Capsher Texas Grand Slam (SCMZ 12_18)

Title Sponsor
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www.TennisExpress.com
713-435-4800
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Diadem String will have a booth at A&M giving out string June 10-12
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Please check the notes for each site for weather delays. You can also follow us on twitter for weather updates @TXGrandSlam. Please keep in mind that we may have access to a limited number of indoor courts in College Station. In the event of rain, please continue checking this message or twitter to see if any matches are being moved into the indoor facility.

Click on the following link for a map that shows all of our tournament sites. Keep in mind that George Mitchell Tennis Center includes A&MIT and A&M V
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Intersection of Tom Chandler Rd and Penberthy Rd., College Station, TX - There is no physical address but you can click on "more info" for a link. 832-217-4835
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Intersection of Tom Chandler Rd and Penberthy Rd., College Station, TX - There is no physical address but you can click on "more info" for a link.
979-574-0311
281-435-3897
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1801 Harvey Mitchell Parkway S., College Station, TX 77840
713-614-7682
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3450 Campus Drive, Bryan, TX 77802
979-229-9049
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4002 Victoria Ave.-College Station
254-722-0391
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One Miramont Blvd-Bryan
Please do not park or hit tennis balls in the parking garage
979-229-5289
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1929 Country Club Dr, Bryan TX
Formerly Briarcrest Country Club
979-255-0681
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Rudder High School
3251 Austin Colony-Bryan
Site Director: Bobby Kleinecke
979-777-0621
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1048 N.Earl Rudder Freeway-Bryan
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1106 N. Harvey Mitchell Parkway-Bryan
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College Station Middle School-CSMS-4 courts 900 Rock Prairie Rd Cs, Tx. 77845
A&M Consolidated Middle School-AMCMS-4 courts105 Holik Dr.CS, Tx. 77840

All players are invited to the Banquet on Sunday evening June 12th which will be held at 7:00pm at:
Memorial Student Center – Bethancourt Ballroom
Texas A&M University Campus
College Station, TX 77843

Players will receive tickets to the banquet in their player packet. Parents and coaches will be able to buy a ticket at the door for $10. More info on the banquet including map will be included in the player packet.


Park in the parking lot across the street from the venue.



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Josh Ponwall 979-220-1851 is available to string racquets all week at the A&M Varsity Courts in the Player Lounge.
Stringing also available at Cons, PEC, CSHS

For the 14th year in a row, we have invited the professional tennis photographers
from YourGameFace to provide Action Posters and Digital Photos for the Grand Slam.
They will be based at the main site, but shooting matches at other sites by appointment.
Please SIGN UP early to have your match photographed. CALL 214-543-5437
Click more info to go to the website for samples
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Hyatt Place
$134.00 Group Code- G-CTGS
888-591-1234

Best Western Premier
$120.00 Group Code- GS16
979-731-5300

Best Western Plus
$124.00 Group Code- GRSL
979-704-6444

Hawthorn Suites
$119.00 Group Code- CGCGTS
979-695-9500

Baymont Inn & Suites
$119.00 Group Code- Grand Slam
979-680-3000

Home2 Suites by Hilton
$124.00 Group Code- TX Grand Slam
979-703-8288

Aloft
$119 Group Code - Tx Grand Slam
979-704-6400

Hampton Inn
$124 Group Code - TGS
979-846-0184

Quality Inn
$129 Group Code - Capsher TX GS
979-703-8979

Seeding was done primarily based on the standing list. A small number of modifications were be made in seeding by the seeding committee based on "all factors".

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 registration, 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. If you have signed up with a partner and want to change doubles partners, you can only do this by withdrawing from the tournament using the “Edit Registration” box and then signing up again. You will not be charged twice if you withdraw before the entry deadline closes.
If both players do not register with each other online, then they will become an individually registered doubles player and be paired with another individually registered doubles player based on the order of the current Standings list. All players registered individually without a partner will be paired with another individually registered doubles player based on the order of the current Standings List, if a partner is available.

If you choose to register for doubles individually then the tournament director will share your email address with your assigned doubles partner. This allows for open communication between partners for warm-up, withdrawals, etc.

Click on the following link for an article on how to indicate your doubles partner...
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NEW USTA REGULATION IV.D. (Point Penalty System)
IV.D.15. Timing of imposition of penalties. An official who is on the court shall impose penalties before the start of the next point. An official who is not on the court has a reasonable amount of time to reach the court and impose the penalty even if intervening points have been played. Any intervening points stand as played.
Pg. 122

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."

WITHDRAWALS - Please click on edit registration on the right side of this homepage and follow the directions to withdraw before the deadline. Please email cmurray@texas.usta.com if you have questions. 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.

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.

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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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No late entries will be accepted for the Summer Grand Slam as per USTA TX Section Regulations.