Gastonia Thanksgiving Jr. Classic

Ferguson Park (FP) 1401 Golf Course Drive, Gastonia, NC 28054

USTA National Junior Level 6 events are for Boys/Girls, ages 12-18 and all play is conducted with yellow ball.

The below rules and expectations are for the District of North Carolina.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE

• Monday @ 5:59pm, prior to tournament start date

• Late entries may be accepted IF they do not affect seeding and are ultimately at the discretion of the tournament director, a Late Fee may be applied.

TWO-DAY EVENT

• Sanctioned to go over the period of two consecutive days

SELECTIONS

• Top-down by ranking

• Selections are to use the most recent published National Combined Standing Lists

• Seeding is to be completed by using the most recent published National Singles List. (Seeds are placed in position based on the rules in the Friend at Court. All other players are placed randomly in draws.

• 16 draw limits for singles in all age groups (TD may increase the draw limit once permission is granted by the STATE OFFICE with proof of adequate number of courts available)

SINGLES SCORE FORMAT

• REGULAR FORMAT: Two tiebreak sets, 10-point match tiebreak at one set all

• INCLEMENT WEATHER FORMAT: Two short sets to 4, 7-point match tiebreak at one set all

SINGLES DRAW TYPE OPTIONS

• Feed-in championship to quarterfinals, and/or Feed-in championship to quarterfinals with playoffs

• Format can vary per division based on draw size

IMPORTANT NOTICE – YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR READING THE BELOW INFORMATION!

• SPORTSMANSHIP IS EXPECTED BY ALL! Please refer to THE CODE (The Players’ Guide to Fair Play and the Unwritten Rules of Tennis) pg. 37 AND USTA NATIONALS NEW CAMPAIGN-GET CAUGHT BEING A GOOD SPORT!

• USTA REGULATIONS STATE THE FOLLOWING: A Player shall not enter two tournaments at the 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.