RBC Wealth Management HTA Houston Super Champ Level 3 (SCMZ 12_14)

Match Schedule Info - Future Match Info

Future Match Report for Sunday is available on the Tournament homepage. Matches will continue through Monday.
HTA is doing our best with the scheduling and not cancelling any part of the tournament at this time. Please be patient as we work diligently for the players.

Weather or other important information will appear here as well as communication center.

We are all experienced tournament players and know that forecast and weathermen are not always right and we have to wait until weather is “actually” happening to make schedule changes.

Rule of thumb: Respond to weather, not to forecasts per USTA Texas
The handling of weather is one of the tournament director’s biggest challenges.

HTA will update all communications by Saturday 6:00 am with further updates at 7:00 am, if raining.

The HTA office is 3535 Briarpark. Do not go to that site as it is HTA admin office only, no tennis courts.

Please refer to to the tournament homepage for information and as communication will appear there, as well as, through the communication center.

(LLTC) Lee LeClear Tennis Center (tournament headquarters), 9506 S. Gessner 77074
(HFTC) Homer Ford Tennis Center 5225 Calhoun, 77021
(MPTC) Memorial Park Tennis Center, 1500 Memorial Loop, 77007
(MCRT) Missouri City Recreation & Tennis Center, 2701 Cypress Point, 77459

The 2020 Medical and Media Waiver/Release form is available using the link below. This form must be completed, once per calendar year, by every player prior to participating in their first event of that year. Failure to complete this form prior to the event will make the player INELIGIBLE for that event. For this tournament, players must have the waiver completed by their first match time. more info

Players are required to inform the tournament desk or tournament director the day before of their intent not to complete their matches on the last day of the tournament. This must occur no later than 6pm Sunday for singles draws that end on Monday. It also can be done within 15 minutes of completing their final match of the day (whichever is later). For this tournament, all players must inform the site or tournament director by Sunday at 6pm for Monday (1/20) matches. The director will inform the opponent immediately of any withdrawals. Players who pull out after Sunday at 6pm will have their match coded as a withdrawal and will receive no points for their wins in that tournament. If a player gets injured or ill after that 6pm deadline and they think it's important to "keep their ranking points" they (the player) will need to physically show up on Monday morning and pull out in person in order to have that match coded a walkover and retain their points.

There will be no penalty for withdrawing from singles or doubles prior to the Wednesday before the tournament at 12 Noon for Super Champ Level 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 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.

Doubles substitutions for withdrawals are now allowed up to 2 hour prior to the team's match time. The substitute must also be registered for the same age division of singles.

Players may register with or without a partner. Those who register with a partner must indicate their partner through the online registration system before the entry deadline. Players will need to correctly identify their doubles partner during their initial registration process or they may go back later, prior to the entry deadline, and “Edit Registration” to indicate their partner of choice. Correct doubles registration is the player’s responsibility. Immediately after registration, players need to check the Applicant List to ensure they are registered with their partner of choice (and their partner is also registered with them). Remaining individual players will be paired up based on the order of the Texas Standing List. There will be a 24 hour doubles pairing period after the entry deadline for players to correct any errors in their doubles registration. more info

Players who qualify for Super Champs in the BCS January CMZ are eligible to register for this Super Champ. Newly qualified players no longer need to wait until the month after qualification as long as they qualify for the event by the entry deadline.

The January Super Champ Level 3 begins on Saturday and ends on Monday.
Singles: A draw of 64, B draw of 32. Doubles: A draw of 32 teams, B draw of 16 teams
The most recent Super Champ Standing List will be used to split draws.

Singles A & B Draw - Feed In Consolation through the Round of 16. Players who lose in the Quarterfinal Round will be placed into their own consolation bracket of four players and the winner of this bracket receives fifth place points. The 7th place match is not played. Play-off for the 3rd and 4th place. Main Draws will play a full third set. All Consolation Draws will play a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. In order to finish on Monday, the finals of the A draw consolations will not be played and will be marked as unplayed.

Doubles A & B Draw - 8 game Pro-Sets No Ad with single elimination.

Only first match times and site locations will be posted on the Tuesday prior to the start of the tournament. Draws will be posted on the Thursday prior to the start of the tournament at 6pm. Due to A draw players receiving higher sectional and /or national points for these tournaments, players will be moved from the B draw to the A draw to replace A draw withdrawals based on "Friend at Court" regulations. Tournament Directors will make draw changes due to withdrawals until the prior Thursday at noon. Final draws will be published on the prior Thursday at 6:00pm. All players are responsible for re-checking their draw after Thursday at 6:00pm to make sure their time and location have not changed.

First, Second and Third Place medals will be awarded. Consolation winners no longer receive medals. A sportsmanship award is given to the outstanding boy and girl in each designated 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.