Monday, March 30th. If you do not see your name on the Competitors nor the Applicants list, please send me an email to Joc@huntsvilletenniscenter.com We are now going to start working on REQUESTS to match and find doubles partners.
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Wednesday, March 25th update
We have updated and registered the mailed in entries. We are making another post office run this afternoon, so all entries will be current by the end of the day.
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SCORING - FORMAT
All matches in main draw and consolation will play two out of three full tiebreak sets. A Coman Tiebreaker will be played at 6-6 in each set.
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All Play Begins Saurday, April 11th
All draws will begin Saturday, April 11th. This will include all age divisions - singles and doubles. If you have a bye, you will not start that division until Sunday, April 12th.
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Hotel Link
Attached is a hotel link. The three closest hotels are Double Tree Suites, Hampton Inn South (Arsenal), and Hilton Garden Inn South. These three hotels are all within 5 minutes. The next two closest hotels are Embassy Suites, and Springhill Suites by Marriot at 5-10 minutes away. The remaining hotels are 10-15 minutes away.
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Hampton Inn South
Rate - $99.00
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Hilton Garden Inn
Rate - $109.00
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Double Tree Suites
Rate - waiting to hear back - I'll post rates as soon as I find out
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ITF Sanction - Grade A National Championship. We will continue to use all factors seeding. Foreign players can obtain a free USTA account for entry by going to https://www.usta.com/en/home/account/create-account.html, or register directly with the tournament director. This tournament is sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) as a national championship. Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. This tournament is a USTA CAT 1 National Championship and fulfills the eligibility requirement for USTA CUP selection. The Coman tiebreak will be used.
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For Adult & Senior National Rankings: This tournament will calculate as a Category I (10x). Champions will receive 1000 points.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, March 31, 2015 11:59:00 PM Central 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: 703214615 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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