USTA Midwest Level 1 Championships

Events - Alternates by Event (UPDATED 1/10 @ 3PM)
Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info (UPDATED 1/10 @ 3PM)

Sunday: NO STRINGER TOMORROW, Monday Jan 12. Please make sure your rackets are in order for play tomorrow.

8AM Matches- Please be prepared to go on court by 7:50. Players MUST check themselves in and be ready to go. I look forward to a great first day!

Friday @ 3PM:
Draws are now posted. Please double check your match time as I've had to make some last minute changes regarding seeds with withdrawals. If you have any questions, please email me and I will respond asap.

Thursday @ 1:30PM:
Please make sure you check this page regularly as I am still receiving withdrawals and your match time may have changed.

For those regarding practice courts, there will several courts available for warm up at 7AM. Once matches have begun at 8AM, there will only be one court used for warm up. We will reserve space for 4 PLAYERS per half hour, NO COACHES OR PARENTS as practice court availability is limited. To reserve a spot, please call the organization number listed above.

Wednesday @ 3PM:
UPDATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BELOW REGARDING PRACTICE COURTS AND ON-SITE STRINGING. FIRST MATCH TIMES TO BE POSTED BY TONIGHT!

The USTA will be launching a new, simplified nationwide junior tournament competitive structure in January, 2021. These changes will create a standardized system that will drive greater consistency for our players, parents, coaches, tournament directors and officials. These changes will help better address the needs of all our constituents with the goals of driving growth in USTA Junior Tournaments. Please click on the link to learn everything you need to know about these changes.



In 2021, this event will be a Closed Level 3. more info

This tournament will use a combination of USTA/Midwest Points Per Round and Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) for player selection and seeding. Players will be selected for the tournament in the following order:
1 - 44 Players based on the most recent USTA/Midwest Standings List in the age division of the tournament
2 - 20 Players based on UTR
Players will be seeded for the tournament in the following order:
1 - All seeds done by UTR
If you have questions regarding player selection and/or seeding, please contact the USTA/Midwest Section office at jrtourney@midwest.usta.com

For more information about UTR please click the following link:
more info

This tournament carries with it Level 1 USTA/Midwest points per round and Level 4 USTA National points per round. For more information on USTA/Midwest points per round, please visit the following link: more info

Feed-in consolation draw (through the Round of 16). Quarter-final losers will be fed into a separate consolation draw to playoff for 5th and 6th place. Semi-final losers will playoff for 3rd and 4th place. Main draw and 3/4 Playoff is best of three tie-break sets. Feed-In matches are best of three tie-break sets with a 10-point tie-breaker in lieu of a 3rd set. 64 FIC-R16

SITE LOCATION:
XS Tennis and Education Foundation - 5336 S State Chicago,IL 60609

PRACTICE COURT INFO:
Practice courts will be available Friday evening, 7pm-10pm, as well as throughout the morning of each day of the tournament. Friday's courts will be $36/hour while Saturday and Sunday will be $5/half-hour per person with 4 players to a court if necessary. To reserve practice courts, please call the front desk at (773) 548-7529.

We will have an on-site stringer throughout the tournament. We have a limited selection of sting, various Wilson and Luxilon strings, so please bring your own string if possible.

Contact info:
Louis De LaPena
(312) 925-0538

SATURDAY - 2 rounds of main draw and 1 round of consolation singles. SUNDAY - 2 rounds of main draw and 3 rounds of consolation singles. MONDAY - 2 rounds of main draw and 2 rounds of consolation singles.

If you do not provide an email address and/or cell number(s) when you register for this tournament, then we will not be able to notify you about any possible changes in the tournament.

If you have questions about USTA/Midwest tournaments, please email jrtourney@midwest.usta.com. Also, please take a minute to tell us what you thought about this tournament using the following link: more info

1) If your credit card has been declined, please contact the tournament director immediately. You have until noon Monday to pay the entry fee. The tournament director has the option to withdraw you from the competitors list if you have not communicated with them. 2) No refunds after player selection.

Please see link if you have signed up for two tournaments on the same weekend. more info