USTA National Selection Tournament- February

Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info
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A black HEAD tennis bag was left at Cooper Creek Tennis Center. We have put the bag in the tournament office & can be picked up Sunday morning.

All matches beginning with the 12:30 pm matches will be in a 90 minute delay. For example, matches scheduled for 12:30 should report at 2:00p.m.

Tournament check-in will be held tonight from 5:00-7:00p.m. at the host hotel, Hyatt Place-North. If you are unable to make tonight please arrive early to your first match in order to make sure we have all waivers and form complete.

Practice courts may be reserved for Friday by calling Cooper Creek Tennis Center @ 706-317-4186.
There is a possibility of freezing courts tonight therefore, there might be a limited number of courts in the morning. Warm up courts will be available on Saturday before first matches. Players must remember to drag and line the courts after warm up and practice.
There will be between 3 & 6 warm up courts available during the tournament. Please check with the tournament desk and / or hospitality to find out which courts will be used for warm up courts.

Columbus Regional Tennis Association (CORTA) is excited and pleased to announce that we are hosting the 2015 USTA National Selection Tournament Boys 14s & 16s. The tournament committee, volunteers, officials, Columbus Parks and Recreation, the Columbus Sports Council and CORTA would like to welcome you and the rest of the players, as well as parents and coaches to this tournament.

Would the next three alternates in each division please send an email with your contact information to make sure I have it in case I need to contact you as players withdraw.

Hyatt Place Columbus - North is the host hotel for this tournament. Please click the more info to take advantage of special rates offered to tournament players. more info

ALL players MUST submit their Medical Release waiver form upon registration on Friday, Feb. 13th. There will be no exceptions to this provision. You can download the form by clicking on the following link. Fax to 706-317-4501 or email: cissy@corta.org more info

A CORTA Waiver is also required to be completed by each player. Please fax (706-317-4501) or email (cissy@corta.org) prior to tournament. more info

After the selection process is complete, but before 7:00pm on Wednesday, Feb. 11th, please email cissy@corta.org with your name and your partner's name (even if you entered on-line). BOTH players must confirm their partner's name in an email.
If you do not have a partner and still wish to enter without a partner, please send an email stating that you do not have a partner. It is not the responsibility of the Tournament Committee to match a player with a partner, but we will do our best to help pair as many players as possible. There is no on-site Doubles sign-up after the Thursday deadline.

Singles
-Draws of 32 players
-Main draw is best of three tie-break sets, regular scoring
-Main draw semi-final losers will playoff for 3rd/4th place, scoring is best of three tie-break sets, regular scoring
-Quarter final losers will be fed into a separate draw to playoff for 5th/6th place, scoring will be two tie-break sets, with a 10-point tie-break in lieu of third set.
-FIC through the round of 16, and the FIC will play out the finals.
-FIC is best of three sets with a 10-point tie-break in lieu of third set
DOUBLES
-Draws of 16 teams
-Eight game pro-sets, regular scoring, seven-point tie-break at eight games all
-Single elimination
-Required playoff for 3rd/4th place

The schedule is tentative and subject to change. The schedule will be confirmed at tournament check-in.


Singles matches will be scheduled Saturday after the 1st round of doubles.
-Main draw: Two rounds Saturday, quarters and semi's on Sunday, with finals and 3/4 playoff on Monday
-Quarter final draw: Quarters (main draw quarter final losers) and semis on Sunday, Quarter final playoff (5th/6th) playoff on Monday.
-FIC: Round 1 (main draw first round losers) scheduled on Saturday, Round 2 (includes losers from FIC round 1) and quarters Sunday, semis and finals on Monday.


Doubles matches will begin on Saturday morning, February 14th.

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The Freeze Deadline for this tournament is Thursday, January 29th. more info

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Cooper Creek Tennis Center is located at 4816 Milgen Road Columbus, Georgia 31907. Cooper Creek Tennis Center is a public facility with a two-story clubhouse overlooking 30 clay courts. There are walking and bike paths on site.
Directions to Cooper Creek Tennis Center from I-185: Take I-185 S to Exit 7 (Manchester Expressway). Turn east onto Manchester Expressway. Travel approximately 2 miles to the Warm Springs Road Connector.
Travel up the exit ramp and turn right. The entrance to Cooper Creek Park is directly ahead. The clubhouse is a two-story building located on the right as you enter the park. Tournament check-in desk will be on the right side of the road under the deck of the two-story clubhouse.

Aflac
Burger King
Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau
Columbus Parks and Recreation
Columbus Sports Council
IHOP
Hyatt Place Columbus - North
Moe's Southwest Grill - Providing Player's Lunch on Saturday
Physical Therapy of Phenix City
Synovus

For entry, use the USTA Registration System.

Level 2

This event is restricted to the following Jr. players: U.S. Citizens; Permanent Resident Aliens; Diplomats, Refugees/Asylees; CTA. Refer to USTA Regulation III.A.2a.

LATE ENTRANTS - USTA Georgia will allow late entrants to be accepted into all USTA GA tournaments, Levels 1-5, in the event that the draw is not full, provided that such late entrants do not affect the seeding and further provided that late entrants do not prevent timely entrants to be accepted into the draw under any circumstances. Accepting late entrants is at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. Seeds must be posted by 12 noon following close of registration. Once draws are posted, the tournament is closed and can no longer accept late entries.