ATA College Prep Fall Open and TennisRecruiting.net National Showcase (Jr)

Please support our hotel partner, Omni Barton Creek for beautiful accomodations, access to tennis courts, dining and much more.
Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa
8212 Barton Club Drive
Austin, Texas 78735
Main: 512-329-4000
www.omnibartoncreek.com
Promo Code: 45275837277

By phone or email, contact:
Jim Nelson, Reservations Supervisor
Please ask for the Austin Tennis Academy corporate discount
Email: jim.nelson@omnihotels.com
Direct Phone: 512-329-7989

Click here for a direct link to Omni Barton Creek ATA Discount Reservations more info

Please support our hotel partner, the Sonesta Bee Cave Austin located at 12525 Bee Cave Parkway, Bee Cave TX 78738. This hotel opened in July 2015 and features beautiful modern accommodations in a premiere location just minutes from ATA. It’s just a short walk to Whole Foods, numerous restaurants and a movie theater. The Sonesta is offering ATA customers a special tournament rate. You may call the Sonesta directly at 855-463-3097 and use rate code 0205ATASCE. You may also simply click on the following link to make your reservation. AS OF 11/7 THE BLOCK AS WELL AS THE SONESTA IS SOLD OUT. YOU CAN TRY TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS CANCELLED.
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The Austin Tennis Academy ATA is located in southwest Austin inside the Spanish Oaks community. Our physical address is 6800 Spanish Oaks Club Blvd., Austin, Texas 78738. ATA is located .2 miles west from the intersection of Hwy 620 and Hwy 71W. Look for the McCoy's Building Supply sign on your right and get in the left hand lane, make a left at the windmill into Spanish Oaks, go to the second round about and we are on your left. Also go to our website at www.austintennisacademy.com for directions and a map. more info

We are using multiple sites on for this tournament...ATA, Westlake HS, Lost Creek and Barton Creek. You may use Lake Travis Middle School or Hudson Bend Middle School for warm up and practice. Lake Travis HS is not available on Saturday due to their annual fundraiser. Click on the following link for a map that shows the sites as well as other courts in the area. more info

4100 Westbank Dr, Austin 78746 - Click on the following link for a map - Courts are on the right off of Westbank Dr. as your coming from 360. more info

2612 Lost Creek Blvd Austin, TX 78746. 512-892-0173. Click on this link for a map to Lost Creek. more info

8212 Barton Club Drive, Austin 78735 - phone # 512-329-4008 - click on the following link for a map more info

The Austin Tennis Academy is a training program for junior tennis players who aspire to achieve excellence in tennis and in life. Our mission is to create a local junior tennis community of parents, coaches, teachers and players, dedicated to developing students to their fullest potential in tennis, academics and character. One of our primary objectives is to help students leverage the perfect college choice through tennis. ATA College Prep is a fully accredited private school that augments student-athlete potential and maximizes college choice through rigorous academics, flexible scheduling, and leadership opportunities. We look forward to seeing you at the ATA College Prep Open! more info

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Smaller events may be combined

Format 12-18's Doubles will play 8 game pro-sets with no-ad scoring. For 12's - 18's Singles - All Main Draw matches through the quarter finals and Consolation matches are best of 3 sets regular scoring with a match tie break in lieu of a 3rd set. Singles Semi's and Finals will play best of 3 tie break sets (full third set).

SINGLES WILL BEGIN SATURDAY, DOUBLES BEGINS FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM

10 & Under Regulation - Junior Other Tournaments All junior other sanctioned tournaments offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green dot ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). Please register for the correct division based upon age, Challenger tournament credit / wins, etc. All tournament entries are verified by the section office. For the full 10 & Under regulation, please click here

DIVISIONS OF PLAY - Qualified division is for champ and superchamp level players only. All other players should enter the Non-Qualified division including all ZAT level players. All doubles events are Open (meaning any level player who is age eligible may enter - all levels are combined).

WITHDRAWALS - Please click on edit registration on the left side of this homepage and follow the directions to withdraw before the deadline. Please email me at john.kudrick@clubcorp.com if you need to withdraw from the tournament after the deadline. Include your name, division and reason for withdrawing. Written notification (email is sufficient) is required for withdrawals after the entry deadline as per USTA rules. There are no refunds for withdrawals after the entry deadline or for weather related cancellations.

CHECK IN PROCEDURE - Please register at your playing site 15-30 minutes before your first match. You will then also need to check in for each of your matches (including your first match) when you are ready to play (before your scheduled time, of course) and stay within earshot of the tournament desk.

HOTEL INFORMATION - Lakeway Area: Hampton Inn Lakeway - 2013 FM 620 South, 10 minutes from ATA, 512-263-7474, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lakeway 15707 Oak Grove Blvd 512-735-5555, Mountain Star Lodge, HWY 620, 5 minutes from ATA, 512-263-2010. Lakeway Inn Resort, 512-261-6600. The Vintage Villas Hotel, 512/266-9333. See "Hotel Info - Mopac and NW" for additional options

Please recheck your draws before Friday as there may be changes due to withdrawals.

B&G 8&U Red Ball Tournament FROM 5:00-7:00 PM FRIDAY EVENING AT ATA. Play will be on a 36 ft court with red balls. ALL PLAYERS SHOULD CHECK IN BY 4:45. Email John Schoenmakers at john.schoenmakers@austintennisacademy.com to enter or if you have any questions.

BALL TYPE - Wilson US Open Extra Duty Felt balls will be used for all matches (12's - 18's).

Court Surface - All matches will be played on hard courts

ELIGIBILITY - Out of section residents and foreign players MUST be approved by the USTA Texas Section office to compete in TX Section tournaments. You must fill out an Out-of-Section Application. Please contact Sylvia Krywacz at skrywacz@texas.usta.com with any questions or for an application.

WEATHER UPDATES - We will do everything we can to complete the tournament even if we have inclement weather. The Austin weather can change very quickly. If necessary, we will go to alternate scoring to speed up the matches. This website will be updated with any weather related delays or you may call ATA at 512-276-2271 during the tournament for weather related updates. Please also be sure to follow me @briannotisata on twitter for up to the minute tournament updates.

AIRPORT - The Austin Bergstrom Int'l Airport is approx 45-60 min. from the Austin Tennis Academy. The ATA is in southwest Austin. Go west on Hwy 71W for approximately 22 miles, Hwy 71W is called US 290W for a few miles, follow signs to Hwy 71W. When you get to the light at Hwy 620, get into left lane, turn left into Spanish Oaks across from McCoys.

10's Orange and 10's Green Format
10's will all play 2 out of 3, 4-game sets (first to win 4 games) using no-ad scoring; 7-point tie break in lieu of 3rd set (first to 2 win 7 points by a margin of 2).

HOTEL INFORMATION - Mopac and NW Areas: La Quinta, 4424 S. Mopac Expressway, Hyatt House Austin Arboretum 10001 N. Capital of Texas Hwy, Austin, TX 78759, 1-866-725-1661, Hampton Inn NW/Arboretum 3908 W Braker Ln 512-765-9998, Homewood Suites Arboretum/NW 10925 Stonelake Blvd 512-765-9996, Embassy Suites-Arboretum 512-372-8771 Hampton Inn - Arboretum 512-349-9898 Towneplace Suites-Northwest 512-231-9360 Fairfield Inn and Suites - Northwest 512-527-0734 La Quinta Inn and Suites - Northwest 512-832-2121. Candlewood Suites 4320 IH 35-512-444-8882, Hyatt Regency Downtown Austin, 512-477-1234, Crown Plaza, 6121 IH 35, 512-323-5466. The Renaissance Hotel, 9721 Arboretrum Blvd, Austin, TX - 1-800-228-9898

Large Draws will be split - Any Qualified Division with more than 32 entrants will be divided into a champ division and a superchamp division.

TennisRecruiting.net National Showcase Series - The ATA OPEN is proud to be part of the Tennis Recruiting.net National Showcase Series. Tournaments in the National Showcases are USTA sanctioned junior tournaments open to players from all USTA Sections. These tournaments are designed to give players from all parts of the country the chance to compete outside their districts and sections. The qualified and superchamp events in this tournaments will count towards Tennis Recruting.net rankings. Champ only events will not count (in the event that champs and supers are separated due to more than 32 players entered in an age group). Players who compete in these tournaments and who win at least one singles match will become NATIONAL PLAYERS for their TennisRecruiting.net rankings. Players from outside the Texas Section, must, however complete an Out-Of-Section Application in order to be placed in the qualified or superchamp division. Please email me at brian.notis@austintennisac