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Eligability
Eligibility
USTA
Membership
Membership in the USTA is required to compete in all USTA National
Championships, USTA National Doubles Championships, USTA National Level 2
Tournaments, USTA National Level 3 Tournaments, Additional USTA Junior National
Tournaments, USTA National Spring Team Championships, USTA National Team
Championships, USTA Intersectional Team Championships, and USTA Zone Team
Championships. All US juniors must be in good standing with the USTA to enter
ITF Tournaments and USTA International Tournaments, which includes USTA
Membership.
Age
Eligibility
The USTA uses a "month of birth" age eligibility rule for junior
players competing in USTA sanctioned tournaments. This rule applies to all
local, District, Sectional, and National USTA sanctioned tournaments – it does
not apply to USTA International Tournaments and ITF Tournaments. Junior players
may continue to play in the 12, 14, 16 and 18 age divisions until the month
they turn 13, 15, 17, or 19, respectively.
USTA
International Tournaments and ITF Tournaments use a "year of birth"
age eligibility rule. Juniors may play the 18s, 16s, 14s or 12s division until
the year in which they turn 13, 15, 17, or 19 respectively.
Professionals
Professional players who are age eligible may enter and play in all USTA
National Championships. USTA International Tournaments and ITF Tournaments are
governed by ITF Regulations and allow professional players to play. All other
USTA junior tournaments are limited to amateurs.
Citizenship
and Residency Requirements
USTA National Championships, USTA National Doubles Championships, USTA National
Level 2 Tournaments, USTA National Level 3 Tournaments, Additional USTA Junior
National Tournaments, USTA National Spring Team Championships, USTA National
Team Championships, USTA Intersectional Team Championships, and USTA Zone Team
Championships shall be open to US citizens and:
·
Permanent
resident aliens of the United States.
·
Diplomats. Aliens who have resided in the
United States continuously for more than one year and who are members of
families of persons in the diplomatic or consular corps.
·
Aliens
with Refugee Status.
Aliens who have been granted Refugee Status.
·
Aliens
with Asylee Status.
Aliens who have been granted Asylee Status. Aliens with Temporary Protected
Status. Aliens who have been granted Temporary Protected Status.
·
Aliens
with Adjustment Status.
Aliens whose I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust
Status) has been accepted for filing.
·
British
Columbians.
Canadian citizens and landed Canadian immigrants who reside in British
Columbia, provided that they were USTA members for at least one month during
2010 and so long as they do not allow their USTA memberships to laps for a
period of more than six months.
Documents
commonly used to support a particular alien status include a permanent resident
alien card (green card), Form I-94, or a receipt confirming filing of the
I-485.
The
citizenship and residency requirements do not apply to USTA International
Tournaments and ITF Tournaments.
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Seeding Critera
Seeding Criteria
The following
criteria shall be used to do seeding at national junior tournaments.
Number
of Seeds
Draw
Size Required Number of Seeds
192
or 224 64 Seeds: top 16 seeded numerically;
next 48 seeded alphabetically or by group (17-32, 33-64)*
112
or 128 32 seeds: top 16 seeded numerically next 16
seeded alphabetically*
64
or 96 16 seeds: top 8 seeded
numerically; next 8 seeded alphabetically*
32
8 seeds: all seeded numerically
16
4 seeds: all seeded numerically
8
2 seeds: all seeded numerically
*USTA
National Championships may seed all players and teams numerically
Singles Seeding Criteria for USTA
Boys’ and Girls’ 18 and 16 National Championships
1.
Seeding shall be done using the most recently published National Singles
Seeding List of the division.
·
Players
may be moved within major groups (1-4, 5-8, 9-16, 17-32) due to direct wins if
players are separated by less than 100 ranking points.
·
Players
may be moved between major groups due to direct wins if players are separated
by less than 50 ranking points.
2.
Players with ATP, WTA, ITF and WTA rankings shall also be considered.
3.
Players not yet considered for seeding who have ratings within the competitive
range of those being considered for seeding, may also be considered for
seeding. Additionally a player already under consideration for seeding may be
seeded higher or lower if justified by the competitive range of the ratings.
Singles Seeding Criteria for USTA
Boys’ and Girls’ 14 and 12 National Championships
Seeding
shall be done using the most recently published National Singles Seeding List
of the division in the order in which players appear.
·
Players
may be moved within major groups (1-4, 5-8, 9-16, 17-32) due to direct wins if
players are separated by fewer than 100 ranking points.
·
Players
may be moved between major groups due to direct wins if players are separated
by fewer than 50 ranking points.
·
Players
not yet considered for seeding who have ratings within the competitive range of
those being considered for seeding, may also be considered for seeding.
Additionally a player already under consideration for seeding may be seeded
higher or lower if justified by the competitive range of the ratings.
Singles Seeding Criteria for USTA
National Level 2 Tournaments, USTA National Level 3 Tournaments, and Additional
USTA Junior National Tournaments
Seeding
shall be done using the most recently published National Singles Seeding List
of the division in the order in which players appear.
·
Players
from the National Singles Seeding List of the division may be moved within
major groups (1-4, 5-8, 9-16, 17-32) due to direct wins if players are
separated by fewer than 100 ranking points.
·
Players
from the National Singles Seeding List of the division may be moved between
major groups due to direct wins if players are separated by fewer than 50
ranking points.
·
Players
not yet considered for seeding who have ratings within the competitive range of
those being considered for seeding, may also be considered for seeding.
Additionally a player already under consideration for seeding may be seeded
higher or lower if justified by the competitive range of the ratings.
Doubles Seeding Criteria
Seeding
shall be done using the most recently published National Individual Doubles
Seeding List of the division.
·
Teams
shall be seeded in the order of their combined standings (For example, Player A
holds the no. 1 standing and Player B holds the no. 10 standing. The Team of
A&B would have the combined standing of 11).
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Tournament
Committees of 18-and-under tournaments may consider for seeding teams with
players who have ATP/WTA rankings, ITF rankings, or ITA rankings.
·
The
Tournament Committee of the USTA National Doubles Championship may consider for
seeding teams with players who have ITF rankings.
·
Teams
may be moved within major groups (1-4, 5-8, 9-16, 17-32) due to direct wins if
the teams are separated by fewer than 100 ranking points.
·
Teams
may be moved between major groups due to direct wins if teams are separated by
fewer than 50 ranking points.
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Multiple Entry and Selection Process
USTA National Level 3
Tournaments: Multiple Entries and Selection Process
Multiple Entries: Players Have TWO
Options
Players Choose ONE of the Following
Options, but NOT Both:
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OPTION
1: Enter any ONE Division of TWO
Concurrent USTA National Level 3 Tournaments (this may be a different division
in each tournament); OR
·
OPTION
2: Enter TWO Divisions of ONE USTA
National Level 3 Tournament
Players may
PLAY in only ONE division of ONE tournament.
OPTION 1: ONE Division of TWO Concurrent Tournaments
·
A
player seeking to enter two concurrent USTA National Level 3 Tournament must
get permission to enter as set forth in USTA Regulation IV.C.12. This requires a player to request and receive
the written permission of both Tournament Committees for the concurrent entry
by the time entries close.
·
Tournament
Committees shall be required to grant permission for concurrent entry when a
request is made; however these requests are required - a Tournament Committee
may not post a blanket permission for concurrent entry.
·
Tournament
Committees will publish the selection and alternate lists no later than 2 days
after entries close.
·
A
player accepted into both tournaments shall be required to notify the
tournaments no later than 5 days after entries close as to which tournament
they will be playing and the player shall be refunded their entry fee (but not
the TennisLink administrative fee).
Failure to withdraw by the deadline absolves the tournament from which
the player is withdrawing from their obligation to refund the entry fee and
will result in the assessment of 4 suspension points for withdrawing for reason
other than injury, illness, or personal circumstance.
·
As
a courtesy, a player that is accepted into one tournament and not the other(s)
should remove themselves from the alternate list of the other tournament(s) no
later than 5 days after entries close.
Failure to do so will not result in a penalty.
·
If
a player has not been accepted into any tournament, they may remain on the
alternate lists of all tournaments, but upon acceptance into one, they may not
withdraw from that tournament to play in another.
·
Under
no circumstances may a player after being accepted into one concurrent
tournament withdraw and play in another.
Doing so shall result in the assessment of 4 suspension points for
withdrawing for reason other than injury, illness, or personal circumstance.
Option 2 Procedure: TWO Divisions of
ONE Tournament
·
When
a USTA National Level 3 Tournament includes more than one age division, a
player may enter up to two age divisions of that tournament.
·
The
Tournament Committee shall select players who have entered two divisions in
descending age division order: 18; 16; 14; and 12. If a player is entered in two age divisions
of a USTA National Level 3 Tournament and is selected into the older division,
that player shall not be eligible for selection into the younger division, even
if there are openings in the draw at the time of selection or thereafter. If a
player is not selected for the older division, that player is eligible for
selection in the younger division and is eligible to be an alternate in the
younger division but not in the older division.
Selection Process
·
Selection: Players are accepted into a USTA
National Level 3 Tournament using the most recently published National
Standings List as of the date entries close.
·
Alternates: Alternates are ordered using the
same National Standings List used to select players into the tournament. Players with no National Standing are ordered
after players with standing by random drawing.
Late entries are placed on the bottom of the alternate list in the order
received. Late entries received at the
same time are ordered randomly.
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Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry to this tournament is restricted. To see how entrants will be selected, follow the “Selection Process” link to the left. It is the player’s responsibility to check the selection list(s) after registering online to be sure that a check mark appears beside the player’s name on the list, in order to insure proper registration. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, March 30, 2017 11:59:00 AM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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