USTA NorCal Generation Gap NTRP / Open Tournament ( for Juniors , Adults and Seniors)

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The draws are now posted. Please plan on arriving at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled match time at the site where your match is scheduled. This tournament is using two sites at Blackhawk Country Club listed below so please read the draw carefully and go to the correct site.

9 TENNIS Club Dr., DANVILLE, CALIFORNIA 94506 more info

948 Eagle Ridge Dr. Danville, CA, 94506 more info

The match format will be 2 out of 3 sets with a match tie-break in lieu of the 3rd set.

IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE ENTRIES CLOSE, PLEASE WITHDRAW ONLINE. IF YOU NEED TO WITHDRAW AFTER ENTRIES CLOSE, PLEASE SEND THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AN EMAIL AT WILSON@NORCAL.USTA.COM STATING YOUR NAME, THE DIVISION, AND THE REASON FOR YOUR WITHDRAWAL. IF YOU ARE WITHDRAWING THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR MATCH AFTER 8:00 PM OR ON THE DAY OF YOUR MATCH, PLEASE CALL (510) 263-0446 AND LEAVE A MESSAGE IN ADDITION TO SENDING THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR AN EMAIL.

If you are an adult with an NTRP 4.5/5.0/5.5+ or a junior or open player with equivalent UTR, then this tournament is for you!

Males:
UTR 8.0-9.4 = 4.5 NTRP
UTR 9.5-10.9 = 5.0 NTRP
UTR 11 above = 5.5+ Opens
Females:
UTR 6.6-7.4 = 4.5 NTRP
UTR 7.5-8.9 = 5.0 NTRP
UTR 9 above = 5.5+ Opens


The Generation Gap tournament provides a unique opportunity that is so rare in competitive tournament play — juniors and adults uniting and playing WITH and AGAINST each other on a leveled-playing field.

Tournaments and league competition based on level, not on age, has been applied successfully in many countries in Europe for decades. In the U.S., tennis players miss out on the many opportunities and benefits of level-based competition.

The age barrier keeps juniors and adults completely separate and shrinks the potential pool of competition for juniors by 75%. Instead of having 40,000 players to play against in NorCal, juniors can only play against 10,000 of those.

GenGap is a great opportunity for NorCal players who are hungry for strong competition, to compete against a variety of playing styles. It also shows them firsthand that tennis is the sport of a lifetime.

When juniors and adults compete separately each develops their own language/ranking and the two separate spheres can’t communicate. Using the power of ratings creates a leveled playing field and is a language that can be used by every tennis player regardless of age. The Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) rating system includes every junior playing yellow ball tournaments and adults playing MWOp, ITF, ATP and WTA.

This tournament will be limited to a maximum of 48 men and 24 women.

The draws will be limited as follows:

Men's Singles Divisions (4.5, 5.0, 5.5+) - 16 players per division
Women's Singles Divisions (4.5, 5.0, 5.5+) - 8 players per division
**Open players should enter in the 5.5 division**

The Tournament Committee reserves the right to accept more entries in an event if it believes, based on the total entries received for all events, it can reasonably accommodate the additional matches required by exceeding this limit. If more entries in an event cannot be accommodated, the selection of players will be made in accordance NTRP and UTR ratings.

Players will be grouped into events based on their current NTRP OR UTR rating. Players who have a higher rating or ranking within their rating may be bumped up to the next group level. Players who have a lower rating or ranking with in their rating may be bumped down to the next group level.
The purpose of this tournament is to get players competitive matches with others who are around the same level.