Alabama Summer Closed - Flighted

Tournament Hotel

Please use " Pelham Racquet Club " to get your special hotel rate for the tournament. Holiday Inn Express & Suites is located just three miles from our facility and is in a great location, surrounded by restaurants.

20% DISCOUNT ON THE CURRENT RATE

CLICK HERE PLEASE TO BOOK TOURNAMENT HOTEL

Holiday Inn Express & Suites

260 Cahaba Valley Rd

Pelham, AL 35124

205-987-8888

Late Entry

Late entries will be accepted through Tuesday, August 4th at 5pm. Deadline is a hard deadline. If an event is full, late entries will be placed on the alternate's list.

Surface

Matches will be played on hard and soft courts. We will determine age divisions/surface based on draw sizes when registration closes. We will email Age/Surface Sunday evening.

Match Format

All singles matches will be best two of three sets to 6 with a 10pt match tiebreaker in lieu of a 3rd set. Doubles are 8 game pro sets, no ad scoring, with a 7pt tiebreaker played at 8-8.

***Saturday Lunch***

Lunch will be served outside of the Racquet Club from 10:30am-2:30pm. Lunch will be available for non-players for $5.

Athletic Trainer

We will have a trainer for the duration of the tournament. The trainer is located just outside of the building. Officials can call trainer via walkie talkie.

Spectating

- We encourage you to bring a chair for spectating. We have plenty of grassy areas around courts to spread out and watch or eat lunch. We will also have water on court for players.

Ice

Ice is available on the backside of the building. The ice is to only be used to fill up water bottles, small coolers, or for injury. No ice will be available for larger coolers.

PLAYER SELECTION & SEEDING

This tournament will use the National Combined Standing List for player selection. The Singles Seeding List will be used for splitting and seeding draws.

Players will be flighted/seeded by ranking 1-16 into the first flight, and flighted/seeded 17-32 by ranking into the second flight. If it's not a full draw, we will split the draws evenly. Also, we will not split draws with less than 16 players. There will simply be one draw for those divisions. For example: There are 17 players in a division. Draw A will have 9 players and Draw B will have 8 players.

If you have questions regarding the player selection and/or seeding, please contact the USTA Southern Section office at cercone@sta.usta.com.

POINTS PER ROUND

This tournament carries with it USTA Level 5 points per round. Please click here for the point tables and refer to the Flighted Draw table on page 7 for this tournament. Note:

This is not like the old USTA Southern Waterfall draws.

MATCH SCORING/DRAW SIZE

Two 16-Player Draws. Players will be flighted into each draw by their ranking from the Combined National Standings List. All matches are best of three tie break sets with a 10-point tiebreaker in lieu of a 3rd set.

WITHDRAWALS

If there is a withdrawal after the draw has been published, the spot will be replaced by the next alternate - no matter which draw/bracket it is - if there is an alternate list.

Virtual Tournament Desk Registration *MANDATORY FOR ALL PLAYERS* by the Weds before the tournament

In response to COVID-19, we will be using Match Tennis App’s Virtual Tournament Desk technology to help facilitate CDC best practices.

In order to compete in this event, all competitors MUST click the below link to fill out the check-in form and sign the waiver for this tournament.

Please note: this is NOT a registration for the tournament. You must still register for the tournament, and until you are selected, your entry into the tournament is not confirmed by completing the below forms. However, these forms must be completed to participate in the tournament.

Click Here For Mandatory Registration for Match Tennis App/VTD and Sign Waiver

New Doubles Participation Procedures (MANDATORY)

All players MUST add their Doubles Partner name and USTA number to the waiver form under the “Doubles Partner” section in order to play doubles in this event.

If you have already completed the waiver form but did not have a partner at the time the waiver was completed, log in to Match Tennis App to edit your waiver and add your doubles partner details by going to My Account>Completed Waivers>Tournament Name>Add Partner Details>Click Update.

Click HERE to Complete the Waiver and Add Required Doubles Partner Info

Still Need A Doubles Partner?

If you need a doubles partner, we will be using the Match Tennis App Free Doubles Pairing Service.

To Find a Doubles Partner, follow these steps:

• Click the link above to complete the MANDATORY tournament waiver.

• Create a FREE account or log in to Match Tennis App by clicking the link above.

• Search for and click on our tournament details page inside of Match Tennis App.

• Click the “Find A Doubles Partner” button and add your player’s name to the doubles list.

• Then contact and be contacted by others looking for a doubles partner.

Once a partner is secured, you MUST add your partner details to your waiver form by logging into Match Tennis App and going to My Account>Completed Waivers>Tournament Name>Add Doubles Partner Details>Click Update.

The doubles pairing service is privatized through Match Tennis App, so you do NOT have to share any personal contact info with others unless you choose to do so!

Important Registration Tips

● If you are encountering issues registering for this tournament, please see this Customer Care article on Registering Your Child for a Tournament

● If you need to add your child to your USTA Account, so that you can register them for the tournament, please see this Customer Care article on How to Add a Child to Your USTA Account

● If you run into further issues with registration, please contact USTA’s Customer Care at customercare@usta.com or 1-800-990-8782, for assistance. New Process to Declare Residency on Player Profile Update 2/24/21 As of February 24, 2021, players that register for Level 1-4 tournaments will need to declare their residency on their player profiles. This action will only need to be done once. Please see the below links for more information on how to do this:

New Selection + Seeding Process (Effective May 14, 2021)

As of May 14, 2021, the Southern Junior Competitive Committee has approved the selection process for Level 3 Closed – Level 5 Open tournaments to return to the original selection process. All selections will be off the National Standing Combined List. Seeding for Singles will be done from the National Singles Seeding List (when flighted tournament- split will be done from the Singles Seeding List) Doubles seedings will be done from National Doubles Seeding List

SIGNING UP FOR TWO DIVISIONS

At this time, players may only sign up for one age division in Singles and Doubles because we cannot support players signing up for two age divisions.

YOU MUST PLAY THE SAME AGE DIVISION FOR SINGLES AND DOUBLES

Per STA rules for all National Level 3-5's, you must play the same doubles division as your chosen singles division.

Important Notice to All Players Re: Concurrent Tournaments USTA Regulations state the following : · Player shall not enter two tournaments at same time. When entries close, a player shall not 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. After a player has been eliminated from a tournament whose schedule of play partially overlaps with that of a second tournament, the player may enter the second tournament.

(USTA REGULATIONS IV.C. (Standards of Conduct),2021 Friend at Court, #s 12 through #17 apply). Penalty: (4) Suspension points to player in violation per offense, enforced by either Tournament Committee, and/or USTA Administration.

Pelham Racquet Club

100 Racquet Club Pkwy

Pelham, AL 35124

(205) 621-3380