Early Registration will be held Today
Players wanting to register for tournament Today, Thursday April 4th.from 2:00 pm till 5:00 pm can do so at the Lauderdale Tennis Club. we are located at 600 Tennis Club Drive, Fort Lauderdale 33311.
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Saturday Players Barbecue
At 6:30 Saturday Evening on the Tennis Club Patio, we will be hosting a players only party for you and your guest. Come and enjoy Chicken, Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Hot Dogs along with Macaroni Salad, Cole Slaw, Salad and Free draft beer while it last of Shock Top. We have a full Liquor License and the bar will be serving your favorite concoctions. Remember, the Shock Top is on us, and a cash bar will be open for your enjoyment. Guest are $15.00
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Doubles Seeding Posted
You must submit any questions regarding Doubles Seeding Only to the attention of the Tournament Referee Melissa Jackson-Dumas at mdumas@gmail.com. Please state your concern. After seeds are posted, Players have 24 hours to submit their email before draws are posted..
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Draw Posting
Draws will be posted by midnight tonight.
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Practice Courts:
A limited number of Practice courts will be available on April 3rd. and 4th. after 3:00 pm. In order to reserve a court call the Lauderdale Tennis Clubs front desk at (954) 763-8657. Practice is limited to 1 hour. Reservations are $4.00 per player. In the event there is no court availability for your desired time, Evert Tennis Center is minutes from the Lauderdale Tennis Club and may be able to accommodate your request. Call Evert's at (954) 828-5378. After the start at the Tournament, there will be no practice courts at the Tournament site but players will have warm up courts for the purpose of warming up only prior to your scheduled matches.
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Doubles Registration will be closed at 5:00 PM Wednesday April 3, 2019.
Seeds will be posted on Thursday and draws posted Friday. Please make any attempt to find a partner if you do not have one at this time of posting. And as with some, I will continue to try to make you aware of players who are also looking and act as a conduit in order to help players who desire to play find a partner.
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Question on Seeding?
You must submit any questions regarding Doubles Seeding Only to the attention of the Tournament Referee Melissa Jackson-Dumas at mdumas@gmail.com. Please state your concern. After seeds are posted, Players have 24 hours to submit their email before draws are posted..
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Please Notice The Dates For This Tournament Have Been Changed to April 5-10, 2019
Due to the Easter Weekend falling late this year, the tournament was moved to allow families and friends the time to spend with family. The Seeds will be posted March 30 and the draw thereafter.
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ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION-PLEASE READ
FORMATS: All Main Draw(MD) matches in singles and doubles will be the best 2/3 regularly scored sets. If players split sets, the players can receive a new can of balls and a 10 minute rest. All consolation(CON) matches will play 2 regular sets and a MTB, 1st to 10 by 2. MXD doubles will be the best 2/3 sets COMAN rotation will be used with all tiebreaks
FORMAT CHANGE: The tournament reserves the right to alter match formats due to inclement weather, in order to complete the tournament on schedule.
LIGHTS: Some matches will have to play in the evening under the lights
ALCOHOL: NO alcoholic beverages of any type will be allowed on any courts during match play.
TOWEL PLACEMENT: Towels are to be placed outside of the playing area. They can be placed in the fence or on the ground but must be past the visual area of the singles lines in singles or the doubles lines in doubles.
CONSOLATION MATCHES: PLEASE let the tournament desk know if you will or will not be playing in the consolation round. It helps tremendously in scheduling the tournament!!
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USTA Category I Championship (ITF Grade A)
This tournament will receive USTA Category I and ITF
Grade A ranking points per round won (Please
note, the ITF only ranks Men’s & Women’s 35-85 and over singles, doubles,
and mixed. If you are playing in any
other division, you will not earn ITF ranking points). In order to receive USTA ranking points for
this tournament, a player must be a current USTA member. In order to receive ITF ranking points, a
player must have a valid ITF IPIN BEFORE the start of the tournament. To find
out more information about USTA & ITF IPIN, rankings, and ranking points,
please click here for
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Tell Us What You Think
Please take a few minutes to
tell USTA about your experience with this tournament by completing a short
survey at the following link:
https://form.jotform.com/80705539596165
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FOREIGN PLAYERS
Non U.S. citizens may enter this tournament without
the purchase of a USTA membership. You may do so, as long as you are in good
standing with your home federation and have a current ITF IPIN. You must also
create a free USTA account. Once you
have done so, you may email the tournament director with your new USTA account
number, remit payment, and be entered into the tournament. To create your free
USTA account, please click here for
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Players are selected manually by the tournament director after the close of registration.
Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, March 28, 2019 11:59:00 PM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
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