HTA NJTL September Challenger 2-Day (12s-18s)

HFTC - All matches should report back to HFTC at 1:30. Courts are drying; no rain at this site at this time. Please watch for future notifications.

Lee LeClear Tennis Center courts were rolled dried but it has started to rain again. All matches on court, 9:00 & 9:15 matches are requested to check back to Lee LeClear at 2:30pm. Scheduled consolation matches at 11:00; report at 2:30pm. Please watch this site for any future notifications. . Staff, officials and players have tried to roll-dri twice today to help to get matches on court and twice when it was time for players to return to LLTC, it started raining again.

MPTC - Sunday am. Courts were almost dried and started raining again. All matches delayed at least until 2pm

B 12 red & white draws; G 14 draw @ (LLTC) Lee LeClear Tennis Center (tournament headquarters), 9506 S. Gessner 77074
Marianne 713-202-1362

B 14 red & white draws; B 16 Blue draw @ (HFTC) Homer Ford Tennis Center 5225 Calhoun, 77021; Maryann 713-842-3460

B 16 red & white draws @ (LF) Lost Forest Tennis Club, 5775 Lost Forest Dr. 77092; 713-683-6815

B 18 draw; G 12 red & white draws @ (MPTC) Memorial Park Tennis Center, 1500 Memorial Loop, 77007; Brian 713-301-8007

G 16 red & white draws @ (RPHS) Ridge Point High School, 500 Waters Lake Blvd., Missouri City, 77459; Tim 713-252-7761

G18 draw @ (MCRC) Missouri City Recreation and Tennis Center, 2701 Cypress Point, Missouri City, 77459; Gloria 832-647-4114

USTA TX medical waiver and media release form is a USTA TX requirement to play in any Challenger, Championship Major Zone (CMZ), or Super Championship Major Zone (SCMZ). more info

The 10s Divisions for this Challenger can be found using the "more info" link. The Tournament ID number for the 10s homepage 800039318 more info

Check out the new Challenger Information page on our Youth Tennis Texas website using the following link! Every Challenger tournament is listed with dates, locations, rules, formats, points, and directions on how to find ranking information! more info

Youth Tennis Texas Website:
For more information on Challenger, CMZ, or SCMZ schedules, and "Junior Know The Rules," please visit www.youthtennistexas.com

10 & Under – USTA Texas regulations mandate that all junior sanctioned tournaments offer 10 & Under Orange Ball Division (orange ball, 60 foot court and 25 inch racquet) and 10 & Under Green Ball Division (green ball, 78 foot court and 27 inch racquet). For the full 10 & under regulation, please visit our website www.texas.usta.com, click on 10 & Under Tennis.

First-off Consolation – All Challengers and CMZs use the First Off Consolation Format. This format will show as Single Elimination on the tournament homepage, but all players are guaranteed two matches. This format eliminates “maybe matches” and almost every player in consolation will play their first consolation match on Saturday. How does it work? Players that lose in the main draw will be fed into the consolation draw in the order that they come off the court (i.e. the first player to come off the court will go on line one, the sixth player to come off the court will go on line six). This new format ensures more players playing on Saturday and an overall better tournament.

Excessive Overrule Guideline: The USTA Texas Officials Committee along with the Competitive Department has established a guideline in reference to excessive overrules as clarified in the Friend at Court. This guideline states "Once a player has been overruled for a second time in a match, they will be cautioned that after another overrule, they will be penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct under the point penalty system."

Inappropriate umpire/spectator communication, whether it be about a ruling or any other facet of a tennis event is prohibited while a match is in progress. Being a parent, coach, etc. does not endow special privileges. With the only exception of the right to remove their own child from competition at any time, a parent or coach is merely a spectator.

USTA Texas "No Late Entries" Policy for Juniors Due to a new USTA Texas internal procedure, junior division players will NOT be able to register for a tournament after the online published deadline. We are aware that currently parents reach out via email or phone to the USTA Texas staff and/or tournament director requesting to be manually added to the tournament after online registration has closed. If a player misses the registration deadline, then he/she will not be permitted to participate in that tournament

Registration Confirmation: As a parent or player it is your responsibility to assure registration in the event. Regardless if you register on the website or mobile app after completing the registration you should visit the USTA web driven site and confirm your registration by finding the player in the applicants list. If you select to skip this process please be aware that should any malfunctions of the system occur, players will not be granted late entrance in the event due to a system error.