Level 5 in Durham, NC, about 351 miles from you, entries close Fri, Sep 25, 5:59pm EDT. What do you want to know?
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Draws
One set to 8, 7-point tiebreak · Green Clay courts · Yellow ball
Division
Entered
Draw
Boys' Doubles 12 & under
1
16
Boys' Singles 12 & under
12
32
Boys' Doubles 14 & under
1
16
Boys' Singles 14 & under
9
32
Boys' Doubles 16 & under
3
2 full
Boys' Singles 16 & under
2
6
Boys' Doubles 18 & under
1
4
Boys' Singles 18 & under
1
5
Girls' Doubles 12 & under
0
16
Girls' Singles 12 & under
4
32
Girls' Doubles 14 & under
0
16
Girls' Singles 14 & under
5
32
Counts are live from USTA as of the last hour. Selection is by ranking list: a full draw still takes alternates, and unranked juniors get in when a draw is not full.
From the tournament desk
OCTOBER 2-4
Level 5 Open: Hollow Rock BG 12U & 14U FLIGHTED DRAWS ONLY at Hollow Rock
NEW for 2026!:
This upcoming L5 tournament is ONE tournamnet that will be hosted at two sites: Chapel Hill Tennis Club (CHTC) and Hollow Rock Racquet and Swim Club. CHTC will host the 16/18U and Hollow Rock will host the 12/14U . Please register accordingly. Players can only participate in one age division for singles and doubles. Therefore, if a player registers in 16U at CHTC they cannot also play 14U at Hollow Rock. Players must play in one age divison.
12/14U: Register for the Hollow Rock Open
Register for 12/14U on this tournament page.
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16/18U: Register for the CHTC 16s/18s
Link for CHTC 16/18: Register here https://playtennis.usta.com/Competitions/chapelhilltennisclubinc/Tournaments/Overview/417def8c-1dd6-458d-8f07-3448a02c14e4
All 12/14U matches will be at Hollow Rock Racquet and Swim Club.
All matches will be on clay courts.
We are located at:
5100 Erwin Rd.
Durham NC 27707
No dogs are permitted on the grounds of Hollow Rock.
Warm up Courts:
We will not have warm up courts available onsite. Players can try city courts for warm up:
Morreene Rd Park (1102 Moreene Rd, Durham)
Garrett Rd Park (6815 Garrett Rd, Durham)
Southern Boundaries Park (100 3rd Fork Rd, Durham)
Doubles Draw Information:
• All doubles divisions will be a 16-team draw.
• Doubles will play a Single Elimination Draw with a 3/4th Place Playoff
• Doubles will begin play starting Friday at 4pm for up to three rounds with the final round on Sunday morning.
• Doubles will play one pro set to 8, with a set tie-breaker at 8-games all with ad scoring.
Doubles Entry Information:
• Player selections for SINGLES will be done on Monday. Players will have until Tuesday at midnight to make final registrations for doubles.
• If players are registered together on the tournament website by Tuesday evening at midnight, we will place them into the doubles division.
• If a player is registered as an individual (not a doubles team) on the USTA Tournament website, the player will have until Tuesday at midnight to send an email to alex@hollowrock.com with BOTH players confirming they are playing together to be entered into the doubles.
Registration Deadline: Friday , September 25th at 5:59pm
Virtual Tournament Desk Registration **MANDATORY FOR ALL PLAYERS** by September 30 @ 9pm
We will be using Match Tennis App for the following:
• In app Pre-Tournament Check-In
• In app Match Check-In
• Court Assignment text messaging
• In app match Score Reporting
Timeline
Entries opened
Mon, Aug 24, 12:00pm EDT
Entries close
Fri, Sep 25, 5:59pm EDT
Selections
After entries close
Draws posted
Usually the week of
Play
Fri–Sun Oct 2–4, 2026
Questions parents ask
Will my junior get in?
Boys' Doubles 16 & under is full; the rest have room. Selection is by ranking list, so a junior with no ranking can still get in when a draw is not full, and goes on the alternate list when it is.
What is a Level 5?
A district-level event. Bigger draws, ranking matters for selection, points per win are higher than Level 6.
When do we know?
Selections post after entries close (Fri, Sep 25, 5:59pm EDT). Draws usually post the week of the tournament. Text Coach Ace and we will tell you the moment either one lands.
Text Coach Ace at (213) 410-2440 with your junior's name and division. Ace keeps the file: deadline, selections, draws, and what to do the night before.
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• In app viewable next on “Waiting list”
• In app viewing of “Matches in Progress”
Click HERE to Complete Your Pre-Tournament Check-In Form
Note:
Singles Play: Players will play two matches on each day, Saturday and Sunday. Players will play consolation rounds through to the SF. We will not play the final in consolation rounds.
Doubles Play: Players will play up to three rounds on Friday evening beginning at 4pm. The Finals and 3/4th Place Playoff (if necessary) will be played on Sunday morning or where there is room in the schedule. Doubles is single elimination, playing pro sets with ad scoring.
SPORTSMANSHIP IS EXPECTED BY ALL!
• Refer to THE CODE (The Players’ Guide to Fair Play and the Unwritten Rules of Tennis) pg. 37
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USTA NATIONAL LEVEL 5 OPEN: click here for point tables
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday , 9/26/2025
• REMINDER: Players can only participate in one age group per tournament (even if the tournament is split between weekends or hosts).
• ALL DRAWS SHALL BE PUBLISHED ON THE THURSDAY (PRIOR TO THE START DATE) BY 5PM
• PAYMENT! If a player has not submitted payment prior to the draw and match schedules being made, the Tournament Director has the right to withdraw the player.
• SCORING FORMATS: • Singles, best 2-of-3 6-game sets, with a match tie-break to 10 points in lieu of 3rd set with regular (ad) scoring
• Doubles, one pro set to 8, with a set tiebreaker at 8-games all with ad scoring.
• DRAW TYPES: • SINGLES • FLIGHTED, meaning in all singles divisions there will be 2 16-player draws. (FICQ with ¾ playoff)
• 32 players will be flighted into two draws, Flight A and Flight B, by Ranking. Players #1 - #16 will be in flight A and players #17 - #32 will be in flight B. • Points for Flight A and Flight B will not be the same, please see USTA Point Chart under Flighted draws.
• DOUBLES • All Doubles divisions will be a 16-team draw, single elimination with a ¾ playoff
• BALL TYPE:
• WAIVER: Upon registration, all players will be required to acknowledge the USTA Southern player waiver by “ticking” the box.
• SELECTIONS & SEEDING: • Singles Selection: National Combined Standing List • To be completed and posted by 12 Noon on the Monday prior to the tournament start date.
• Singles Seeding: National Singles Seeding List
• Doubles Selection: National Combined Standing List • To be completed and posted by 12 Noon on the Wednesday prior to the tournament start date.
• Doubles Seeding: National Doubles Seeding List
• Doubles Specific Notes: • If players are registered together on the tournament website by the deadline, we will place them into the doubles division.
• All teams that are currently registered at the time will be listed under "Main Draw". For those who are registered for doubles, but NOT currently with a partner, you will be listed under "Unpaired Players"
• If a player is registered as an individual (not a doubles team) on the USTA Tournament website, the player will have until Wednesday at Noon to send an email to the Tournament Director and Tournament Referee with BOTH players confirming they are playing together to be entered into the doubles.
• All teams that are currently registered at the time will be listed under "Main Draw". For those who are registered for doubles, but NOT currently with a partner, you will be listed under "Unpaired Players"
• Players will NOT be selected if they are shown as registered on the USTA tournament website as an individual, or an Unpaired Player, or do not email us who their doubles partner is.
• CHECK-IN & SCORE REPORTING: • It is the responsibility of all players to check-in and report scores in a timely manner. This is crucial to keeping the tournament on schedule.
• All players MUST check-in for all matches using Match Tennis App.
• All players are responsible for confirming all match scores immediately.
• PRACTICE COURTS:
• LATE ENTRIES: TBD • No Late Entries will be accepted
• OR
• Deadline:
• PLAYER SUSPENSION POINTS will be given to any player who registers for two tournaments at the same time. You do not have to be selected to two different tournaments to be penalized, only register for them. If you wish to try and play another event, you must withdraw from this tournament in writing to the TD and Referee.
• TOURNAMENT REFEREE & TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE:
• WITHDRAWALS: • Prior to the tournament registration deadline must be completed by the player or their parents through the Player’s Profile on the USTA website. Click here for instructions.
• After the tournament registration deadline must be submitted in writing to both the Tournament Director and the Tournament Referee and will NOT be eligible for a refund.
• Any player who does not notify the tournament in a timely manner of withdrawals/retirements through emails as stated above will be subject to the match being recorded as a “Default” which results in up to five (5) USTA Player Suspension Points.
• PLAYER AVOIDANCES: • Avoidances are entered into the system PRIOR to making the draws and cannot be changed once the process has begun. Every effort will be made to recognize player avoidances for the following: • Doubles partners
• Siblings
• Players from the same state (outside of North Carolina)
• OTHER: HOTELS: STRINGER:
• RESOURCES:
• 2024 FRIEND AT COURT
• USTA REOURCES FOR PLAYERS
• USTA PARENTS’ GUIDE FOR TENNIS SITE
Virtual Tournament Desk Registration **MANDATORY FOR ALL PLAYERS** by October 1 @ 9pm
We will be using Match Tennis App for the following:
• In app Pre-Tournament Check-In
• In app Match Check-In
• Court Assignment text messaging
• In app match Score Reporting
• In app viewable next on “Waiting list”
• In app viewing of “Matches in Progress”
Click HERE to Complete Your Pre-Tournament Check-In Form
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:
● How to Declare Your Linked Child’s Residency
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.
Safe Play Information:
Safe Play Proactive Policy Highlights
Tournamnet Director: Alex Millholland
Contact Email: alex@hollowrock.com
Phone: 919-260-6650
The director's own notes, as published on USTA. Ace reads these too.