Unsanctioned TournamentThis tournament is not sanctioned and will not count for ranking by the governing organization.
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PLEASE CHECK DRAWS TONIGHT (FRIDAY) FOR ANY CHANGES, BOTH IN
TIME AND LOCATION! THERE ARE TWO (2) SITES, CINCO RANCH HIGH SCHOOL
& TOMPKINS HIGH SCHOOL. Generally speaking but with a few
exceptions (primarily doubles), on Saturday juniors will be playing
at Tompkins & adults at Cinco Ranch. We plan to complete ALL
junior draws on Saturday. All Sunday matches wil be played at Cinco
Ranch High School.
DRAWS ARE POSTED! Please check all draws to
find the event(s) in which you've been entered, as some divisions
have been combined and some players moved due to qualification or
other reasons. Some adults will begin play Thursday evening, while
juniors will begin on Friday morning (at OTHS). The tournament will
be using two sites, listed below with abbreviations as seen on the
draws.
CRHS (Cinco Ranch High School) - 23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd,
Katy, TX 77494
OTHS (Obra D. Tompkins High School) - 4400 Falcon Landing
Blvd, Katy, TX 77494
Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to your match time. If for
some reason you can't make it to your match, please call the
tournament director so he can inform your opponent(s).
SCORING FORMATS:
ADULTS: Best 2-of-3 sets (first to 6 games, regular tiebreak
at 6-all); Regular (ad) scoring; Super-tiebreak (first to 10 pts,
win by 2) in place of 3rd set.
JUNIORS (12-18s): Best 2-of-3 sets (first to 6 games,
regular tiebreak at 6-all); NO-AD scoring; Super-tiebreak (first to
10 pts, win by 2) in place of 3rd set.
(Co-ed 10s): Best 2-of-3 SHORT sets (first to 4 games, win
by 1; e.g., 4-3, 4-2, etc); NO-AD scoring; regular tiebreak (first
to 7 pts, win by 2) in place of 3rd set.
Welcome to the 2019 Katy Open--what might be the largest
non-sanctioned, annual tennis tournament in Texas! We had nearly
200 entrants in 2018. PLEASE NOTE: The 2018 results from
this tournament were USED BY UTR (Universal Tennis Rating),
so for those of you who want to get a rating or just increase your
rating, please join us!
A player may enter a Maximum of 2 events. Singles, Doubles and a
specialty event like mixed doubles. All events will have
consolation.
QUALIFIED JUNIORS:
Champ Level MUST play up one age division.
Super champs MUST play up 2 divisions.
Examples: 12s girls Champ-qualifed must play in 14s or higher. 14s
boys Super Champ-qualified must play in 18s or Men's Open.
If you sign up for the wrong age division based on your
qualification, the tournament director will move you to the correct
age division.
OUT-OF-SECTION JUNIORS:
We welcome any junior player to enter our tournament. However, the
tournament director may, at his discretion, move an out-of-section
junior to a higher age divsion to ensure competitive matches across
all draws. The criteria for this decision may include, but isn't
limited to, the player's UTR rating, their recent match results, or
their "Level" from another state.
10&Under Players/Parents: You MAY choose to "play up" in
the 12s with "yellow ball" if you don't want to play with "green
ball". This is a great advantage of an Unsanctioned
tournament!
No refunds after July 21
Player Selection TypeNo Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.
Entry TypeEntry to this tournament is open to USTA Members, USTA Members who have an expired membership and Non-USTA Members. Entries must be submitted by Monday, July 22, 2019 11:59:00 PM Central Time.
Quick ReferenceIn the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 800057819 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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