FRIEND AT COURT 2010 - USTA.com
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FAC Comment IX.A-9: The standard bye placement method described in<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Regulation II.B.4.d.i. shall be used in the Feed-in Championship draw.<br />
i. Doubles draw format. In doubles each tournament shall run a<br />
single elimination draw and playoff for third place. Each player<br />
shall play all matches unless the failure to do so is attributable to<br />
illness, injury, or personal emergency.<br />
j. Time when draws made. The draws shall not be made more than<br />
seven days before the start of the tournament.<br />
k. Remaking draws. If play has not begun, a draw may be remade:<br />
• If any one of the top four seeds withdraws; or<br />
• If two or more seeds withdraw.<br />
11. <strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships, <strong>USTA</strong> Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic<br />
Championships (East/West), <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments, and <strong>USTA</strong><br />
International Tournaments.<br />
a. Tournament regulations for <strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships, <strong>USTA</strong><br />
Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic Championships (East/West),<br />
and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments. Regulations for <strong>USTA</strong> Team<br />
Championships, <strong>USTA</strong> Boys’ and Girls’ 18 Interscholastic<br />
Championships (East/West), and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments<br />
shall be prepared by the Junior Competition Committee and the<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Player Development Division and shall be published.<br />
b. Use of ITF tournament regulations at <strong>USTA</strong> International<br />
Tournaments. <strong>USTA</strong> International Tournaments shall use ITF<br />
tournament regulations. The list of <strong>USTA</strong> International<br />
Tournaments shall be published. See Table 18.<br />
c. Coaching in <strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships. Coaching shall be allowed<br />
only in <strong>USTA</strong> Team Championships. Only the designated team coach<br />
shall be allowed to coach. Each team may have only one designated<br />
coach. Coaching may take place during changeovers and shall be<br />
conducted in an unobtrusive manner at the fence line with the<br />
coach outside the playing area while the player remains inside the<br />
playing area.<br />
12. Scheduling requirements. The scheduling guidelines in <strong>USTA</strong><br />
Regulation II.D.12. and Table 6 and the order for canceling matches<br />
in <strong>USTA</strong> Regulation III.G.5.a. are mandatory for <strong>USTA</strong> Junior<br />
National Championships and <strong>USTA</strong> Regional Tournaments. Scheduling<br />
requirements for <strong>USTA</strong> International Tournaments and ITF<br />
tournaments on the National Junior Tournament Schedule are<br />
controlled by the ITF tournament regulations.<br />
13. Eligibility for international <strong>com</strong>petition. In <strong>com</strong>pliance with ITF regulations,<br />
in order to be endorsed by the <strong>USTA</strong> into ITF junior tournaments, a player<br />
shall be a United States citizen as evidenced by possession of a valid U.S.<br />
passport, birth certificate (not conclusive in all cases), or Certificate of<br />
Naturalization.<br />
A player residing in Puerto Rico who meets the eligibility criteria of<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> Regulation IX.A.2.a. may play on the Puerto Rico or United States<br />
international teams. A player residing in the U.S. Virgin Islands who meets<br />
<strong>USTA</strong> REGUL<strong>AT</strong>IONS IX.A. (Junior National Tournament Regulations) 181