Email sent to players Friday 9/28 - 9:15am.
Welcome to City of Fremont Doubles Sectionals
Welcome to the City of Fremont USTA NorCal Doubles
Sectionals tournament . We are excited are host this event and look forward to
some great tennis. Here’s a few things to know before tomorrow.
Match times & Format
Check the draws,
some match times have changed, any additional changes will be communicated via
the tournament homepage or email or phone. Please check the draws! All
matches will be played at Fremont Tennis Center, 1110 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont.
All
matches will be 8 game pro-sets up till the quarter finals of the main draw,
from that point on the matches will be best of 3 sets with a 10point tiebreaker
in lieu of the third set.
Check-in
We ask teams to check in 15 minutes prior to the match start time. NOTE:
We cannot check-in one player, both players must be present in order to be
considered “checked in”. We will be strictly enforcing the late check in
policy as we have a lot of matches and do not want to get behind. Check-in desk
will be located inside the pro shop.
Warm up courts
Courts are available before the first match time. Once the tournament has
started there will no warm up courts onsite. The nearest warm up courts are
Mission San Jose Community Park (right behind Mission San Jose High School) and
Centerville Community Park. These are City of Fremont facilities and courts are
first come first served basis.
Players
Players are expected to behave within the guidelines of code of conduct and
their role will be to compete fairly, be respectful of opponents, officials and
themselves. It is the players responsibility to check in, know the match
format, both players must report scores and know when they’re next match is.
Parents
Parents also will be held accountable to the code of conduct of Friend of
Court. Their role will be supporters of the event, officials opponents and
players. Any conduct that is not consistent with Friend of Court and the
tournament may result in the individual being asked to leave the site or
players being defaulted.
Videotaping of matches
City of Fremont policy is there will be no videotaping of matches during the
tournament. This supersedes the USTA NorCal policy as it's a City of Fremont
policy.
Food
There’s no food for sale onsite at FTC, however the soccer kiosk (approximately
200 yards away) will be open both Saturday and Sunday serving food. Alternative
food options are Mission Valley Shopping center (approximately 1.5 miles away),
Mexican, Subway, Chinese, Starbucks and Luckys supermarket.
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TOURNAMENT UPDATE - DRAWS & SATURDAYS SCHEDULE POSTED... Tues 9/25 8:30pm
Pairings, seedings, draws and Saturday match schedule is completed and posted. Sundays schedule will be posted late Wednesday. We know we are not perfect, if you notice any errors in either partnerships, draws or scheduling please contact us ASAP. As you look at the scheduling it will appear tight, please know all matches except from the quarter finals are 8 game pro sets. Quarter finals and beyond are best of 3 with a 10 point tie-breaker. NOTE: Thursday you will get an email and we'll post on the home page more tournament details such as warm-up courts, format of play along with an explanation of how compass draws work and any other pertinent information regarding this weekends matches.
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ENTRY UPDATE - Doubles Partnerships
NOTE: DOUBLES PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION Entries have closed, we are not accepting any more entries. Partnerships are accepted based on the following scenarios, please read and understand what you need to do in order to confirm your partnership. 1. Both players entered and indicated each other as their doubles partner - Nothing needed from both players, doubles team is confirmed 2. One player entered and indicated a partner but the other player did not enter a partner when registering - The player who did not indicate the partner during entry process will need to email us and agree to the partnership before we can accept the doubles team. 3. Both players did not indicate their partner at the time of registration and would like to play together - Both players must email us agreeing to play together before we can accept the doubles team. 4. Player enters without a partner and has not agreed nor confirmed with us a partner - Player will be placed in a random draw and paired up with another player. NOTE: If a player withdraw after the random draw for partners, the Tournament Committee will impose withdrawal penalties and no refunds will be issued.
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Tournament Entry Details
Thank you for your interest in our City of Fremont Jr. Doubles Tournament! The following guidelines are in effect for all potential participants in this tournament. 1. Tournament participants must enter with a doubles partner. If a participant wishes to coordinate with a partner after their entries then both the participant and their partner must confirm the pairing with the tournament director via email. 2. If a participant does have a partner by the deadline, or their pairing is not confirmed, the tournament committee will randomly select a partner for them. 3. We will not be accepting late registrations for this tournament. If you have any questions please email us. Thank you!
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NorCal USTA Rules - Doubles Only Sectionals
Doubles-Only Sectional Championships.
a. Draw Size and Format.
The doubles draw size is limited to 32 teams. A compass draw will be played with a playoff for 3rd and 4th place. The draw format will guarantee each team three matches:
• Non-main draw compass draw brackets with teams that have won their third match will be played out to completion.
• Once a team has lost three matches, it will not play an additional match unless playing that additional match guarantees another team its minimum three matches.
b. Sanction Periods.
The Doubles-Only Sectional Championships will be sanctioned for a 2-day.
c. Doubles Partner Notification Deadline; Paring of Players Without Partners.
No later than the end of the day on Monday prior to the Saturday start date of the tournament, any doubles players that have not previously entered as a team must notify the Tournament Committee of the partnership.
A Tournament Committee may elect to randomly pair any player entered in doubles without a partner after the Monday deadline provided a statement that this will take place is published on the tournament website by the time entries open. If random parings will take place, players entered in doubles without a partner that do not desire to play doubles must notify the Tournament Committee of their desire to withdraw from doubles (without penalty) by the Monday deadline.
d. Selection Process.
Teams will be selected in the order of their combined standings using the most recently published Doubles Seeding List of the division. For example, Player A holds the #1 standing and Player B holds the #10 standing. The Team of A&B would have the combined standing of 11. A team with a combined standing greater than 11 is selected after Team A&B. If there is a tie, the team with the player that has the highest doubles standing on the list will be selected first.
All teams not selected will be placed on Alternate Lists that are ordered using the same methods of selecting players or teams into the tournament described in above. The Alternate Lists will be used to replace withdrawing players and teams,
except that a Late Entry may not be accepted into the draw if it invalidates the seeding.
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Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry to this tournament is open to specified residents only. Entries must be submitted by Monday, September 17, 2018 11:59:00 PM Pacific 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: 500050818 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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