St. George City / Great Gobbler

Player Selection Date : Monday, November 9th

Seeding / Ranking : WTN

Level 6 / USTA Sanctioned Tennis Tournament

Tournament Information:

• Multiple Matches • At St. George Tennis, our goal is simple: help you play as much tennis as possible. • We aim to schedule each player for at least 3 single matches, sometimes 4 matches depending on the size of the draw.

• Doubles will have at least 2 matches

• A few things that may affect match counts: • Size of the draw: Uneven brackets can change match counts

• Player availability for friendlies: Extra matches depend on others being willing and available to play.

• Weather

• Seeding: • All events will be seeded according to players WTN, PER USTA NOT UTR.

• 12's may use "National Ranking"

• Flight seeding will be used for all events • Some events may have 3 to 5 flights

• Some flights might be compass or round robin

• Draw Limits • We will allow more players into an event IF other events are not full.

• Doubles : Will be played Friday afternoon. 2 match guarantee if applicable.

• Friday & Saturday Match Times: • Singles will be played ALL DAY Friday & ALL DAY Saturday.

• MATCHES WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING!!

• Draw schedule - Match Schedule: • Match schedule will be posted Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning the week of the tournament.

• It is the players responsibility to check the schedule for any changes.

• IT IS RECOMMENDED TO CHECK DRAWS & MATCH TIMES OFTEN!

• Communication • To keep you informed about match times, weather updates, and last‑minute changes, we need your profiles to have current contact details. • Confirm a current email address for each parent/guardian and the player (if applicable).

• Confirm a current mobile phone number for each contact.

Compass Draw

This format is a wonderful format to give players an opportunity to play lots of matches. It also can accommodate different ability levels in one draw. It works best for 8, 16, 32 or 64 players, so that there are no byes are in the draw.

At the end of each round, the winners continue in their tournament in the same direction, while the losers move to other points on the compass to form a new satellite tournament.

At the end of round 1: * The winners go east * The losers go west * At the end of round 2: * The east losers go north * The west losers go south * At the end of round 3: * The east losers go northeast * The north losers go northwest * The west losers go southwest * The south losers go southeast * At the end of round 4: * The losers are out of the tournament (unless it is announced in writing before the start of the first match of the tournament that there will be semifinal play-offs); * The winners play the finals on each draw sheet.For a draw of 16, use only the top half of the draw at each compass point. Follow the same procedure as in a draw of 32 except that round 4 is the finals instead of the semifinals.