The Texas Slam (SCMZ 12_18)

Events - Withdrawn Players by Event

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There will be no penalty for withdrawing from singles or doubles prior to Wednesday, June 6th at 12 Noon for Super Champ Level or Major Zone events. After that time, if a player withdraws from singles and/or doubles, they will be penalized 2 suspension points for the withdrawal. This includes any withdrawals, walkovers, and retirements after Wednesday, June 6th at Noon until the end of the tournament. The maximum penalty is 2 points per tournament. You will not be penalized twice for singles and doubles withdrawals. If a player does reach the suspension threshold, they will be able to appeal any points at that time.

For doubles, if one player in a team withdraws, the partner will have until Wednesday, June 6th at 12 Noon to find a new partner. After Wednesday at Noon, if the remaining player is left unpaired, they will be removed from the draw. After the Noon deadline, teams will be re-seeded into draws based on the updated combined Super Champ rankings of the final teams. Any withdrawal made after Wednesday at Noon results in the entire team being withdrawn. The Wednesday 12 Noon deadline gives the TD time to adjust both singles and doubles draws prior to the Thursday 6:00 PM draw posting.

If one partner in a doubles team pulls out of the tournament after 12 Noon on Wednesday, June 6th, only that player who is withdrawing receives suspension points, not the other partner. The entire team is withdrawn. First match times will be posted on Tuesday at 6PM. Singles and Doubles Draws will be posted on Thursday at 6PM.

The USTA National Warm Up Tournament Boys 14s in Deer Park, TX is accepting Late Entries. Email:coachdunivan@aol.com with Section, Name, USTA#, Boys S&D, T-shirt size, and Phone#. An Email will be sent when accepted with instructions for sending the Entry Fee. Fee. more info

Be sure to register for Boys and Girls 12s Zonals in Omaha! Registration closes June 21st more info

Be sure to register for Boys and Girls 14s Zonals in Arlington! Registration closes June 21st more info

Be sure to register for Boys and Girls 16s Zonals in Southlake! Registration closes June 21st more info

Be sure to check out the 5th annual New Balance High School Tennis Championship! The first of its kind, this tournament is the only nation-wide competition committed to celebrating high school tennis.

This event will be held at the Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai, CA from July 21-24. Eligible players must have been members of their high school varsity team during the 2017-2018 academic year. Draws will be limited to 64 players. Registration closes on June 28, 2018 (11:59p ET). more info

The ITA Summer Circuit was created to provide juniors and collegiate players the chance to compete in the summer months. There are numerous tournaments in Texas. Follow the link for the schedule.
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Registration for the tournament will be located at Rose Park Tennis Center. It will be open from 10AM-6PM Saturday, June 9th, 9AM-8PM on Sunday, June 10th, and 9AM-6PM on Monday, June 11th.

B12s - Wylie High School (WHS), 4502 Antilley Rd., 79606
B14s - Cooper High School (CHS), 3639 Sayles Blvd., 79605
B16s - Rose Park Tennis Center (RP), 810 Portland Ave., 79605
B18s - Hardin Simmons University (HSU), 2399 Simmons Ave., 79601
G12s - Wylie Junior High (WJH), 4010 Beltway S., 79606
G14s - Abilene High School (AHS), 2800 N. 6th, 79603
G16s - Abilene Christian University (ACU), 1749 N. Judge Ely Blvd., 79601
G18s - McMurry University (MCM), 2117 Hunt St., 79605

Craig - Craig Middle School 702 S. Judge Ely Blvd., 79602
Mad - Madison Middle School 3145 Barrow St., 79605
Mann - Mann Middle School 2545 Mimosa Dr., 79603
Clack - Clack Middle School 1610 Corsicana Ave., 79605
ACC - Abilene Country Club 4039 S. Treadway, 79602
FO - Fairway Oaks Country Club 34 Fairway Oaks Blvd., 79606

JIM NED HIGH SCHOOL – 830 Garza Ave. – Tuscola, TX – 3 courts Northwest of campus – Another 2 courts South of the 3 courts about 200 yards – 22 minutes from Rose Park and only 13 minutes from Wylie High School – Best for the Wylie schools / Cooper / Madison / Clack
CLYDE HIGH SCHOOL – North Hays Rd. – Clyde, Tx. but the courts are at 219 Southwest Dr. – So stay on FM 18 and turn south on Southwest Dr. (very small street) go less than ½ mile and the courts are on the left -- 4 courts – The High School is on the north side of FM 18 and the courts are on the south side of FM 18 -- 23 minutes from Rose Park -- 16 minutes from ACU and Craig – Best for ACU / Craig (if courts are full, Eula High School is only 9 minutes away)
EULA HIGH SCHOOL – 6040 FM 603 – Clyde, TX -- Turn south off of FM 18 on to County Road 244 – 2 nice courts – Northeast side of campus -- 24 minutes from Rose Park – 15 minutes from Craig and 17 minutes from ACU -- Best for ACU / Craig (if courts are full, Clyde High School is only 9 minutes away)
HAWLEY HIGH SCHOOL – 800 1st St. – Hawley Tx. – 2 courts –
Northwest corner of campus – (these courts are not as nice but are playable) – 20 minutes from Rose Park – 13 minutes from HSU and Mann – Best for HSU and Mann
CHISOLM OPERATING – 5701 Buffalo Gap Rd. – 1 private court –
Best for Wylie schools / Cooper / Madison / Clack

ABILENE COUNTRY CLUB – 4039 S. Treadaway – 4 courts –
Best for Cooper / Madison / McMurry / Wylie schools
FAIRWAY OAKS COUNTRY CLUB – 34 Fairway Oaks Blvd. –
3 courts – Best for Wylie schools / Clack
(Only players who are members of a country club that reciprocates with the Abilene Country Club will be allowed to use the courts at ACC and Fairway Oaks CC. And you will need to go to the front office at ACC on S. Treadaway to obtain a temporary guest card before getting on a court at ACC or FWO. The charge will be $10/day per person or a 3-day pass for $25)
IMPORTANT !!!
The practice court situation might be a little difficult the first 2 days. We ask for everyone to be cooperative and understanding. Players, parents or coaches will not be allowed to “reserve” practice courts or “hold” them at any time. Courts will be first come-first serve.
And we ask is that if the practice site is full and there are less than 4 players on a court that you allow players waiting to join your court to have 3 or 4 players per court.
If weather permits, the tournament will not be using Mann or Wylie middle schools after Monday and the remainder of the middle schools after Tuesday so they will be available for practicing and warming up after those times. Then as the week goes on the high school courts will also be open for practicing and warming up.

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All age divisions will use block seeding. This means that the top 8,16 or 32 seeded players (depending on the number of entries in that particular event) will move out to the 2nd or 3rd round of the tournament. All seeded players will not necessarily be "blocked" seeded players. The remaining players will play 2-3 rounds to reach those seeded (blocked) players.

While the most current standing list will be used primarily for seeding, some modifications may be made in seeding by the seeding committee based on "all factors".

The Texas Slam will be a Feed-In Consolation (FIC) through the quarter finals with a playoff for 3rd place. For those divisions that have 3 rounds of matches to reach the blocked players, play will begin on Saturday afternoon with one round of singles. The next two rounds of singles will be played on Sunday. All singles matches on Saturday and Sunday will be best of 3 sets with a 10 point match tie break in lieu of a 3rd set.

Singles continues on Monday with all of the blocked players beginning play against those players who have earned their way in the main draw to this round. From this point on, all main draw matches will play best of 3 sets with a full third set and all consolation (FIC) matches will be best of 3 sets with a 10 point match tie break in lieu of a 3rd set. From this point on, players in the main draw will play 1 singles match per day and players in the FIC will play up to 2 singles matches per day.

The finals of the smaller divisions will be scheduled for Friday, June 15th. For the larger divisions, finals will be scheduled for Saturday, June 16th. Sunday, June 17th is scheduled as a rain date.

Doubles will begin on Sunday late afternoon. One round of doubles will be played on Sunday so teams with a bye may not have a match on Sunday. We will not use block seeding for doubles.

Doubles format will be an 8 game pro-set with ad scoring and a (7 point) set tie break at 8-all through the quarterfinals. Semi’s and finals of doubles will be best of 3 sets ad scoring with a 10 point match tie break in lieu of a 3rd set. Doubles will be single elimination.

Due to recent advances in watch technology, many watches now allow communication by texting or email. Just as cell phone use is prohibited on court, we are going to ask that players not wear any watches on court. Please do not be offended if you forget and go on court with a watch and are directed to remove it during play by tournament officials. If your watch or device is a medical necessity to monitor blood sugar levels as in the case of type 1 diabetes or you have another medical or ADA consideration, please inform he tournament director and referee at check in. Please be prepared to document the necessity.

NEW USTA REGULATION IV.D. (Point Penalty System)
IV.D.15. Timing of imposition of penalties. An official who is on the court shall impose penalties before the start of the next point. An official who is not on the court has a reasonable amount of time to reach the court and impose the penalty even if intervening points have been played. Any intervening points stand as played.
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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."

WITHDRAWALS - Please click on edit registration on the right side of this homepage and follow the directions to withdraw before the deadline. Please email cmurray@texas.usta.com if you have questions. Include your name, division and reason for withdrawing. Written notification (email is sufficient) is required for withdrawals after the entry deadline as per USTA rules. There are no refunds for withdrawals after the entry deadline or for weather related cancellations.

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.

No late entries will be accepted for the Summer Grand Slam as per USTA TX Section Regulations.

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.