Cor & co. USTA Father-Daughter & Mother-Son National Hard Court Championships

This tournament will receive USTA Category I ranking points per round won. This tournament DOES NOT earn any ITF ranking points. In order to receive USTA ranking points for this tournament, a player must be a current USTA member. To find out more information about USTA & ITF rankings and ranking points, please click here for
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On Saturday morning the tournament will hold the last round of round robin matches in the various events. Shortly after the completion of those round robin matches a determination will be made of which teams will be progressing to the playoff and consolation playoff rounds using the criteria listed under "DETERMINING WINNING TEAMS THAT GO TO THE PLAYOFF ROUNDS." Please read the information below carefully so you know the projected start times for the various event playoffs and consolations.


Father-Daughter Doubles - The winners of the four round robin flights will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday starting at noon (12:00 p.m.) and the finals will be played on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday starting at noon (12:00 p.m.), and the consolation finals will be played on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. Those teams not making it into the playoff round or the consolation playoff round will be given the opportunity to play in a voluntary consolation that will start at noon (12:00 p.m.) on Saturday. We will let those eligible for the voluntary consolation round know of this option for them by 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.


Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The winners of the five round robin flights plus three Lucky Losers will advance to a quarterfinal single elimination playoff. The quarterfinals will be played Saturday afternoon starting at 2:30 p.m. The semifinals will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m., and the finals will be played Sunday at 1:00 p.m. The next eight teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff quarterfinals will go to the consolation quarterfinals. The consolation quarterfinals will be played Saturday afternoon starting at 2:30 p.m. The consolation semifinals will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m., and finals will be played Sunday at 1:00 p.m.


Super Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The winners of the three round robin flights plus one Lucky Loser will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. The finals will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., and the finals will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m.


Ultra (80+) Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The winners of the three round robin flights plus one Lucky Loser will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p.m., and the finals will be played on Sunday at 9:30 a.m. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., and the consolation finals will be played Sunday at 9:30 a.m.


Mother-Son Doubles - The winners of the three round robin flights plus one Lucky Losers will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday at 11:00 a.m., and the finals will be played on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday at 11:00 a.m., and the finals will be played on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.


Senior Mother-Son Doubles - The winners of the two round robin flights will advance to a single elimination playoff final. The finals will be played Sunday at 9:00 a.m.. The next two teams with the highest scores in the round robin flights will play for third and fourth place. Those teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff will go to a consolation round robin. The consolation round robin will be played Saturday at 11:00 a.m., and on Sunday at 9:00 a.m.


Super Senior Mother-Son Doubles - There are five teams in the round robin. Gold, silver and bronze balls will be awarded based on head-to-head win-loss record in matches. Ties will be resolved using criteria from USTA Friend at Court. There will be no playoff or consolation rounds. The final matches on Sunday will be at 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Keep In Touch With What's Happening at the USTA Father-Daughter & Mother-Son National Hard Court Championships Each Day. A media release will be sent out at the end of each day during the tournament via email. It will include a wrap-up of the day's action, along with scores and photos. To subscribe for the media release, go to: bit.ly/USTA_National more info

SATURDAY'S MATCH SCHEDULE WILL BE DETERMINED ONCE ALL TEAMS HAVE PLAY IN YOUR DIVISION SATURDAY MORNING. YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT PLAYOFFS AND CONSOLATION MATCHES WILL NOT START BEFORE 2.5 HOURS AFTER THE LAST MATCH SCHEDULED TIME IN YOUR DIVISION. I.E. IF THE LAST MATCH IS AT 9;30AM THE NEXT ROUND MATCHES SHOULD NOT START BEFORE 12:00 PM. TIMES WILL BE POSTED THE SOONEST AFTER THE LAST MATCH IS FINISHED.

In each event we will be playing a round robin format, but as there are different numbers of teams in each event, the playoff rounds will be different for the events. Following is an explanation of play for each event:
Father-Daughter Doubles - The The Father-Daughter round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are four round robin flights in this event. All of the flights have 4 teams. The winners of the four flights will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday.
Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The Senior Father-Daughter round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are five round robin flights in this event. Three of the flights have 3 teams, and two of the flights have 4 teams. The winners of the five flights plus three Lucky Losers will advance to a quarterfinal single elimination playoff. The quarterfinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the semifinals and finals will be played on Sunday. The next eight teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff quarterfinals will go to the consolation quarterfinals. The consolation quarterfinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the semifinals and finals will be played on Sunday.
Super Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The Senior Father-Daughter round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are three round robin flights in this event. Two of the flights have 3 teams, and one of the flights has 4 teams. The winners of the three flights plus one Lucky Losers will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday.
Ultra (80+) Senior Father-Daughter Doubles - The Ultra (80+) Senior Father-Daughter round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are three round robin flights in this event. All three flights have 3 teams. The winners of the three flights plus one Lucky Losers will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday.
Mother-Son Doubles - The Mother-Son round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are three round robin flights in this event. All three flights have 3 teams. The winners of the three flights plus one Lucky Losers will advance to a semifinal single elimination playoff. The semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday. The next four teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff semifinals will go to the consolation semifinals. The consolation semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, and the finals will be played on Sunday.
Senior Mother-Son Doubles - The Senior Mother-Son round robin will be held all day Friday and Saturday morning. There are two round robin flights in this event. One flight has 3 teams, and the other flight has 4 teams. The winners of the two flights will advance to a single elimination playoff final. The finals will be played on Sunday. The next two teams will play for third and fourth place. Those teams in the flights who do not qualify for the playoff will go to a consolation round robin. The consolation round robin will be played Saturday afternoon, and on Sunday.
Super Senior Mother-Son Doubles - The Super Senior Mother-Son round robin will be held all three days of the tournament. There are five teams in the round robin, and each team will play the other teams. Gold, silver and bronze balls will be awarded based on head-to-head win-loss record in matches. Ties will be resolved using criteria from USTA Friend at Court. There will be no playoff or consolation rounds.

The team that wins the most matches within a Flight is the winner. If two teams are tied, then the winner of their head-to-head match is the winner. If three or more teams are tied within a Flight, the Referee shall use the following steps in the order listed to break all ties. The Referee shall break as many ties as possible using a given step before using the next step. These steps are (taken from USTA Friend at Court):
1. The head-to-head win-loss record in matches involving just the tied teams;
2. The team with the highest percentage of sets won of all sets completed;
3. The head-to-head win-loss record in matches involving the teams that remain tied;
4. The team with the highest percentage of games won of all games completed;
5. The head-to-head win-loss record in matches involving the teams that remain tied;
6. The team with the highest percentage of sets won of sets completed among teams in the Flight under consideration;
7. The head-to-head win-loss record in matches involving the teams that remain tied;
8. The team with the highest percentage of games won of games completed among the teams under consideration;
9. If the Referee has applied all the steps and a tie still cannot be broken, the Referee shall use a random drawing among the remaining tied teams to determine their order of finish..
The winner of each Round Robin Flight moves out to a single elimination draw (Playoff Rounds) into the finals, semis or quarters, depending on draw size. Any bye positions are filled by teams with the best record of the losing teams determined as follows (taken from USTA Friend at Court):
1. The team with the highest percentage of sets won of all sets completed (*);
2. The team with the highest percentage of games won of all games completed (*);
3. If the Referee has applied all the steps and a tie still cannot be broken, the Referee shall use a random drawing among the remaining tied teams to determine their order of finish.
A 10-Point Match Tiebreak played in lieu of a deciding final set counts as both one set and one game for the purpose of determining the order of finish. If players inadvertently play out the third set or any portion thereof, it still counts as only one set and one game.

Seed placement in the Playoff Rounds draw should be done as follows:
1. With a draw of 9 to 16 teams, 4 teams will come through the Round Robin Flights to the Playoff Round semi’s. If there are less than 13 teams, then one team will come through as a Lucky Loser. Then in that semifinal, #1 will play #4 and #2 will play #3. If there is no number #4 seed, then the Lucky Loser team becomes the #4 seed.
2. In a draw of 17 or more, 8 teams will come out of the Round Robin Flights into a Playoff quarterfinal. In the quarter final, #1 and #4 will be in same half but separated, and #2 and #3 will be separated in the lower half. Remaining seeds, based on number of Flights, would go against the appropriate seed, 1-8, 2-7, 3-6 & 4-5. Lucky Loser teams would go in as lower seeds and put in at random against higher seeds, but in opposite halves of team they played in the. An unseeded team who won their Flight would go in where the seeded team would have been.

The age of the parent is the requirement that must be met.
- Father-Daughter Open: No age requirement for father or daughter
- Father-Daughter Senior: Father's age must satisfy 60 years by December 31, 2019 - No requirement for daughter's age.
- Father-Daughter Super Senior: Father's age must satisfy 70 years by December 31, 2019- No requirement for daughter's age.
- Father-Daughter Ultra Senior: Father's age must satisfy 80 years by December 31, 2019 - No requirement for daughter's age.
- Mother-Son Open: No age requirement for mother or son
- Mother-Son Senior: Mother's age must satisfy 60 years by December 31, 2019 - No requirement for son's age.
- Mother-Son Super Senior: Mother's age must satisfy 70 years by December 31, 2019 - No requirement for son's age.

Each Division will have round robin pool play feeding into a quarterfinal or semifinal bracketed draw. Players will be pooled in groups or 3 or 4 teams. All matches will be two sets with a match tiebreak. It is anticipated that all teams will play a minimum of three matches in the tournament. Teams should plan on playing 2 matches each of the first two days of the tournament depending on the size of the draw.

An individual may register for up to two (2) events.

A processing fee is charged by the company that administers the online registration process. The fee charged is calculated as follows:
Entry Fee ............. Processing Fee
$0 - $149.99 ......... 6.75% plus $1.25
$150 - $499.99 ..... 3.75% plus $5.75
$500 and up ......... 2.75% plus $10.75
*There is a $3.25 minimum per registration per person.

If you have questions about the tournament or events please contact Todd Sprague at 619-316-1081 or toddsprague@corand.co or email Marylynn Baker at mlb46@cox.net.

Prior to playing your first match in the tournament you must visit the Registration Desk. You must have a current USTA membership to play in this tournament. If your USTA membership has expired or you don't have one you may purchase a USTA membership online at www.usta.com/jointoday or via telephone at: 1-800-990-USTA. At the Registration Desk you will need to sign a Waiver of Liability and will be asked if you plan to attend the player dinner on Friday. You will have an opportunity to register a guest for the player dinner if you wish. At the Registration Desk you will be issued tournament souvenirs, and you will be provided information on practice courts, the facilities and the most current draws. Please feel free to ask general questions about the tournament at the Registration Desk. Please note that you must Check-in at the Tournament Desk prior to each of your tournament matches. It is recommended that you Check-in at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled time of each match. After checking in, you must remain within earshot of the tournament desk since failure to respond to the official announcement of your match could result in a default.

The draws will be posted online approximately seven days before the tournament begins. Changes in the draws and schedule will occur as circumstances dictate (injured players, partner substitutions, withdrawals, etc). We will post these changes online frequently so please be sure to check the draws at least daily to be sure that you have the latest information. While the tournament is in progress, the draws posted online are the official draws. Therefore, it is especially important to check the posted draws online to verify times, opponents, etc. after each match. When changes occur, we make every attempt to contact the affected players. However, sometimes it happens that we do not have updated contact information or simply cannot reach players for various reasons. Therefore, please be sure to check for changes on a regular basis. Partner substitutions will be allowed as long as the Tournament Director is notified before the draw is made, and the substitute partner meets all the conditions for participation in the event in which the substitution is requested.

For each set that reaches a tiebreak, the Coman Tiebreak format will be used. The Coman Tiebreaker procedures are described in the USTA's "Friend at Court" publication, and information on the Coman Tiebreaker format will be available from the Tournament Director and Tournament Referee.

The tournament hotels are the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club and the La Jolla Shores Hotel. Special room rates at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club ($180 per night plus taxes) and the La Jolla Shores Hotel ($130 per night plus taxes and $13.50 per day for parking) are available to those participating in the tournament based on availability. Call the Reservations Hotline at 800-624-2582, and mention that you are playing in the tournament to get these great rates. Rooms will go fast, so get your reservations in early. As supply of rooms is limited, please limit the number of rooms reserved to the number of players in the tournament. There are 10 rooms available per night at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club and 35 rooms available at the La Jolla Shores Hotel for the period June 6 - June 9. The La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club along the shores of the California coast stands as one of the region’s most timeless beachfront resorts, a treasured destination for more than 80 years that still feels like a San Diego secret . For more information on the hotel and its amenities visit the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club website at www.ljbtc.com.


Hotel rooms are also available at the Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel & Marina on Shelter Island in San Diego. The Island Palms Hotel is on the San Diego Bay waterfront and is 3.5 miles from the Barnes Tennis Center. The rate is $175 per night plus taxes and $10.00 per day for parking. 25 rooms are available for the period June 6 - 9. more info

A complimentary continental breakfast and lunch will be served on both Friday and Saturday.

Players are invited to attend a complementary Friday evening player dinner on the beach at the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club from approximately 6:00 pm to 9:00pm. Dress appropriately for the beach as it can get cool in the evening. We hope to see everyone there. The guest fee for the player dinner is $35 per person. Guests must be registered in advance by Friday, May 29 so we will know how many people will be attending the dinner. Sign-ups after that date for the dinner will be on an availability basis and the cost will be $42.00 per person. Contact the Tournament Director if you want to register guests for the dinner..

The San Diego International Airport is located just a 10 minute drive from the Barnes Tennis Center. Transportation between the Barnes Tennis Center and the airport is easily arranged at the airport by simply visiting the transportation stands outside Baggage Claim. For getting around the city while you are in San Diego, a car is the best way to go! Train stations are located at Solana Beach and downtown San Diego. Bus service is located a few blocks from the Barnes Tennis Center. Ride-sharing services, such as Uber and Lyft, are available at San Diego International Airport.

When possible, two complimentary practice courts will be set aside at The Barnes Tennis Center.

Racquet stringing services are available for a fee onsite.

Men's and Women's locker rooms are available onsite for all tournament players.

Free for all players, guests and public.

USTA gold, silver and bronze balls will be awarded to first, second and third place finishers respectively in all events.

The Wilson US OPEN Extra Duty ball is the official tournament ball.

The Barnes Tennis Center has 23 outdoor hard courts available onsite, and all are lighted. All matches must be completed by 7:00 p.m. each day due to club restrictions.

Massage services will be available for a fee during the tournament. Hours and fees to be provided at a later date.

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USTA National Tournament Regulations will govern play.

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