Austin Tennis Academy Super Champ Excellence (SCMZ 14_18)

Congrats to our Sportsmanship Award winners and all of the players who were nominated for the award.
Winners: Zakaryah German and Maria Herrera
Additional players who were nominated: Matthew Gavrilov, Natasha Gonzales, Elena Kalogirou, Chelsea Kung, Max Schmidhauser, Jared Wilson and Kristina Yu

Carol Hagar, Head of School at ATA College Prep will be available Saturday from 10am - 2pm to visit with any families who are interested in learning more about ATA College Prep. Parents who would like to schedule a time to meet with Carol on another day may do so by contacting her directly at Carol.Hagar@AustinTennisAcademy.com Please click on the following link for more information about ATA College Prep. 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. 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. more info

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..See the list below. Click on the following link for a map that shows the sites as well as other courts in the area. I suggest the following options for practice courts...The following are first come first served and open to the public: Lake Travis Middle School, Hudson Bend Middle School, Westridge Middle School, Bowie HS. You can also call and book a practice court at one of the many public tennis centers in Austin: South Austin Tennis Center, Caswell, Pharr, Austin Tennis Center. 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

Founded in 2008, ATA College Prep provides rigorous academics, access to master teachers in small group classes, and flexible scheduling to maximize potential and leverage college choice for the most dedicated scholar athletes. ATACP is the college preparatory environment for those wanting to play college tennis at top level schools. Contact us to further discuss this opportunity. Email: info@austintennisacademy.com
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All matches will be best of 3 tie break sets with a full third set (10 min break between 2nd and 3rd sets with coaching allowed). Format subject to change due to inclement weather.

The goal of this compass draw tournament is to give players the opportunity to play 3 to 4 matches in a non-elimination format. Because of the varied number of entries in each age division and withdrawals after the entry deadline, we have put the following guidelines in place. Draws for this tournament will not be published until the prior Thursday at 6:00pm. After Thursday at 6:00pm, if a withdrawn player does not affect seeding, then players may be moved to the open line (as per Friend at Court alternate list). If a withdrawn player is seeded, then players may be moved and seeding may be corrected (as per Friend at Court regulations).

Every age division will start with a D draw to manage withdrawals after the entry deadline. Players may be moved from the D draw to the C draw depending on the number of entries on the prior Thursday at noon.

Every effort will be made to have full A, B and C draws to ensure 4 matches for every player. Changes may be made after draws are published! No draw adjustments will be made after play begins. All Super Champ players are eligible for this tournament. This tournament is for Texas Section residents only. In each age group there will be an A draw, B draw, multiple C draws (as needed) and a D draw. The A draw will be the top 16 players, and the B draw will be the next 16 players. The C draw will consist of all other players, equally split into draws of 16 (maximum). The D draw will consist of overflow players from the C draws and will have a minimum of 8 players. A and B draws will be compass draws. C draws may be compass or round robin draws depending on the number of players. The D (or last) draw will be a round robin or a compass draw depending on the number of players (see note below for exact breakdown of draw based on number of players).

4 players – round robin
5 players – round robin
6 players – 2 round robins of 3 players and a playoff for 1st, 3rd and 5th
7 players – 2 round robins with one of 3 players and one of 4 players. A playoff for 1st, 3rd and 5th. 4th place in the larger round robin does not get a playoff.
8 players – 2 round robins of 4 players and a playoff for 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th
9 players - 2 round robins of 4 and 5 players with no playoff
10 players – 2 round robins of 5 players with no playoff
11 players – compass draw with round robin of 3 players instead of the west draw
12 players – compass draw
13 players – compass draw with west draw becoming a FMLC
14 players – compass draw
15 players – compass draw
16 players – compass draw

The USTA CLOSED REGIONAL Feb (Region 2) Boys 12&14s & Girls 12s in Deer Park, TX is accepting Late Entries. Email:coachdunivan@aol.com with Name, USTA#, Boys or Girls S&D, T-shirt size, and Phone#. An Email will be sent when accepted with instructions for sending the Entry Fee. Phone: 713-417-6017

Click on the following link for documents and answers to questions about the junior competitive system in Texas more info

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.

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

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.

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