SFTS Dallas Super Champ Major Zone (SCMZ 12-18)

We appreciate everyone's patience today, but unfortunately the tournament has been canceled. Players will receive points for all match is completed. We appreciate everyone playing the Dallas SCMZ and we are sorry the weather did not cooperate today.

We are working with the Sectional Office to have a plan for the postponement and or cancellation. We appreciate everyone's patience. Most sites are shut down due to heavy rain, so please do not return to the courts until advised to do so.

Please send the Tournament Director an email if you need to withdraw. Any player who withdraws on Sunday will not be penalized. If you withdraw and we do not resume match play, then those withdrawals will not be posted but instead all matches will be marked as un-played.

Here are the sites for the draws:
B18 Garland Tennis Center, B16 Coppell High School, B14 John Paul High School, B12 Lake Highlands HS, G18 Plano West HS, G16 Village TC, G14 Richardson HS, G12A Lake Highlands HS, G12B Richardson HS.

9449 Church Rd Dallas Tx 75238 more info

1010 West Miller Rd. Garland Tx. 75041 more info

5601 W Parker Rd Plano Tx 75093 more info

800 Woodburn Corners Plano Tx 75075 more info

1250 West Beltline Rd. Richardson Tx 75080 Courts are located on the North side of Beltline Rd across from the front of the HS. more info

185 West Parkway Blvd. Coppell Tx 75019 more info

Most facilities will be open one hour before the first match time, but not less than 30 minutes. Use tennismaps.com for area courts. more info

Central Hotel to most sites is the Courtyard by Marriott located at 1100 S Sherman St. Richardson Tx 75081. 972-235-7200. It is suggested that hotel arrangements be made once the draw locations are announced on Sunday April 9th. Dallas has many hotels and finding a good weekend rate is not an issue. Another option is the Courtyard Marriot Richardson at Campbell, 2191 north Greenville Av. Richardson Texas 75082 800-230-4134

Only first match times and site locations will be posted on the Tuesday prior to the start of the tournament. Draws will be posted on the Thursday prior to the start of the tournament at 6pm. Due to A draw players receiving higher sectional and /or national points for these tournaments, players will be moved from the B draw to the A draw to replace A draw withdrawals based on "Friend at Court" regulations. Tournament Directors will make draw changes due to withdrawals until the prior Thursday at noon. Final draws will be published on the prior Thursday at 6:00pm. All players are responsible for re-checking their draw after Thursday at 6:00pm to make sure their time and location have not changed.

For the April SCMZs, 12s through 18s Super Champ players can choose which tournament they would like to compete in. The points awarded for each draw will be the same in both the Austin and Dallas tournaments.

Effective immediately, all seeding and selection will be based on Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) for the 2016 April, July, August and December Texas Tier 4 Super Champ Major Zones (SCMZ). Doubles seeding and selection will be generated based on the pairings combined UTR. We will no longer be allowing the top 5 players of a younger age group to automatically qualify for the A draw. However, they will have the opportunity to qualify for the A draw based on their UTR. For more information regarding UTR please click "see more." more info

Each player's Universal Tennis Rating will be pulled from the system between 8 AM - 12 Noon on Wednesday, April 6th. The UTR's pulled from this time period will be used for the entire pre-tournament process including splitting, seeding, pairing doubles teams, and replacing players.

The April Super Champ Major Zone will be the last SCMZ where previous B draw winners will be automatically placed into the A draw. Any winners of the singles B draws in December will be placed in the A draw for April if they sign up for the same age division. Winners of the singles B draws in the April SCMZ will not be automatically placed into the A draw in the July SCMZ. The remaining SCMZs in July, August, and December will only be split and seeded based on Universal Tennis Rating.

A very important change to note is the correct way to register for doubles online, which will be strictly enforced in 2016 for Super Champ Designated Tournaments. Players may register with or without a partner. Those who register with a partner must indicate their partner through the online registration system before the entry deadline. Players will need to correctly identify their doubles partner during their initial registration process or they may go back later, prior to the entry deadline, and “Edit Registration” to indicate their partner of choice. Correct doubles registration is the player’s responsibility. Immediately after registering, players need to check the Applicant List to ensure they are registered with their partner of choice (and their partner is also registered with them). Tournament Directors will not accept any request for changes in doubles partners at any time. Players who sign up for doubles as individuals will be paired up with another individual based on their UTR. Players must compete in the same age division for singles and doubles.

Singles A & B Draw - Feed In Consolation through the Round of 16. Players who lose in the Quarterfinal Round will be placed into their own consolation bracket of four players and the winner of this bracket receives fifth place points. Play-off for the 3rd and 4th place. A NEW regulation for the Texas Tier 4 tournaments is 14s-18s Main Draws will play a full third set. All Consolation Draws and all 12s draws will play a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set.
Doubles A & B Draw - 8 game Pro-Sets with single elimination.

Singles: A draw of 16, B draw of 16. Doubles: A draw of 16, B draw of 16.
The A & B draw singles begins on Saturday and ends on Sunday.
The A & B draw doubles begins on Saturday and ends on Sunday.

First, Second and Third Place medals will be awarded. Consolation winners no longer receive medals. A sportsmanship award is given to the outstanding boy and girl in each designated tournament.

The deadline for the USTA Texas Summer Camp Scholarship is April 15th. For more information or to apply, see the "more info" link. more info

Check out the following College Scholarship opportunity being offered to USTA Texas players! Deadline is April 15th! more info

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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You are just a Texas Two Step away from playing in the US Open!
Step One – Enter, Play and win the Texas sectional tournament
Step Two – Play and win the National Playoff tournament
YOU’RE IN – in Singles, you are in the US Open Qualifying Tournament (held Aug. 23-26)
In the Doubles and Mixed Doubles, you are in the US Open (begins Aug. 30 / 31).

Step One: The Texas tournament – June 20-25, 2016 – Arlington, TX – Requirements:
14 years of age as of August 29, 2016
Enter no later than June 6, 2016 – USTA tournament ID # 809713516
Cost: $108 for men’s and women’s singles and $65 per player for men’s and women’s and mixed doubles
[Doubles registration requires both partners to register and pay entry fees at the same time.]

Early Bird Gets the Worm Drawing: Enter by May 15, 2016 (midnight) to be entered in a drawing for entry fee reimbursement: one winner for singles, one winner for doubles team; one winner for mixed doubles team.

Step Two: Winners play at the US Open National Playoffs Championships is in New Haven, CT at Yale University:
Singles - August 19-22
Doubles - August 21-24
Mixed Doubles - August 24-27
No additional Entry Fee and USTA Texas will provide a $300 stipend to those who play in the Playoffs.

The men's and women's singles champions will receive a Wild Card into the 2016 US Open Qualifying Tournament;
the men's, women's and mixed doubles champions will receive a Wild Card into the main draw of the 2016 US Open.

It all starts right after the Texas Grand Slam – but be sure to enter the Texas tournament by June 6th!
More information at USOpen.org/NationalPlayoffs or at tournament ID # 809713516
YOU ARE JUST TWO STEPS AWAY FROM PLAYING IN THE US OPEN!!
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