FRIEND AT COURT 2010 - USTA.com
FRIEND AT COURT 2010 - USTA.com
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at least one win in the 12-month period preceding the<br />
publication of the List.<br />
3. Tournament regulations for Category I <strong>USTA</strong> Wheelchair National<br />
Championships. All Category I <strong>USTA</strong> Wheelchair National Championships<br />
that are sanctioned by the ITF shall be played under ITF wheelchair<br />
tournament regulations and shall follow the requirements listed below<br />
when they are not inconsistent with ITF Regulations for Wheelchair<br />
Tennis. Any Category I <strong>USTA</strong> National Championship that is not<br />
sanctioned by the ITF shall have the following requirements.<br />
a. Citizenship not required. Category I <strong>USTA</strong> Wheelchair National<br />
Championships shall be open to citizens and non-citizens.<br />
b. Singles and doubles draws. Each Category I <strong>USTA</strong> National<br />
Wheelchair Championship shall be required to offer singles and<br />
doubles in the divisions for which the tournament has been<br />
sanctioned, except for Category I <strong>USTA</strong> Wheelchair National<br />
Championships in the Senior Open/A (40 & Over) Doubles and<br />
Senior B/C (40 & Over) Doubles Divisions, which are only required<br />
to hold doubles.<br />
i. Draw sizes. Draw sizes shall be determined by the<br />
Tournament Committee. Selection for draws with limited<br />
draw sizes shall be done as set forth in <strong>USTA</strong> Regulation<br />
I.H.4., except that the Tournament Committee has discretion<br />
to conduct a qualifying draw. Wild cards may not be<br />
awarded.<br />
ii. Singles consolation draw, <strong>com</strong>pass draw, or round robin<br />
required. Category I <strong>USTA</strong> Wheelchair National<br />
Championships shall include consolation draws in singles.<br />
The Wheelchair Tennis Committee shall specify the<br />
consolation format that shall be used.<br />
FAC Comment XIII.A-3: The Wheelchair Tennis Committee has authorized<br />
the use of Feed-In Championship, Modified Feed-In Championship, First<br />
Match Losers Consolation, and First Round Losers Consolation at<br />
Category I <strong>USTA</strong> National Wheelchair Championships.<br />
iii. Playoff for third place. The Tournament Committee shall<br />
determine whether a playoff for third place shall be offered<br />
and shall publish the information on the website by the time<br />
it is prepared to receive entries. If the match is offered,<br />
players must play the match unless failure to do so is<br />
attributable to injury, illness, or personal emergency.<br />
For the purpose of determining scheduling in <strong>com</strong>pliance<br />
with <strong>USTA</strong> Regulation XIII.A.3.g.ii. below, the playoff<br />
matches are considered part of the main draw.<br />
c. Seeding. The seeding method shall be determined by the<br />
Tournament Committee and shall be either the All-Factors Method<br />
of seeding described in <strong>USTA</strong> Regulation II.A.4.a. or the<br />
204 <strong>USTA</strong> REGUL<strong>AT</strong>IONS XIII.A. (Wheelchair National Tournament Regulations)