DTA Winter Super Championship Major Zone (SCMZ 12-18)

Tournament Event Fees are Non-Refundable/Transferrable.

Maintaining our no refund/transfer policy is fundamental to our integrity as an association. While the Tournament was canceled, contracts are still obligated, supplies have still been purchased and costs are still incurred since staff, officials and facility sites have to be available all weekend in the event that we can play. The DTA cannot make exceptions and refund one player, while explaining to another player, who did not receive a refund why another would receive a refund without embarrassment, which means it’s wrong. We either win in a way that is fair and right or we lose with our reputation intact and accept the consequences. There is nothing that matters more to the DTA than our integrity as a non-profit association. Our goal remains that are players know with absolute certainty that they can trust DTA to be fair and consistent. All League, Weekend Events and Tournament Fees benefit our Dallas Tennis and Education Academy. Please see our website www.dta.org to learn more about our charitable programs.

Unfortunately the tournament is cancelled. Please travel safely. Again, thank you for your patience and understanding this weekend.

ALL PLAY IS UNDER RAIN DELAY. PLEASE CHECK BACK AT 9 AM FOR NEXT UPDATE.

ALL CONSOLATION AND DOUBLES MATCHES ARE CANCELLED FOR THE TOURNAMENT (we will not play consolation or doubles)

For Sunday main draw matches: All matches will play shortened sets, to 4 games; no ad; (set tie breaker at 4 games all) and a 10 point tb in lieu of 3rd set. We are working on the draws and will have them back up as soon as possible. SOME DIVISIONS WILL MOVE PLAYING SITES AND MATCH TIMES WILL CHANGE. Please know that we are working as quickly as possible to update the draws. Your continued patience and understanding are very appreciated

All draws should be correct. PLEASE RECHECK IN MORNING in case of overnight withdraws. Thank you again for your understanding and patience.

Draws have been redone. All main draw singles had to be unscheduled then rescheduled using the parameters for the shortened format. Draws were remixed in this process. I have spoken with the section and I have taken the draws down so that we can make sure that opponents have stayed the same in each draw. If they have not we will be arrange each draw so that they are the same as they were. This will take some time to do so your continued patience is appreciated.

We will react to the weather not the forecast. Any weather issues will be posted here.

As we are all aware, the forecast for this weekend is not favorable. However, we will make decisions based on the actual weather on Saturday morning. I will post the first update no later than 6:30AM. If we are delayed, I kindly ask that you, please do not report to your playing site as no one will be there able to assist you. We will be using Twitter and Facebook to help notify players about any weather delays but this page will always be updated first. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.

This webpage is the Official Tournament webpage and will be updated first in the event of weather (or any) tournament delay. We will also update our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DallasTennisAssoc/ as well as our Twitter @dtatournaments

The tournament phone will be activated on Friday, December 2nd, no earlier than 3 PM. The number is 972-360-8605. Text is preferred and will be replied to much quicker than a voice mail. Email is available anytime at tournaments@dta.org

Please recheck your draws Friday evening as well as Saturday morning for any draw changes due to withdraws.

6200 East Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75223
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6998 Beltline Rd., Dallas, TX 75254
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7501 Merriman Pkwy, Dallas, TX
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800 W. Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX 75080 is school address.
Best way to the tennis courts is to continue on Campbell, past the main entrance, to Waterview Pkwy (Traffic Light).
Turn Right on Waterview Pkwy and go 0.1 miles to Loop Rd/Tatum St (NO Traffic Light, sign, easy to miss)
Turn Right on Loop Rd and go 0.2 miles to Parking Lot (Loop Rd ends where the parking lot begins) Park on the Left (North) side of the parking lot.
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The East Sports Complex entrance is off Plano Parkway at 800 Woodburn Corners, Plano, TX 75075.

The school address is 900 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075.
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2800 Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, TX 75074 is main address for the college.
To get to the tennis courts:
Take Spring Creek Pkwy to Jupiter (Traffic Light)
Turn Right on Jupiter and go 0.2 miles to Wm. Crawford Cir (easy to miss, it is the first drive after the rec center baseball field)
Turn Left on Wm. Crawford Cir and go to tennis courts/parking lot on the Right
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For the December 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 College Station 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, November 23rd. 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.

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). If players have not both indicated each other as their partner, they will both be paired up as individuals based on their UTRs. 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.

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.

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.

All Out of Section applications must be turned into the USTA Texas office two weeks before the entry deadline. Click the link for the application. more info

Marriott hotel(s) offering special group rate:
· Courtyard Dallas Addison/Midway for 89.00 USD per night
· Use the link above for the Dallas Tennis Association group rate
Last day to book: 11/21/2016
Also you can call the hotel at (972) 490-7390 and mention group 'Dallas Tennis Association' or group code of 'DTA'

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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."

Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.

USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament

Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.