FRIEND AT COURT 2010 - USTA.com
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• Playing on a foreign team; or<br />
• No longer being classified by the Department of Homeland<br />
Security as an alien with a status listed in <strong>USTA</strong> Regulation<br />
IX.A.2.a.<br />
may apply for reinstatement. The Director of Player Development<br />
or the Director’s Designee, the Senior Director for Junior and<br />
Collegiate Competition, the Director of Junior Competition, the<br />
Chairperson of the Junior Competition Committee, and the<br />
Coordinator of Junior Rankings, in consultation with the <strong>USTA</strong><br />
General Counsel, shall rule on the request. The player may appeal<br />
the ruling to the Board.<br />
3. National Standings List. At least monthly, the <strong>USTA</strong> shall publish National<br />
Standings Lists for individual players in each Junior Division. The Junior<br />
Competition Committee shall determine the dates on which the lists are<br />
published and the criteria for inclusion on the lists. Annually it shall<br />
publish the criteria.<br />
4. Seeding criteria and procedure. The Junior Competition Committee<br />
shall determine the seeding criteria and procedure for <strong>USTA</strong> National<br />
Championships, <strong>USTA</strong> National Opens, <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments,<br />
and the <strong>USTA</strong> Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic Championships<br />
(East/West). The seeding criteria and procedure, which shall be based<br />
on the standing, ranking, and selection systems, is published in Table<br />
16. The Director of Junior Competition or the Director’s designee shall<br />
seed each tournament after consulting with the Tournament Committee.<br />
5. Match formats for <strong>USTA</strong> National Opens, <strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships,<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic Championships (East/West),<br />
and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments. The Junior Competition Committee<br />
shall determine the match formats to be used in <strong>USTA</strong> National Opens,<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships, <strong>USTA</strong> Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic<br />
Championships (East/West), and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments. These<br />
formats shall be published on the <strong>USTA</strong> website and in Table 17. (See<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Regulation IX.A.9.o. for match formats used in the <strong>USTA</strong> National<br />
Championships.) The match formats for <strong>USTA</strong> International<br />
Tournaments and ITF tournaments on the National Junior Tournament<br />
Schedule are controlled by ITF tournament regulations.<br />
6. No-ad scoring prohibited in <strong>USTA</strong> Junior National Championships and<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments. No-ad scoring may not be used in <strong>USTA</strong><br />
Junior National Championships and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments even<br />
when there is inclement weather, health concerns, or safety concerns.<br />
The use of no-ad scoring in <strong>USTA</strong> International Tournaments and ITF<br />
tournaments on the National Junior Tournament Schedule is controlled<br />
by ITF tournament regulations.<br />
7. Shortening <strong>USTA</strong> Junior National Championships and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional<br />
Tournaments. The Director of Junior Competition or the Director’s designee<br />
may authorize the Referee of a <strong>USTA</strong> Junior National Championship or a<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournament to use a match format not previously<br />
authorized because of:<br />
• Inclement weather;<br />
• Health concerns; or<br />
• Safety concerns.<br />
168 <strong>USTA</strong> REGUL<strong>AT</strong>IONS IX.A. (Junior National Tournament Regulations)