Parking:
IMPORTANT!!! There are additional park spots behind the tennis center at Sullivan Middle School. We have only 35 spots at the bottom of the hill of the tennis center, with an additional 200 spots behind the courts at the middle school. DIRECTIONS: When you turn left/right onto Maplewood Ave. from Cherry Road, do not turn into the parking lot of the center, continue straight on Maplewood Ave. for 1/8 of a mile, then turn right onto Eden Terrace and then a quick right into the middle school lot by the tennis courts.
On Saturday, April 21st, the bottom 35 spots will be reserved for VIP parking only. All spectators & competitors will need to park in the Sullivan Parking lot 7am-4pm on Saturday.
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Pictures:
Pictures will be taken during tournament play all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Pictures will be posted in the tennis center on the bulletin board during the event. All winners & finalists will have their pictures taken & placed in our yearbook for good memories.
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Tournament News!!!
This tournament will be the same weekend as the Pepsi Tournament in Florence, SC, which is a Southern Level 3 & South Carolina Level 2 tournament. Our tournament will be a Level 4 SC tournament, with hundreds of events for you to enjoy with your family. Among the competition will be offering a Celebrity Pro Exhibition with Murphy Jensen of the Jensen Brothers, Former #1 Doubles Team for USA Davis Cup & French Open Champion (who currently hosts "Open Access" on the Tennis Channel), Tim Wilkinson (know as Dr. Dirt). a former ATP Top 20 Singles player, Lesley Joseph, Rock Hill native currently #243 on the ATP tour, & Adam Lane (current Director of Tennis at Naples Grande Resort & Club, a top 50 resort in the U.S.) will all be here to host an exhibition & clinics for our competitors & community.
With all the festivities, competitors & spectators will be able to stay at the club for pizza on Friday & barbecue for lunch on Saturday, all for a small cost. Tournament winners will be playing for a chance to be the first Rock Hill City Champion at the Rock Hill Tennis Center. We will keep a history of champions at the center, so for each year after we will be able to post former champions & show pictures from previous events. Please remember that we try to give the best t-shirts, goody bags & awards at all of our tournaments. Compliments are highly suggested. Good Luck and please enjoy the weekend and hopefully NO RAIN.
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Come See Me Festival Notes
The Rock Hill City Tennis Tournament will be only one of over a hundred events going on during the festival. The Come See Me Festival brings over 100,000 people to the Rock Hill Community to enjoy the 10 days of family activites at the 2006 Festival. This will be a great opportunity to play tennis, meet new people, & enjoy an activity or two at the festival. April 12th - 22nd.
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Events:
This will be a combined Adult & Junior Tennis Tournament. We will be using (4) sites with 41 courts total. The Rock Hill Tennis Center, the Winthrop University Memorial Courts, Northwestern High School, & South Pointe High School. Alll sites have been resurfaced or recently updated. Sites on the draw will be initialed RHTC, WIN, NW, & SP. Directions will be posted online & at the RHTC to each site. Amentities,referee, plus staff will be available at each site.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the tournament or to participate in one of the Celebrity Pro Clinics, please email us at mytennisrocks@yahoo.com and we will send information on the event and pricing.
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Format:
Play will be 2 out of 3 sets for all Adults & Juniors in the Boy's & Girl's 12's, 14's, 16's, & 18's singles draws playing out the 3rd set in the main draw only. 50 & over Adult draws & Boy's & Girl's 10's singles will play a match tie-break for the third set. Consolation singles & doubles rounds for all age & NTRP divisions for Adults & Juniors will play a match tie-break for the 3rd set.
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Doubles Play Encouraged!!!
Beginning January 1, 2007 the USTA will start tracking the points earned from doubles play. In September 2007, preliminary and unofficial combined ranking lists will be published in "parallel standings" to make junior players aware of how the system will work and to demonstrate the impact doubles will have on rankings. Rankings will be calculated as follows: 100% of singles points from a player's best 6 singles tournaments plus 15% of the doubles points from a player's best 6 doubles tournament play
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First Match Times.
First Match Times only will be posted online by Thursday, April 19th @ 12 noon. If you have to withdraw, you must do so by phone or email before the draw is posted. Once the draw is posted, no refunds can be given. Opponents will not be given out over the phone.
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Match Check-In
All players are to check in for their first match inside the Rock Hill Tennis Center at the front desk. All players will receive a tournament t-shirt & goody bag and then be instructed to check in at the tournament desk located outside or at your designated site.. For your second match & so-on, if you are assigned to play at another site, you may check-in there for your match.
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Seeding
Seeding will be based on Southern Regional rankings first, then State rankings.
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Avoidence Requests:
Any requests for time or day avoidences must be received by Tuesday, April 17th @ 12 noon. Avoidences will only be granted if draw size & seeding allow for it. Since we have special events going on Saturday, we ask that all players be available for play on Friday if necessary by 6:30pm. If you can or can not play before 6:30pm on Friday, we need to know ASAP. Juniors may start as early as 4:30pm. We may adjust later times on Friday for those traveling from out of town. Saturday & Sunday play will begin at 8:00a.m. for selected draws. All match play may be suspended on saturday between 2pm-4pm to allow all participants to view the Pro Exhibitions.
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Hotel Information
Hotel Information: http://www.rockhillrocks.com/hosthotels.asp
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Player Phone Numbers:
We ask that all entrants please include their local & cell phone number on your online registration. If you are staying in a hotel, please provide the tournament staff with the name of your hotel, the hotel phone number, & the room number you are staying in.
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Directions to Rock Hill Tennis Center
From I-77 North/South: Take Exit 82 B towards Rock Hill. Turn onto Cherry Road heading west. Continue on Cherry Road for 1 1/4 miles through 5-6 traffic lights. Tennis Center will be on your left. If you have come to Cherry Park or to Blockbuster you have gone to far. CiCi-s Pizza & TCBY is across the street, Little Caesar's Pizza, Penn Station, & Family Dollar are a block just before the center on the same side of the street. Call (803)-326-3842 if you need help. From I-85 take Route #5 or Route 161 towards Rock Hill/York, do not go all the way to Charlotte. Follow Route #5 into Rock Hill & turn left onto Cherry Road. Continue on Cherry Road for 2.1 miles and the tennis center will be on your right.
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Directions to WInthrop Coliseum Courts:
From the Rock Hill Tennis Center parking lot: Turn right out of the lot onto Maplewood avenue. Go to the end of the street and turn right onto Eden Terrace. Go staright or .8 of a mile through (1) traffic light. Winthrop Coliseum Courts will be on your left by the basketball arena.
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Directions to Northwestern High School:
Turn left out of the tennis center parking lot. Turn left onto Cherry Road. Follow Cherry Road for approx. 2-3 miles. Turn Right onto West Main Street (State Route #5) follow Rt. for another 2 miles. Turn left into Northwestern High School at the second light going into the school. Follow the first loop around and tke second turn to the left and courts will be behind the High School.
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Awards:
Junior awards will be given to all champions & finalists in singles. Champions only for doubles. Adult awards will be given to all champions & finalists in singles & doubles.
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Local Restaurants:
Within walking distance: CiCi's Pizza, Beef O'Brady's Grill Bar, Little Caesars Pizza, TCBY, Eat Well Family Restaurant, Penn Station Subs, Burk's BBQ, TOYO Sushi. We also have a small concession area that provides snacks, sodas, & powerade to our customers.
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Tennis Center Amenities:
Our tennis center offers a lobby area, stringing services, concessions, tv area, showers, bathrooms, & changing areas.
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Inclement Weather:
In the event of inclement weather, the referee has discretion to use alternate scoring or cancel the consolation if needed.
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Tournament Ball:
Wilson US Open ball will be used for this tournament.
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Thank you to all particpants, volunteers & staff!!!
In behalf of the City of Rock Hill & the PRT department, thank you all for playing and helping to make this a wonderful weekend for tennis. You could not ask for better weather and for more entertainment and tennis in one weekend. We are so excited by the number of turn outs for the celebrity event & the number of entries for the weekend. We had 203 people enter the tournamenrt, which inlcluded 301 total entries for the tournament. An unbelieveable weekend, considering the server was down for online access to the tournament. We would like to thank the Tennis Center Staff & volunteers, to include Tim Pleasant (Director of Tennis), which a lot of you could not find or see, because he had to enter all matches, scores, & schedule daily times by hand all weekend back in the office. If you would like to make any comments or suggestions about the tournament and future tournaments, we would like you to send us an email. This would help us to better prepare for upcoming tournaments that we hope to grow and serve our community. Email to: mytennisrocks@yahoo.com . Thanks again and see you at the following tournaments: Juniors: July 20th-22nd Adults & Juniors: October 12th-14th.
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All Junior Divisions are Challenger Level IV SC Eligibility: 1)
Player must be a current USTA member. 2) Players with a SC current
standing OR a 2006 Final Ranking in the top 20 of any age division
are NOT Challenger eligible. 3) If a player in NOT in the top 20 of
any division's standing or ranking list, they may choose to play up
only if they age up this calendar year.
No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Monday, April 16, 2007 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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