2019 Southwest Junior Closed L3

The use of Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) will be used for the seeding of players in the draws as well as selection for top and silver draws for this tournament. We use the rating for singles and any players for seeds that have same rating to the hundredth decimal, we will look at weekly avg singles. Doubles seeds uses doubles rating. Any players with projected singles ratings are not included in seeding.

Universal Tennis Ratings provide tennis players worldwide a common scale to determine their level of play. The 16-level scale (from beginners to elite world-class professionals), precisely and reliably determines individual players' ratings based on actual match results without regard for age, gender or where the matches are played. The Universal Tennis website allows visitors to view more than three million tennis results.
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There will be a player party and parent forum on Saturday, June 8th at Tucson Racquet Club from 6-9pm.
POP tennis, Touch tennis, a raffle with great prizes, and dinner free of charge for players and $10 for family members. The parent forum will provide great tennis parent education and an opportunity to ask any questions you might have.

The open draw will be held on Friday, May 31st, 10:00 am, at the USTA Southwest office, 7010 E. Acoma Drive, Suite 201, Scottsdale. Draws will not be posted until scheduled over that weekend, and will be posted sometime on Monday. Parents, coaches, and players are always welcome to attend the open draw.

10 Orange Ball and Green Ball: All 10U will compete as a team with green ball players competing against green ball players and orange ball players competing against orange ball players; 10 green and 10 orange will play one short set to 4 games win by two games with a tiebreak at 3-3; no ad scoring. Doubles will also be played and the scoring format will be one set to 4 games win by two games with a tiebreak at 3-3; no ad scoring.

12s: Yellow ball: events will use a match tie-break in lieu of the third set for all matches.

14s - 18s: Yellow Ball: events will use best of three tiebreak sets for main draw and match tie-break in lieu of the third set for all back draw matches and silver draws. Regular scoring

Doubles is an 8 game pro set with a tie break at 8-8. Regular scoring

Locations may change once the entry deadline has happened; we'll make adjustments when we make the draws if necessary, but as of now this is our plan:

BG 16-El Conquistador Tennis at Pusch Ridge-PR (El Conquistador Resort courts)
BG 18-El Conquistador Tennis at Oro Valley Community Center-OVCC (was called El Conquistador Country Club in past)
B12-14-Tucson Racquet Club-TRC
G12-14 and 10U-Reffkin Tennis Center-REFF

10s will be played at Reffkin TC and be played on Sunday from 7am-10:30am


***Sites will open 1/2 hour before play begins.

This tournament is open only to permanent residents of the USTA Southwest Section. Permanent residency is defined by the parent or legal guardian living within the section for 184 days per year. Additionally, the player must be a U.S. Citizen and hold a USTA membership card with a USTA Southwest Section designation. Birth Certificate must be on file with the USTA Southwest Section office to compete. Email your birth certificate to bdamore@southwest.usta.com or fax to 480-289-2701.

There will be 2 athletic trainers for this tournament.
One will be at El Conquistador Tennis at Pusch Ridge (site of BG16) and one will be at Reffkin Tennis Center (site of G12-14 and 10s).

El Conquistador Resort
$139/night with complimentary resort charge; must reserve by 5/24/2019 SOLD OUT June 7-10 for the room rate.


Fairfield Inn on Oracle is a few minutes away from Resort courts and includes breakfast with rates starting at $95/night

Doubletree Hotel
$84/night including American breakfast buffet; must reserve by 5/15/2019
https://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/T/TUSBTDT-SWJ-20190606/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG


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This is the final of 4 Southwest Junior tournaments that counts towards the point race to earn a guaranteed spot at USTA National Championships.

Click on link to view the leaderboard and more info about the point race.

You must play singles and doubles in the same age division for Level 3 and 4 tournaments.
If you have not indicated your doubles partner, please do so by Wednesday, May 31st, or you will be matched up.


You may send me your name and your doubles partner's name. Only email me, CONFIRMED doubles pairings (you and your partner agree to play together). Please email nfintell@southwest.usta.com with your doubles info.

If you enter online and do not put in your doubles partner's USTA# it WILL NOT match you up. Please help in making the doubles matchups a smooth process. You are only guaranteed to play doubles if you sign up with a partner (and they do not withdraw).

There will be a 3/4 playoff for all doubles draws that are not round robin format.
As of June 1st, 2016, all L3, L4, and L5 events will have a 3/4 playoff in doubles draws that are not round robin format.

Tournament directors do not have access to phone numbers and email addresses of the tournament participants UNLESS the player re-enters their contact information at time of event registration. This means that if a player does not enter their phone and email information each time they register for a tournament, the tournament director will not be able contact them for any reason, including withdrawals, defaults, byes, rain delays, etc. Your cooperation will ensure that tournaments can continue to communicate necessary information to you. Thank you.

The use of smartwatches or any electronic device that can receive electronic communication must be in off mode and in a bag unless on a break between 2nd and 3rd set.

If a player withdraws or defaults from any sanctioned tournament in the Southwest Section (L3-L6), after entries close, that player will be assessed 4 suspension points unless medical documentation of the injury or illness is provided to the Tournament Director AND Southwest Section Junior Player Development Manager within 48 hours after the completion of the tournament.
"Player shall not enter tournament player cannot finish. Player shall not enter a tournament (including mandatory consolation) knowing the player will be unable to finish." p119 Friend at Court
In theory, the Junior Competition Committee feels that it is important to adopt and strongly enforce National’s ruling on the Suspension Point System. In recent years, several players have been pulling out of tournaments, especially L3-5 events, on the final day of competition or once a player is in the back draw.

All players are required to wear appropriate tennis attire.
Cut off shorts, bare midriffs, and compression shorts alone are not allowed. Shirts and caps should not reference drugs, alcohol, tobacco, or sex.

Once a player has been overruled a second time, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the Point Penalty System: point, game, default.

Rationale: This policy is based on Friend At Court Comment IV.D-15 which states, “An official should consider cautioning a player if there have been two overrules during the same set. Once an official cautions a player that subsequent overrules will be penalized under the Point Penalty System, the official must penalize subsequent overrules.

Friday practice courts
Reffkin Tennis Center-first come first serve 4-6:30p
Free of charge
hitting sessions are available for $50/hour

Tucson Racquet Club-first come first serve with $5/player
hitting sessions can be booked by emailing gschantz@tucsonraquetclub.com

Pusch Ridge (Resort) and Oro Valley Community Center-first come first serve
Free of charge
hitting sessions are available-call 520.544.1780

Other warm-up courts-Canyon Del Oro High School and Ironwood High School

BG 12-18 will use Pro Penn Marathon Ball
BG 10 Green will use Wilson Green Tournament Ball
BG 10 Orange will use Penn Orange Ball

To be consistent with the USTA National policy, there will not be refunds issued once entries close for withdrawal from the tournament.