Preferred Hotel
Holiday Inn Tyler - South Broadway 5701 South Broadway Tyler, TX 75703 903-561-5800
The Holiday Inn South Broadway is offering overnight accommodations and our full breakfast buffet for $89.00 per night. We are within 4 miles of the Cascades and serve as preferred hotel for all USTA tournaments in Tyler. Please use the booking link below to make your reservations. Each block will hold rooms for you until the Monday right before the tournament to give last minute qualifiers the opportunity to get the discounted rate. We look forward to your stay in Tyler!
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Sunday Matches
Thank you all for your help and cooperation today as we delayed play due to the extreme temps this morning. Sunday's forecast looks great so we will not be postponing any play on Sunday. Match times and locations for Sunday are accurate as posted online. Thanks again for playing Tyler!
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Challenger Match Time Update (Posted at 3pm Friday)
Upon further review of draws, we have determined that shortening format will be necessary to complete the tournament in a reasonable amount of time. Please excuse any confusion we may have caused. We will still be starting with a 2hr delay, but with a shortened format for 2 rounds, match times will catch up around 2pm and we can be back on schedule. Therefore, no rounds will need pushed to Sunday that were originally scheduled for Saturday. Please see below for final match check in times: All 8am matches - check in at 10am All 9-10am matches - check in at 11am All 10:15-11am matches - check in at 12pm All 11:15-12:00pm matches - check in at 1pm All 12:15-1pm matches - check in at 1:30pm All 1:15-2:15pm matches - check in at 2:30pm Any match scheduled after 2:30pm please check in at posted match time.
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Shortened Format
Thank you all for your flexibility as we are trying to provide the best tournament experience we can given the no-fun tennis weather. Please note that the shortened format will be 2-out-of-3 short sets (start at 0-0, play first to 4 games, tiebreaker at 4-4) with No-AD scoring. Full 2-day Challenger Points will still be awarded, so no worries! See you soon.
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TOURNAMENT DELAYED
Good afternoon all! As I'm sure you are aware, winter has hit East Texas! Temps will be pretty cold in the morning so we will be delaying all matches 2hrs from posted match times. WE WILL NOT CANCEL the tournament, so please plan accordingly to arrive on time. If you have any questions we will be available until 8:00pm for phone calls or you can email the tournament director at any time. Safe travels and see you tomorrow!
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CCC
Cascades Country Club 4511 Briarwood Road Tyler, TX 75709
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AS
All Saints Episcopal School 2695 S SW Loop 323 Tyler, TX 75701 *Please use main entrance located on Loop 323...NOT Briarwood Road
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Friday Night Play Day and Warm-Up
On Friday evening, January 12th, from 6-8:00pm we will be hosting a Tournament Play Day and Warm Up at The Cascades. This is a fun event with practice sets/tiebreakers, court games, and PIZZA! RSVP by emailing the tournament director or calling the Cascades Tennis Pro Shop at 903-525-0022. Cost is $20 per player. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the tournament!
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USTA MEDICAL WAIVER AND MEDIA RELEASE FORM
USTA TX medical waiver and media release form is a USTA TX requirement to play in any Challenger, Championship Major Zone (CMZ), or Super Championship Major Zone (SCMZ).
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2018 Summer Camp Scholarship
The 2018 Summer Camp Scholarship is now open! This program is open to all Texas section members 18 years of age and under, who will not be entering college. Scholarship winners are matched with a camp. The scholarship is for players who may not otherwise be able to attend a summer tennis camp. Proof of financial need is required.
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Challenger 2-Day (12s-18s) and Challenger 1-Day (10s) are now located on separate tournament homepages
The 10s participation Division for this Challenger can be found using the "more info" link. The Tournament ID number for the 10s homepage is 800034318
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Challenger Information and Schedule
Check out the new Challenger Information page on our Youth Tennis Texas website using the following link! Every Challenger tournament is listed with dates, locations, rules, formats, points, and directions on how to find ranking information!
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USTA Texas Diversity Grant
We are now taking applications for the USTA Texas Diversity Grant. Apply here! Applications are due January 31st! (link)
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Youth Tennis Texas Website: For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com
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First-off Consolation – All Challengers and CMZs use the First Off Consolation Format. This format will show as Single Elimination on the tournament homepage, but all players are guaranteed two matches. This format eliminates “maybe matches” and almost every player in consolation will play their first consolation match on Saturday. How does it work? Players that lose in the main draw will be fed into the consolation draw in the order that they come off the court (i.e. the first player to come off the court will go on line one, the sixth player to come off the court will go on line six). This new format ensures more players playing on Saturday and an overall better tournament.
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Excessive Overrule Guideline: The USTA Texas Officials Committee along with the Competitive Department has established a guideline in reference to excessive overrules as clarified in the Friend at Court. This guideline states "Once a player has been overruled for a second time in a match, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the point penalty system."
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Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.
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USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament
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Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.
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No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Tuesday, January 2, 2018 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: 800034618 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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