Southern Adult Clay Open East - Designated Open Sectional Championship (300STA PT)

First Match Schedule Info 9/10/20

2:15pm No further delays.




1:05 Huge rain again. All matches on court report back at 3, 10am matches report at 3:30, 11am matches report at 4pm;, 2pm matches at 5:30 pm. Next update at 2:1511:32 UPdate rain started again. All matches on court report back at 1, 10am matches report at 1:30, 11am matches report at 2pm;, 2pm matches at 3:30 pm.

(10:10 update) All matches on court report back at 11:30, 10am matches report at 12, 11am matches report at 12:30, 2pm matches at 2 pm.



(8:15 update) 8 am report at 9; 10 am matches report at 11. Matches scheduled at 9, 9:30, 11am and 2 pm matches will play as posted. .


Sunday 7:25am Matches are delayed 1 hour from posted match times. We will update again at 8:30.

TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH PLAYERS ABOUT RAIN DELAYS, WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO JOIN THE RAIN OUT GROUP. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS BELOW:
Go to www.rainedout.net . Enter HELTON TENNIS in the search box. Click on the name HELTON TENNIS. Follow instructions to register your phone number. Enter the validation code sent to your phone. Select SO DES . Instantly receive rain out information to your phone via text. Information about rain delays will also be posted on the tournament website.
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Regular Scoring.
Main draw singles and doubles will be the best of 3 tiebreak sets (unless changes are needed due to weather).
Consolation matches will be 2 tiebreak sets with a match tiebreak played at 1-all. You may choose which tiebreak procedure you will play at the beginning of the match.
Tournament Balls: Wilson ULTRA All Court

Tuesday 11:13pm Draws are now available!! There could be a few conflicts for those playing in more than one division. We will be glad to make changes to play matches earlier or later as needed. There is also a report above for First Match Times.



(8:45 pm) We are having technical issues with Tennis Link and not able to complete the match times at this time. We will post draws and match times as soon as Tennis Link resolves the issue. Thank you for your patience.Divisions playing on Thursday: Matches will not start before 1 pm on Thursday.

M55s everyone except Chambers, Pillai,Smith, and Box
M60s everyone except Buyckx, Blanno, Ream,Brady
M65s everyone (Gottsch and Whitson at 1pm, all others not before 3
M70s everyone except Chryst, Dixon, Spencer, Fichera
M75s Steenbergen and Simon

All other divisions will begin either Friday or Saturday.

If you do not feel comfortable playing tennis- DO NOT PLAY. Only play if you are comfortable playing. Each person is responsible for his or her own safety during these unknown challenging times. BE SAFE.

If you are sick with any symptoms at ALL, DO NOT ATTEND OR PLAY A MATCH.
Ultimately, however, it is up to each player to decide whether to participate in any event. Further, every player is expected to take all reasonable precautions to protect themselves from the risk of exposure.
The tournament will have hand sanitizers and will sanitize courts between matches.

Applicants may register for up to 3 events;
1) 2 singles and 1 doubles
2) 1 singles and 2 doubles
Matches will begin on Thursday.
If a player is playing in more than one division of singles or doubles, he/she should expect to play back to back matches.
If 3 events are entered, expect to play 3 matches in a day.

Please click on more information to be directed to the website and choose Tournament tab for a list of the Lodging Partners that have provided room block/rates for tournament. more info

There will be several Sanitizing Stations around the facility. Score Keepers and on court benches will be sanitized after each match.
A LIMITED supply of bottled water will be available each day of the Tournament. Please plan accordingly. We will not be supplying ice for players. Ice will be provided for injuries only.
All players will receive an email the week of the tournament with a full list of important procedural information.

Open Mixed is on the events, however, this is a mistake. Open MX will not be available this tournament.

In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the USTA family would like to encourage local play as opposed to traveling to play national tournaments. With this in mind, we’ve reclassified the remaining Super Category 2, Category 2, and Category 3 National Tournaments as Designated Open Sectional Championships.

These Designated Open Sectional Championships will have National Category 2 point allocation for the players. The participants will have the opportunity to earn national points while playing at the sectional level.

At this time, the remaining Category 1 Tournaments will continue to be rescheduled for later in the year.

If you have any questions or for more information, please contact adulttournaments@usta.com

Please click “more info” for a FAQ document related to the new tournament classification. more info

This tournament has been changed to a Sectional Designated Tournament and the information below about it being restricted and having a selection process is no longer true.

We will post/send more information on procedures to be COVID safe during this tournament.

Entry fee includes tournament shirt. Online shirt sizes will be honored if registered by 8/26/2020