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XVII. SANCTIONING
A. General Information
1. Meaning of sanctioning. The USTA sanctioning process is intended to aid
the public, the player, and the tennis promoter. It helps to assure
uniformity of the rules of play; it permits the ranking of players on a basis
of an accepted standard; it encourages an orderly schedule of
tournaments that accommodates the reasonable needs of players,
promoters, and sponsors; and it fosters the aim of providing the public
with tennis of high caliber and ethical standards.
Sanctioning indicates that the tournament:
• Is an official USTA-approved tournament;
• Agrees to follow the ITF Rules of Tennis;
• Agrees to follow USTA Regulations; and
• Results will be considered by the applicable USTA National,
Sectional, District, or local ranking committees if the applicable
ranking regulations authorize the results to be considered.
2. Definition of tournament. Tournament refers to all forms of competition,
including, but not limited to, tournaments, championships, team
championships, matches, exhibitions, events, intersectionals,
international competitions, and zonals. Tournaments are classified as
amateur, professional, or open.
3. Applicant must be Organization Member. Only an Organization Member
may apply for a sanction to hold a tournament. The person submitting
the application must be authorized to do so by the Organization Member.
4. Discrimination not allowed. Tournament sanctions shall be awarded and
sanctioned tournaments shall be conducted without regard to race,
creed, color, national origin, or sexual orientation. By submitting an
application to sanction a tournament, the applicant agrees that it will not
discriminate against any participant because of the participant’s race,
creed, color, national origin, or sexual orientation, except that entries into
USTA Junior National Championships are limited to US citizens and
certain aliens (see USTA Regulation IX.A.2.) and except that Sectional
Associations, District Associations, and subdivisions of Sectional
Associations may limit entry in some tournaments to U.S. citizens and
certain aliens residing in their territory. A violation of this provision may
result in a refusal to issue any further sanctions to the applicant.
5. Submission of application. Most applications must be submitted online.
The entity that is responsible for approving the sanction (USTA Board,
appropriate USTA competition committee, Sectional Association, District
Association, or subdivision of a Sectional Association) may require the
applicant to submit information in addition to information submitted in
the online application. When online application is not available, the
applicant shall submit the sanction application to the entity that is
responsible for approving the application. All Organization Members that
submit an application agree to run tournaments pursuant to USTA
Regulations.
FAC Comment XVII.A-1: Applications for sanctions for tournaments that are
approved by Sectional Associations, District Associations, and subdivisions of
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