L4 Team Event: Southwest Color Burst

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128 players max
32 players-B18/16 and 32 players G18/16
32 players B14/12 and 32 players G14/12
Players will be waterfalled onto teams by UTR
*Section L4 team Points Only-Not National L4 Points

4 Boys and 4 girls per team (8 players)=8 teams per 18/16 and 14/12
2 flights in each age grouping so 4 teams per flight with every team playing each other in their flight (round-robin) then winners of each flight will play a playoff match against each other


Each team will be assigned a color that they wear through the duration of the event. ex: Team Navy will wear either navy top or bottom.

Team Spirit and Sportsmanship will be the goal of this event; we want everyone to have a really great time. Players will rate the opposing team after the team match on team spirit and sportsmanship.

Each team is guaranteed 4 team matches so each player will play 4 singles and 4 doubles matches over 2 days

Doubles scoring will be 1 set to 6, tiebreak at 6-6, and no-ad scoring
Singles scoring will be 2 out of 3 sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of 3rd set and no-ad scoring

Awards-Daily Team Spirit, team sportsmanship, individual sportsmanship/team and the winners and finalists of each flight

Points/win/line: line 1: 60, line 2: 50, line 3: 40, line 4: 30 (mixed doubles points will be awarded manually to a player’s doubles results)






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The use of Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) will be used for the selection and waterfalling of players onto teams. 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. 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.

Since this is a team event and the schedule is posted and players will be ordered by their rating (UTR), there will not be an open draw held. Teams will be posted and sent out by Tuesday, March 3rd.

16/18 will be played at Scottsdale Ranch Park


12/14 will be played at Mesa Tennis Center

Troy Brathwaite is a sports photographer who will be on-site through the duration of the event photographing players. Feel free to reach out to Troy if you would like any photos of your player.
c: 732.570.4545
e: tsbrathwaite@gmail.com

There will be an athletic trainer on-site at Scottsdale Ranch Park for the duration of the tournament.

Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix Tempe, University Research Park
$179/night rate March 6th-March 8th breakfast included
book by February 19th, 2020 more info

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.

Pro Penn Marathon balls used for all matches

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