TOURNAMENT STATUS
October 8 Update: The USTA has canceled the 2020 National Indoor Championships, set to be held at various locations around the country, Nov. 27-30. The decision to cancel the events was made with the health and safety of all those involved at the forefront, and due to numerous challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. These included differing local government mandates and policies surrounding indoor building capacities, as well as mandatory quarantine periods due to interstate travel.
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Notes
This is a 64 draw for singles with a modified feed-in
consolation and a 32 draw for doubles that is single elimination.
Wilson Extra Duty U.S. Open balls will be used throughout the
tournament. If you want to practice with Extra Duty U.S. Open
balls, you will need to provide your own. Midtown only uses Regular
Duty U.S. Open balls.
The Main Draw matches & 3/4 Playoffs for singles will be the
best of three tiebreak sets. The Consolation will play 2 tiebreak
sets and a 10-point match tiebreak in lieu of the third set. The
Singles have a Modified Feed-In Consolation to play for the 5th
& 6th places.
Doubles matches will be one 6-game pro-set with no-ad scoring, A
set tiebreak at 6 games all. Doubles is a single elimination
format.
If you need help obtaining a Doubles partner, please contact the
Tournament Director. The TD will contact the people you wish to
play with providing the parents agree to release their information.
Please make sure your contact information on the USTA website is
correct as that is the only way to contact you.
Start times each day will be 8:00 AM. Doubles will be played first,
followed by singles.
Friday there will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of
Singles and 1 Consolation round of Singles.
Saturday there will be 1 round of Doubles, 2 Main Draw rounds of
singles and 2 Consolation rounds of Singles.
Sunday and Monday - TBD.
Hotel
The Hotel at Midtown
2444 N. Elston Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
This hotel is part of Midtown Athletic Club and is in the same
building as the tennis courts. Please register using the link below
or you can call the hotel at 773-687-7600.
https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1542&skipfirstpage=true&page=4671
7-day cancellation policy.
Athletico is the OFFICIAL Provider of Physical Therapy and Athletic
Training for the 2018 USTA Boys' 14 National Indoor
Championships.
Practice Courts
During the tournament, practice courts will be available either at
Midtown or an alternate site at no cost. Prior to the tournament,
limited practice courts may be available at Midtown at the club's
hourly rate.
Concurrent Entries Not Permitted Without Prior Approval At
the time entries close, no player may be entered in two or more
sanctioned tournaments if any part of the tournaments overlap,
unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation
and concurs in writing. USTA Regulation IV.C.12
Concurrent Entry Into Eddie Herr ITF and National Indoor
Championships The entry deadline for the 18s division of the
Eddie Herr ITF is Tuesday, October 23rd. The entry deadline for the
12's, 14's and 16's divisions of the Eddie Herr is October 1st.
Acceptance lists for the main draw and the Qualifier for the Eddie
Herr will be posted prior to the November 1st entry deadline for
the National Indoor Championships.
Players registered for both and are selected for both tournaments
(qualifying or main draw) must notify the Tournament Committees of
which tournament they would like to participate in by November
10th. Players who withdraw from one event to participate in the
other after the date of November 10th, or who apply for and receive
wildcards for one of the events and then subsequently withdraw from
the other will be assessed suspension points for withdrawing to
play another tournament. Players may not participate in both
events.
LINKS
USTA National Junior Tournament Regulations
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/2018%20USTA%20Junior%20Tournament%20Regulations.pdf
Entry and Selection Process - Level 1 National
Championshipshttps://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Selection%20Process%20for%20Level%201%20National%20Championships.pdf
Withdrawal and Entry Refund Policy
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Junior%20Competition_Withdrawals%20and%20Entry%20Fee%20Refunds.pdf
Seeding Criteria
https://www.usta.com/content/dam/usta/pdfs/Junior%20Competition_Seeding%20Criteria.pdf
Wild Card Information
http://www.playerdevelopment.usta.com/PlayerDevelopmentWildCards/
Player Selection TypePlayers are selected from a variety of National Lists and generally require Section endorsement.
Entry TypeEntry to this tournament is restricted. To see how entrants will be selected, follow the “Selection Process” link to the left. It is the player’s responsibility to check the selection list(s) after registering online to be sure that a check mark appears beside the player’s name on the list, in order to insure proper registration. Entries must be submitted by Thursday, October 29, 2020 11:59:00 AM Eastern Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.
Quick ReferenceIn the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 850015820 from the searchable schedule homepage.
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