FDT October Level 7 Junior Challenger

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The WG L7 offers singles play only. It may be held at multiple sites: Piedmont Hills HS, Willow Glen HS, Willow Glen MS and Mt. Pleasant HS in San Jose. Selection is bottom-up, utilizing the latest National Standings List. Flights will be constructed to include similarly ranked players. No bottled water, but additional water from school fill stations is available. Per USTA and SJUSD policy, please follow social distancing protocols. Please wear masks when approaching tournament desk! For more info on USTA COVID policy, click here .

Singles Format

Players are assigned to a 4-player flight of similarly ranked players. Each player will be scheduled to play 3 one-set matches against other players in the flight. Match format is one TB set to 6, No-Ad scoring, with a 7-pt. tiebreak at 6-6.

Draw Size : TBD, maximum number of players is well over 100. Players are placed in groups of 4 (or 3 with a playoff ). This ensures you will be scheduled for 3 matches.

Selection Process

Selection will be bottom-up, utilizing the latest National Standing List. If you are listed as an Alternate, you will not be added to the main draw unless another player withdraws. Once a main draw player withdraws, Alternates are automatically added to the main draw up 7:30pm Friday evening. You will then receive a text from the USTA informing you of your new status and your card will be charged. If you are an Alternate and do not wish to remain on the waiting list, pls notify the Referee (408-590-7347 txt) and ask to be removed from the Alternate list. As an Alternate your card was not charged at the time of selection, once sucessfully added, your card will be automatically charged.

Awards

Medals for flight champions only

Tournament Locations

Piedmont Hills High School ( PHHS on draws) 1377 Piedmont Rd, San Jose, CA 95132 . Courts and parking along Ruskin Dr. You may also park in lot above the courts, entrance off Ruskin Dr. No on-court seating, bring chairs. Plenty of spots to view courts. Practice courts located at Sierramont MS, on Kimlee Dr (3 blocks away).

Willow Glen High School ( WG on draws) 2001 Cottle Ave, San Jose, CA 9512 . Courts are located off Varsity Lane (unmarked road thru the campus), entrance off Dry Creek Rd. Courts next to large gym with the parabolic aluminum roof. Plenty of parking on campus and a few spots next to courts. On-court benches provided, off courts seating is only available in the bleachers behind courts 1 & 2. You may bring chairs to view along the fences. Facility lights are not available so we must finish before darkness.

Willow Glen Middle School ( MS on draws) 2105 Cottle Ave, San Jose, CA 95125. Willow Glen MS and HS share the same campus, courts are located at opporsite ends of the campus from each other, approx a 5 minute walk from each other. Courts are located at the end of Varsity Lane (unmarked road thru the HS/MS campus). Drive all the way to the end of Varsity Lane, when you get to the large beige metal building, courts will be on your right. Shaded parking is available under the solar panels, you may bring chairs to view along the fences. Restrooms are located in Wallenberg Park. The MS does NOT have functioning lights.

The Willow Glen HS & MS share the same campus are located on opposite ends of the campus (approx 850' apart). There are tournament desks at both sites. Courts open for warmup 30 mintues before first match. No warmup courts available once tournee begins, although there are an additional 4 lighted courts located next to the MS courts in Wallenberg Park which are available on a first come, first served basis.

Yerba Buena High School ( YB on draws) 1855 Lucretia Ave, San Jose, CA 95122 Courts are located behind front of school next to the football stadium. You may park in student lot on Lucretia, if open, but the closest lot to the courts (and highly recommended) is the lot at the intersection of Phelan/Roberts. Courts open for warmup 30 mintues before first match. No warmup courts available once tournee begins. No on-court seating, bring a chair. Plenty of shady viewing areas along back of courts. NO dogs/climbing trees or hitting against YB's walls!

Withdrawals

Withdrawals made before the end of online registration, must be initiated by yourself from your individual Player Profile webpage. As long as they are completed before the close of registration, they are completely refundable. Once registration ends, withdraw requests must be made in writing to the referee: craig@fourdirectionstennis.net. These requests must include the name of player, age division and they will only be honored for 3 reasons: injury, illness or personal circumstance. If your request does not meet one of these requirements, youwill be subject to default and possible suspension points. If you must withdraw after the close of registration, notify referee via txt: 408-590-7347 AND email your request. Do not use the 'Withdraw' function on your webpage once selection has been made (we often don't receive these messages and it is unreliable). Phone call will likely not be answered as referee is often on the court.

Concurrent Tournament Rule

When entries close, a player cannot be entered in two or more sanctioned tournaments if any parts of the tournaments overlap, unless each Tournament Committee involved understands the situation and concurs in writing. As a matter of policy, Four Directions Tennis, routinely denies such permission . If entries for the overlapping tournaments close on different dates, approval must be received from all Tournament Committees no later than the entry closing date that occurs last. Players who enter a tournament and play it to completion, may then enter another tournament with overlapping dates without permission. A player who is on the alternate list in one tournament is not considered in violation of the Concurrent Tournament Rule if they enter another concurrent tournament; however, once a player accepts a spot in a concurrent tournament, they may not withdraw to play in another concurrent tournament without incurring suspension points for an improper withdrawal, unless they had the written authorization to do so at the time entries closed for both tournaments.

Refund Policy

No refunds, for any reason, for withdraws made after the end of registration. Until the end of registration, you must withdraw yourself from your profile page. If tournament is canceled, you will be issued a refund, see section under 'Rain Information' below.

The following is from NorCal USTA's Tournament Parent 101, please go over the following with your child before the match:

UNDERSTANDING THE DO'S & DON'TS

WATER

Make sure your child has a full water container prior to checking in.

CHECKING-IN

Players should check in to the tournament desk 15 minutes prior to each match. Players will be penalized per USTA Friend at Court rules for being late. Being 15 minutes late for the scheduled match time will result in the player being defaulted.

NO COACHING!

Once your child enters the court, NO COACHING ALLOWED! You can cheer and that's it!

MY KID IS BEING CHEATED

If you feel that your child is being cheated, you cannot do the following:

• Approach or speak to the opponent during or after the match

• Speak to your child during the match about them being cheated

• Speak to Referee or Official about the match in progress

• Speak to the tournament director and request an umpire

While you might feel that your child is being cheated, he or she may not. If your child thinks they are being cheated, they need to be coached prior to a USTA tournament on how to handle the situation. The best approach is to leave their racket on the court, go to the tournament desk, and request an umpire. Prior to match, parents need to instruct player to never call your opponent a 'cheater' or derogatory term to opponent, Tournament staff or Officials (Automatic code violation for Unsportsmanlike Behavior).

SCORING DISPUTE

If there is a scoring dispute between your child and his/her opponent, you are not allowed to interject. Again, your child needs to be coached prior to the tournament to go and get an official to help with the scoring issue. Parents should instruct players that calling score before the 1st service will reduce scoring issues, not to mention calling out the score is a rule and failure to do so could result in a code violation. Also, if you think the score is incorrect but your child and opponent are playing the match with no scoring disputes, you may not interject or get an official. Your child and their opponent are playing the match in good faith.

REPORT BACK TO THE TOURNAMENT DESK

After the match, win or lose, your child needs to immediately report score at the tournament desk.

BE RESPECTFUL

Remember to be respectful to all tournament staff, including the tournament director and umpires. Understand that an umpire has the right to code or penalize your child based on your disorderly conduct to any tournament staff.

End of Tournament Parent 101

RAIN INFORMATION

Please note that in the event of rain, scoring formats may be shortened to allow a tournament time to be completed.

In the event of rain on the first day, this day of the tournament will not be suspended any earlier than 12 noon. At or after that time, it is up to the discretion of the tournament director as to whether court conditions allow for the tournament to resume.

If rain continues into the second day, the tournament director must wait until at least 12 noon before they decide to cancel the remainder of the tournament.

Please check the Overviw Page for the latest info. Should we need to cancel the tourney, it will be posted on the Overview.

If tournament is canceled, refunds are possible, minus a non-refundable USTA Head Tax ($1-$3), Serve Tennis ($3-$5) and/or Administrative fee ($3).

Coach Craig

Text: 408-590-7347