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v. The remaining entrants in the order of the strength of their
records.
Players not selected for their first choice shall remain in the pool of
applicants for entry into the other concurrent tournaments.
e. Alternates. Those players who have not been selected after all
four draws have been filled shall be placed in alternate pools at all
concurrent tournaments for which the players indicated a
preference. The Tournament Committees shall order the
alternates as follows:
i. Players in positions up to 600 from the National Standings
List of the division used to select players into the tournament
in the order in which their names appear on this List;
ii. Players not already placed on the alternate list in positions up
to 400 from the National Standings List of the next-younger
division used to select players into the tournament in the
order in which their names appear on this List;
iii. Players not already placed on the alternate list whose names
appear on the National Standings List of the division used to
select players into the tournament in the order in which their
names appear on this List;
iv. Players not already placed on the alternate list whose names
appear on the National Standings List of the next-younger
division used to select players into the tournament in the
order in which their names appear on this List; and
v. The remaining entrants in an order determined by lot.
FAC Comment IX.A-8: Late entrants may be placed on the alternate list after
timely entries in an order determined by lot. See USTA Regulation I.H.4.
f. Acceptance into USTA National Open makes player ineligible for
play in concurrent USTA National Open. Once a player has been
accepted into a USTA National Open, the player shall not be eligible
for play in any other USTA National Open held concurrently, except
that a player may submit a written request to move to another site
within the same age division if the draw at the requested site is not
full, the request is received by each Tournament Director no later
than 10 days before the start date of the tournament, and each
Tournament Director involved understands the circumstances and
concurs in writing.
g. Publication of selection. The USTA shall publish the names of the
entrants and alternates.
h. Singles draw format. In singles each tournament shall run a
Feed-in Championship and playoff for third place. The USTA
Player Development Division and Junior Competition Committee
shall specify any additional playoff matches required and the
round through which the losing players are fed into the Feed-in
Championship. Each player shall play all matches unless the
failure to do so is attributable to illness, injury, personal
emergency, or adult decision.
180 USTA REGULATIONS IX.A. (Junior National Tournament Regulations)