Tournament Reports
Tournament Fees
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SUNDAY 12:00: TOURNAMENT CANCELLED
Entrants
will receive an email with entry fee refund details. If you do not receive this email by Tuesday,
February 11, please contact Phil Cello, Tournament Director at cellotennis@comcast.net The next Solano Open, Challenger and 12U Green Ball tournament is February 22-23. Entries close Saturday February 15.
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SUNDAY 10:00 AM UPDATE – NEXT UPDATE AT 12:00 PM
It continues
to rain in Fairfield. A decision to remain
on hold or cancel the event will be posted at 12:00 PM. Until then, start times have been pushed back
until 3:00 PM
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SUNDAY8:00 AM UPDATE -- NEXT UPDATE AT 10:00 AM
It is currently raining in Fairfield.
Rain is forecast to continue on and off through
the day. Should the conditions change we
will start this afternoon at 1:00 PM, using Saturday’s schedules and sites,
then play as far into the tournament as we can. Our next update will be Sunday
morning at 10:00 AM. Note: USTA
regulations do not allow a tournament to cancel play until 12:00 PM on the day
of the event. We understand that based
on the forecast, it is unlikely that we will be able to play today. We apologize for any inconvenience that this rule may cause for you in making plans for the
day.
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DRAWS ARE POSTED!
The Challenger and Open are sharing two sites -- Solano College (Col) and Alan Witt Park (Witt). The 12 and Under Green Ball will be at the Green Valley Country Club (GV).
Solano College (Col) 4000 Suisun Valley Road Fairfield, CA 94534
Alan Witt Park (Witt) 1741 West Texas Street Fairfield, CA 94533
Green Valley Country Club (GV) 35 Country Club Drive Fairfield, CA 94534
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IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT ENTRY INFORMATION
1) Players can enter only one of the three tournaments -- either the Open, the Challenger, or the Green Ball -- not any combination. 2) Players entering Singles and Doubles in the Challenger Tournament must be in the same age group -- for example, a player can enter 12 Singles and 12 Doubles, but not 12 Singles and 14 Doubles. 3) Tournament reserves the right to limit draws to 16 singles players and 8 doubles teams if we receive more entries that we can accommodate.
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IMPORTANT CHALLENGER MATCH FORMAT INFORMATION
Due to a new rule for Challengers in 2014, when both singles
and doubles are offered, the match format is an 8 game pro set for both singles
and doubles, with regular scoring. If no
doubles is offered, the match format is two sets and a 10-Point Match Tiebreaker
in lieu of the 3rd set. Since
we are offering doubles, we must abide by the new rule and will be playing all
Challenger singles matches using the 8 game pro set format. The tournament is sorry for any confusion as we had intended to play two sets with a breaker but will not be able to at this time based on the new rules.
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TOURNAMENT LOCATION AND PARKING
Solano
Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534. Players should park in the student parking
lots #4 and #6. You do not need to buy a
parking pass on the weekends. See the
link to view a campus site and parking map.
more info
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TOURNAMENT FORMATS
OPEN Singles --------------- 2 sets with a match tiebreak.
CHALLENGER Singles --- 8 game proset. CHALLENGER Doubles -- 8 game proset.
GREEN BALL Singles ----- One Set, Regular scoring. GREEN BALL Doubles ---- One 10-point-match tiebreak.
All Green Ball entrants will be entered in both Singles and Doubles.
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PRACTICE COURTS
The closest public courts that may be available for practice are: Rodriguez High School (6 courts) 5000 Red Top Road, 3.89 miles Allen Witt Park (8 courts) 1741 West Texas Street, 5.15 miles Note: Due to the number of entrants Allen Witt Park is now being used as an alternate site and is not available for practice. Armijo High School, 824 Washington St, Fairfield, CA 94533, is available for practice.
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TOURNAMENT DESK CHECK IN
Please
check in at the tournament desk at least 15 minutes prior to your scheduled match time. If you are
late, regardless if a court is available, you will be penalized one game for each 5 minuets you are late up to 3 games or fifteen minuets, after which you will be defaulted. Exceptions are at the discretion of the referee and/or tournament director.
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COURT-SIDE SEATING
We suggest that you bring a portable chair/s as there is no permanent seating around the outside perimeter of the courts.
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The Solano Open and Challenger tournaments are run at the Solano
Community College, 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, CA 94534.
The tournament proceeds go to the Solano Tennis and Education
Foundation (STEF). STEF's current initiatives are the establishment
of a free after school tennis development and educational mentoring
program at Solano CC for Solano County juniors and the formation
and funding of a men's and women's tennis team at Solano CC.
Donations to STEF can be made through the Solano Educational
Foundation by contacting Curt Johnston ED, 707-864-7141.
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 Saturday, February 1, 2014 11:59:00 PM Pacific Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 500000514 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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