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• Aliens with Temporary Protected Status. Aliens who have been granted Temporary Protected Status. • Aliens with Adjustment Status. Aliens whose I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Resident or Adjust Status) has been accepted for filing. • British Columbians. Canadian citizens and landed Canadian immigrants who reside in British Columbia. D. Collegiate Rankings Eligible players shall be ranked in the following Collegiate Men’s and Women’s singles and team doubles divisions in the order in which their names appear on the academic year-end ITA ranking lists. • Men’s and Women’s Collegiate – NCAA Division I • Men’s and Women’s Collegiate – NCAA Division II • Men’s and Women’s Collegiate – NCAA Division III • Men’s and Women’s Collegiate – NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) • Men’s and Women’s Collegiate – NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) The Collegiate ranking period shall be June 1 to May 31. Results from the following NCAA Division I National Tournaments shall be considered in both the Men’s and Women’s Collegiate—NCAA Division I ranking categories and the Adult National Open and the Professional/Adult National Open ranking categories described in USTA Regulations X.B.1. and X.B.2.: • ITA All-American Championships • ITA National Indoor Championships • NCAA Division I National Championships Collegiate rankings are not subject to review or appeal. 202 USTA REGULATIONS XII.D. (Collegiate Rankings)
XIII. WHEELCHAIR NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND RANKINGS A. Wheelchair National Tournament Regulations 1. Overview of Wheelchair National Tournament System. Annually the USTA shall publish the National Wheelchair Tournament Schedule, which shall include the following tournaments: a. Category I USTA Wheelchair National Championships. The USTA shall sanction at least one Category I USTA Wheelchair National Championship in each of the following divisions: • Men’s, Women’s, and Quad Open • Men’s, Women’s, and Quad A • Men’s and Women’s B • Men’s C • Junior Open/A (18 & Under) • Senior Open/A (40 & Over) Doubles • Senior B/C (40 & Over) Doubles These tournaments may be held on hard, clay, or indoor surfaces. b. Category II USTA Wheelchair Tournaments. Category II USTA Wheelchair Tournaments are tournaments sanctioned by Sectional Associations that are selected by the Wheelchair Tennis Committee and the USTA Competitive Play Department for inclusion on the National Wheelchair Tournament Schedule. The Wheelchair Tennis Committee, in consultation with the USTA Competitive Play Department, shall determine the selection criteria. These tournaments shall comply with USTA Regulations XIII.A.3.a-e., g., and h., unless the tournament has been sanctioned by the ITF, in which case it shall be played under the ITF Regulations for Wheelchair Tennis. At least one Category II USTA Wheelchair Tournament shall be selected for the National Wheelchair Tournament Schedule in each of the divisions listed in USTA Regulation XIII.A.1.a. c. ITF wheelchair tournaments. The USTA Competitive Play Department shall determine criteria for selecting ITF wheelchair tournaments to be placed on the National Wheelchair Tournament Schedule. FAC Comment XIII.A-1: All of the Category I USTA Wheelchair National Championships and the Category II USTA Wheelchair Tournaments in the Men’s Open, Women’s Open, and Quad Open Divisions are also sanctioned by the ITF and are played under the ITF Regulations for Wheelchair Tennis. 2. National Seeding Lists. At least monthly, the USTA shall publish National Seeding Lists in each Wheelchair Division. The Wheelchair Tennis Committee shall determine the criteria for inclusion on the National Seeding Lists. FAC Comment XIII.A-2: The Wheelchair Tennis Committee has established the following criteria for inclusion on the National Seeding Lists: • Players must have a current USTA membership; and • Players must have played in at least two tournaments and had USTA REGULATIONS XIII.A. (Wheelchair National Tournament Regulations) 203
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FRIEND AT COURT 2010
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FRIEND AT COURT THE USTA HANDBOOK o
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Foreword The most significant chang
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USTA Regulations There was a substa
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Contents Foreword..................
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E. Net Umpire......................
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II. Discrimination Complaint and Re
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FOREWORD The International Tennis F
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i. After an agreed odd number of ga
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Additional approved alternative sco
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USTA Comment 9.1: When should the t
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USTA Comment 15.1: Do the partners
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USTA Comment 18.6: When may the rec
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USTA Comment 23.1: What happens whe
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USTA Comment 24.4: What happens if
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lob in doubles and loudly shouts
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finish that game in the “new” p
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• If the error is discovered when
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USTA Comment 29.10: A best-of-five
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AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF TENNIS Th
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of court surface types which confor
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SCORE IN A SET (Rules 6 and 7): 1.
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coaching in respect of any Code of
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5. The Chair Umpire’s final decis
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6.3 The Chairperson shall be entitl
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12.3 Such interim Rulings may inclu
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78'0" 23.77m) PLAN OF THE COURT Not
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c, d, but the court can be measured
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PART 2—THE CODE THE PLAYERS’ GU
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11. Requesting opponent’s help. W
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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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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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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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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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Presence Required..................
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The Official’s Code of Conduct A
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