USTA Boys 14 National Indoor Championships

This is a 64 draw for singles and a modified feed-in consolation and a 32 draw for doubles that is single elimination. Wilson U.S. Open Heavy Duty balls will be used throughout the tournament.

The Main Draw matches & 3/4 Playoffs for singles will be the best of three tiebreak sets. The Consolation will play 2 tiebreak sets and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. The Singles have a Modified Feed-In Consolation to play for the 5th & 6th places. A Bronze draw will be created to determine the 5th & 6th place winners.

Doubles matches will be one 8-game pro-set with no-ad scoring, a set tiebreak at 8 games all. Doubles is a single elimination format.

If you need help obtaining a Doubles partner, please contact the Tournament Director. The TD will contact the people you wish to play with providing the parents agree to release their information. Please make sure your contact information on the USTA website is correct as that is the only way to contact you.

There is a mandatory meeting on Thursday, November 28 at 7:00 PM. It will be held in the Theatre at Midtown Athletic Club. The deadline for deciding on your doubles partner will be at this time. The draw for doubles will be made after this meeting.

Start times on Friday will be 8:00 AM and every other day matches will start at 9:00 AM.. Doubles will be played first, followed by singles.

Friday there will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of Singles and 1 Consolation round of Singles.
Saturday there will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of singles and 2 Consolation rounds of Singles.
Sunday and Monday - TBD.

Certified USTA officials will be used throughout the tournament. Until the Quarterfinals, officials will be roving, generally one official per four courts. From the Quarterfinals through the Finals, officials will chair both singles and doubles. There will also be ball kids and lines officials for both Finals.

Practice courts will be available at McFetridge Sports Center, 3843 N. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618. This is about a 10 minute drive from Midtown Athletic Club. Practice courts will be available at no cost starting on Friday and run throughout the tournament. Please sign up at the Front Desk at Midtown.


Practice Courts at Midtown
Starting on Friday, 8 courts are available from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM, prior to when matches begin. There is no charge for these courts and are on a first come, first serve basis. Go to the Tennis Lounge to sign up. These are for hour hour sessions, but if no one is signed up after your half hour, you may stay on the court. You may also have to share the court, with a maximum of four people per court. On Saturday-Monday, 8 practice courts are available from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM, prior to when matches start. The same procedure for signing up will be used as described above.

At registration, please indicate the size of the player. The gift players will receive this year (not t-shirts) runs small, so consider that in your size selection.

Hotels
The Hotel at Midtown
2444 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647

This hotel is part of Midtown Athletic Club and is in the same building as the tennis courts. The discounted room rate is $225 per night with a 3 night minimum. Please register using the link below or you can call the hotel at 773-687-7600.

https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1542&skipfirstpage=true&page=20390

PARKING: If you are staying at the Hotel at Midtown, parking in the garage is included in your costs. If you are not staying at the Hotel at Midtown, complimentary parking is across the street. If you park in the garage, parking fees will be assessed.

Athletico is the OFFICIAL Provider of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training for the 2018 USTA Boys' 14 National Indoor Championships.

Concurrent Entry Into Eddie Herr ITF and National Indoor Championships
_The Eddie Herr ITF and the National Indoor Championships have overlapping dates, which makes them concurrent events. Players are permitted to register for both events (permission from both Tournament Directors is not required), but players may NOT participate in both events.
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Players who registered for and are selected for both tournaments (qualifying or main draw) must notify the Tournament Committees of which tournament they would like to participate in by November 15th. Players who withdraw from one event to participate in the other after the date of November 15th , or who apply for and receive wildcards for one of the events and then subsequently withdraw from the other will be assessed suspension points for withdrawing to play in another tournament. Players may not participate in both events.

LINKS
https://www.usta.com/en/home/organize/program-resources/national/resources---tools.html - There is all kinds of information here about the tournament.

USTA National Junior Tournament Regulations
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/2018%20USTA%20Junior%20Tournament%20Regulations.pdf

Entry and Selection Process - Level 1 National Championshipshttps://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Selection%20Process%20for%20Level%201%20National%20Championships.pdf

Withdrawal and Entry Refund Policy
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Junior%20Competition_Withdrawals%20and%20Entry%20Fee%20Refunds.pdf

Seeding Criteria
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Junior%20Competition_Seeding%20Criteria.pdf

Wild Card Information
http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/PlayerDevelopmentWildCards/ link


Wild cards will be decided on Friday, November 8th before noon.

Below is a link to a Waiver and Release form that parents need to sign and either email to marilyn.goldman@midtown.com or bring with you to the tournament. Players will not be able to play unless this form is signed. You will need to copy and paste the link.

_https://s3.amazonaws.com/ustaassets/assets/1/15/usta_release_and_waiver._juniors._2015.pdf

Players are selected from a variety of National Lists and generally require Section endorsement.

Entry to this tournament is restricted. To see how entrants will be selected, follow the “Selection Process” link to the left. It is the player’s responsibility to check the selection list(s) after registering online to be sure that a check mark appears beside the player’s name on the list, in order to insure proper registration. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:59:00 AM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.

In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 850015819 from the searchable schedule homepage.

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