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B. Gold Davis Cup Insignia .............................................................................................210 C. Gold Fed Cup Charm ...................................................................................................210 D. Restrictions on Trophy and Award Presentations......................................................210 XV. USTA League ..........................................................................................................................211 A. Description ....................................................................................................................211 B. Rating System ...............................................................................................................211 C. Eligibility ......................................................................................................................211 D. Authority for Committee to Adopt USTA League Regulations ................................211 XVI. USTA Jr. Team Tennis .........................................................................................................212 A. Description ....................................................................................................................212 B. Eligibility ......................................................................................................................212 C. Authority for Committee to Adopt USTA Jr. Team Tennis Regulations ..................212 XVII. Sanctioning ..........................................................................................................................213 A. General Information .....................................................................................................213 B. USTA League and USTA Jr. Team Tennis Approved Without Necessity of Sanction....................................................................................................215 C. Sectional and District Tournaments and Leagues other than USTA League and USTA Jr. Team Tennis...................................................................215 D. USTA National Championships, USTA Junior National Championships, USTA Regional Tournaments, and USTA International Tournaments ....................216 E. ITF Junior Tournaments...............................................................................................218 F. US Open and Other Tournament Sanctions Awarded by USTA Board...................218 XVIII. Amateur and Professional Status..................................................................................220 A. Definitions.....................................................................................................................220 B. Warning .........................................................................................................................220 C. Acts That Will Cause the Loss of Amateur Status......................................................220 D. Acts That Amateur May Engage in Without Losing Amateur Status ......................220 E. Expenses That May Be Reimbursed Without Causing Player to Lose Amateur Status .............................................................................................................221 F. Reimbursement of These Expenses Will Cause Player to Lose Amateur Status .............................................................................................................222 G. Organization Member’s Role in Reimbursement of an Amateur’s Expenses .........223 H. Amateur Prizes..............................................................................................................223 I. Enforcement Procedure over Amateur Status ............................................................224 J. Reinstatement to Amateur Status................................................................................225 XIX. Amendments and Requests for Waivers.........................................................................227 A. Amendment by the Members......................................................................................227 B. Amendment by the Executive Committee .................................................................227 C. Process for Submitting an Amendment......................................................................227 D. Amendment by the Board............................................................................................227 E. Amendments Passed by Executive Committee and Board Are Subject to Amendment at Next Meeting of the Members.........................................228 F. Secretary-Treasurer of USTA Shall Provide Certain USTA Officials with Copy of Amendment Within Sixty Days of Its Adoption ................................228 G. Effective Date of Amendments....................................................................................228 H. Amendments to The Code, USTA Comments to ITF Rules of Tennis, and Comments to USTA Regulations .........................................................................228 I. Request for Waiver .......................................................................................................228 PART 4 USTA EMERGENCY CARE GUIDELINES....................................................230 PART 5 UMPIREASSIGNMENT, SELECTION, CERTIFICATION, AND TRAINING .....................................................................................................235 I. USTA Policy..........................................................................................................................235 A. Diversity and Inclusion: A Key Element of the USTA’s Core Values....................235 B. Assignment & Selection of Chair Umpires for Tournaments ................................235 C. Certification and Training of Chair Umpires..........................................................237 x CONTENTS
II. Discrimination Complaint and Resolution Process .....................................................238 A. Umpire Equal Opportunity Policy..........................................................................238 B. Umpire Complaint and Investigation Procedure ...................................................238 PART 6 UMPIRE AWARDS ................................................................................................239 PART 7 INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS.........................................................................................242 PART 8 GLOSSARY...............................................................................................................269 PART 9 INDEX TO THE ITF RULES OF TENNIS, THE CODE, & USTA REGULATIONS...................................................................................280 THE OFFICIALS’ CODE OF CONDUCT ......................................................INSIDE BACK COVER CONTENTS OF THE FIGURES Figures 1 Plan of the Court...........................................................................................................41 2 Suggestions on How to Mark Out a Court.................................................................42 3 Example of an Entry Form...........................................................................................68 4 Positioning Seeds and Byes in Draw of 32 with 22 Players .....................................80 5 Positioning Players in Feed-In Championship Draw..............................................82 6 Modified Curtis Feed-In Championship Draw .........................................................85 7 Compass Draw Sheet ...................................................................................................88 8 Players Omitted from Draw.........................................................................................93 9 36-Foot Court..............................................................................................................135 10 60-Foot Court..............................................................................................................136 11-13 Example of Scorecard Marking.................................................................................146 14 Entry into USTA National Championship................................................................171 CONTENTS OF THE TABLES Tables 1 Tennis Ball Specification..............................................................................................27 2 Responsibilities of the Tournament Committee.........................................................53 3 Responsibilities of Referee ..........................................................................................55 4 Junior Eligibility..........................................................................................................62 5 Criteria for Entering Wheelchair Divisions................................................................64 6 Scheduling Guidelines for Junior Divisions..............................................................98 7 Scheduling Guidelines for Adults, Senior, and Wheelchair Divisions ....................99 8 Draw Sheet Terminology and Procedures ................................................................104 9 Minimum Rest Between Matches.............................................................................108 10 Time Allowed Between Sets .....................................................................................109 11 Medical Timeouts, Bleeding Timeouts and Toilet/ Change of Attire Breaks.............................................................................................113 12 Point Penalty System .................................................................................................123 13 Time Violations...........................................................................................................124 14 Penalties for Lateness.................................................................................................124 15 Guidelines for Assessing Penalties ...........................................................................126 16 Seeding Criteria for USTA National Championships, (Juniors Only), USTA National Opens, USTA Regional Tournaments and USTA Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic Championships (East/West).................169 17 Match Formats for Tournaments on the National Junior Tournament Schedule ................................................................................................178 18 USTA International Tournaments .............................................................................179 19 Suspension Points ......................................................................................................183 20 Adult National Open and Professional/Adult National Open Minimum Tournament Participation Requirements for National Ranking...........194 21 Relative Ranking Weights of Other National Ranking Tournaments ....................196 22 Adult, Senior, and Family Minimum Tournament Participation Requirements for National Ranking .................................................198 23 Minimum Participation Requirements for Wheelchair National Ranking............207 24 Relative Ranking Weights for Wheelchair Tournaments ........................................208 CONTENTS xi
Page 1 and 2: FRIEND AT COURT 2010
Page 3 and 4: FRIEND AT COURT THE USTA HANDBOOK o
Page 5 and 6: Foreword The most significant chang
Page 7 and 8: USTA Regulations There was a substa
Page 9 and 10: Contents Foreword..................
Page 11: E. Net Umpire......................
Page 15 and 16: FOREWORD The International Tennis F
Page 17 and 18: i. After an agreed odd number of ga
Page 19 and 20: Additional approved alternative sco
Page 21 and 22: USTA Comment 9.1: When should the t
Page 23 and 24: USTA Comment 15.1: Do the partners
Page 25 and 26: USTA Comment 18.6: When may the rec
Page 27 and 28: USTA Comment 23.1: What happens whe
Page 29 and 30: USTA Comment 24.4: What happens if
Page 31 and 32: lob in doubles and loudly shouts
Page 33 and 34: finish that game in the “new” p
Page 35 and 36: • If the error is discovered when
Page 37 and 38: USTA Comment 29.10: A best-of-five
Page 39 and 40: AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF TENNIS Th
Page 41 and 42: of court surface types which confor
Page 43 and 44: SCORE IN A SET (Rules 6 and 7): 1.
Page 45 and 46: coaching in respect of any Code of
Page 47 and 48: 5. The Chair Umpire’s final decis
Page 49 and 50: 6.3 The Chairperson shall be entitl
Page 51 and 52: 12.3 Such interim Rulings may inclu
Page 53 and 54: 78'0" 23.77m) PLAN OF THE COURT Not
Page 55 and 56: c, d, but the court can be measured
Page 57 and 58: PART 2—THE CODE THE PLAYERS’ GU
Page 59 and 60: 11. Requesting opponent’s help. W
Page 61 and 62: 30. Delays during service. When the
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43. New balls for a third set. When
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FAC Comment I.A-3: The term “Dist
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USTA Reg. I.C.4. I.H.3. I.H.4. IV.C
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a. Presence of Referee or Deputy Re
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3. Short Sets. A tournament electin
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ii. NTRP Division if the player’s
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Tournaments starting in 11/10: 18s
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January 1 Criteria and Procedure. T
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H. Entry Process 1. Means of entry.
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FAC Comment I.H-1: Tournaments post
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II. DRAW REGULATIONS A. Seeding Whi
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• Player in the draw was not seed
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c. Using byes to fill out draw. Whe
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draw starting from the bottom up; d
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quarters, the specific one of these
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conditions as main-draw matches, in
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. To lines opposite seeds if four p
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Modified Curtis Feed-In Championshi
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• The player with the highest per
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FAC Comment II.B-9: The Referee’s
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ii. remake the draw; iii. relocate
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Players Omitted from Draw Fig. 8 US
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18, is drawn. Edwards’ name is re
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FAC Comment II.C-7: In some cases t
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TABLE 7 Scheduling Guidelines for A
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FAC Comment II.D-3: Tables 6 and 7
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FAC Comment III.B-1: The playing ar
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B. After Entries Close But Before D
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C. Rest Periods 1. Rest between mat
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Wheelchair Family & NTRP Senior Adu
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FAC Comment III.E-3: If a player ha
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TABLE 11 Medical Timeouts, Bleeding
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F. Toilet/Change of Attire Break A
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IV. PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES AND CON
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Coaching is permitted during an aut
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18. Player shall not engage in gamb
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Code Violations Delay • Not resum
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B. Lateness for Resumption of Suspe
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Verbal or Physical Abuse( Cont’d)
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FAC Comment IV.D-9: Player A is pen
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Referee who issued the default, in
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eport the suspension to the USTA Na
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6. Results not considered for ranki
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mesh so that a ball cannot pass thr
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FAC Comment VII.A-4: May the Refere
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determined. Examples include determ
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of the opponent, then the name of t
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7. Four characteristics mark the de
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The tiebreak score is reported as 7
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as much of the scorecard as possibl
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FAC Comment VII.C-13: Player A hits
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sight along the top of the band. Th
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all. Maintain ready position throug
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4. Call foot faults, remembering th
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4. Number of tournaments. Every yea
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. National Chair Umpire: i. Shall h
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1. Life Umpire: An official who has
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Regulation VI.B.3. (QuickStart Tenn
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d. ITF tournaments on National Juni
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TABLE 16 Seeding Criteria for USTA
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Entry into USTA National Championsh
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ecord calculated as of the effectiv
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or is otherwise removed from the dr
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eason from the player’s final sch
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TABLE 18 2010 USTA International To
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FAC Comment IX.A-9: The standard by
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Defaults* Code Violations Improper
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any appeal shall be barred unless i
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• Code violations under the Point
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X. ADULT, SENIOR AND FAMILY NATIONA
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d. Match formats. All matches playe
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• Aliens with Asylee Status. Alie
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i. The order in which their names a
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7. Calculating rankings in Adult an
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the Adult/Senior and Family Ranking
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XII. COLLEGIATE AND SCHOLASTIC TOUR
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XIII. WHEELCHAIR NATIONAL TOURNAMEN
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Computerized List Method described
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• Category I USTA National Wheelc
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FAC Comment XIII.B.2: If the Men’
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XV. USTA LEAGUE A. Description The
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XVII. SANCTIONING A. General Inform
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although for clarity, the word “O
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c. Submission to appropriate compet
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Championships, as set forth in USTA
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3. Tennis camp and school scholarsh
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3. Lost income. Lost opportunities
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3. Consequences of violating USTA R
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XIX. AMENDMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR WA
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• State the period over which the
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• Gloves: Verify that exam gloves
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sport drinks (e.g., Gatorade). Thes
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PART 5—UMPIRE ASSIGNMENT, SELECTI
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6. The USTA maintains records of th
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PART 6—UMPIRE AWARDS John T. McGo
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Nicholas E. Powel Award Recipients
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SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ITA CHANGES FO
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I. INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION—SINGLES
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19. Player who has been overruled t
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5. ITA Carry-Over Rules. The follow
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13. Spitting. Spitting at or in the
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I. Rest Periods, Continuous Play, a
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all. The Referee shall make this de
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3. Matches between schools from dif
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defaults for ranking purposes. 15.
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services of a qualified trainer, pr
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different time is agreed upon by bo
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line-up as presented is unfair, he
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coaches are current ITA members, an
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PART 8—GLOSSARY 7-Point Set Tiebr
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Compass Draw. This is a non-elimina
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ITF Tournaments on the National Jun
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Permanent Fixtures. Permanent fixtu
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Senior Divisions. The Men’s and W
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USTA Regional Tournaments. The Yout
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Back Draw .........................
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Category I USTA National Championsh
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Combined Ranking ..................
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Omitted players....................
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Inclement Weather..................
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National Championship Regulations A
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Points Played in good faith .......
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Collegiate Rankings................
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Presence Required..................
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Seed...............................
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Stalling ..........................
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Tournament Amateur.................
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USTA National Opens (Juniors) .....
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The Official’s Code of Conduct A
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