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FAC Comment II.C-2: Principles for replacement of a player also apply to a player
who asks to withdraw but is defaulted instead because the player’s reason for not
playing is based on a reason other than injury, illness, or personal emergency.
FAC Comment II.C-3: In ITF Adult or Senior Circuit tournaments, the ITF requires
the use of the method in USTA Regulation II.C.1.a.iv. Referees of ITF tournaments
should check the ITF website to verify that there are no changes to this ITF procedure.
In all other cases, Referees may choose among the four methods. The second
and third methods are more appropriate for withdrawals that occur before the match
schedule has been published or several days before the start of play. They also may
be more appropriate in cases involving the withdrawal of a high seed. The first and
fourth methods are simpler and may be more appropriate in the case of last minute
withdrawals because the Referee will have to notify fewer players of the changes. The
Referee is not required to change the draw if none of these methods is feasible.
b. Withdrawal of player who was not seeded and filling a vacant position
created by moving seeded players. The Referee may do any of the
following:
i. Add player to draw. If there are players awaiting entry into the
draw, fill the position with a person not already in the draw whose
inclusion would not affect the seedings;
ii. Leave player in draw. If there are no players awaiting entry into
the draw, leave the player in the draw and advance the opponent
by a withdrawal.
iii. Remove player. If there are no players awaiting entry into the
draw and removing a player from the draw would eliminate a
round of play in the:
• Main draw: Move players using the principle of
randomness so that there are no byes; or
• Consolation draw: Add a bye so that the byes are evenly
balanced and move the player displaced by the bye, if any,
to the line previously occupied by the withdrawing player.
FAC Comment II.C-4: Examples of eliminating a round of play include not only
reducing a draw of 33 to 32 or a draw of 17 to 16, but also reducing a draw of 49
to 48 or a draw of 25 to 24 in tournaments with Feed-In Championships.
iv. Move unseeded players if there are no players awaiting entry
into draw and withdrawal would create double bye. If there
are no players awaiting entry into the draw and the withdrawal
would create a double bye, then the Referee may:
(A) Move opponent of highest seed who does not have bye.
Choose the opponent of highest seed who does not have
bye and move this player to the proper position in the
double bye. (Proper position is the top line of the pairing
in the top half and the bottom line of the pairing in the
bottom half.);
(B) Move player in adjoining match. If all seeded players
have byes and there is a first-round match in the
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