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Sectional Associations are submitted online. Applications for USTA Junior
National Championships, USTA Regional Tournaments, and USTA International
Tournaments are submitted to the Junior Competition Committee through an
online bid process. Applications for Category I USTA Adult, Senior, and Family
USTA National Championships are submitted to the Adult/Senior Competition
Committee through an online process or on an offer and contract form.
Applications for Category I USTA Wheelchair National Championships are
submitted to the Wheelchair Tennis Committee through an online process or
on an offer and contract form.
6. Payment of sanction fee. The sanction fee for a tournament for which
online application is available is generally paid electronically to the USTA.
Once the sanction is approved, the USTA directs the fee to the proper
recipient. In all other cases the sanction fee is paid to the appropriate
competition committee or the Sectional Association, District Association,
or subdivision of a Sectional Association that approves the sanction.
7. Issuance of sanction. When a Sectional Association, a District
Association, or subdivision of a Sectional Association issues a sanction,
the entity issuing the sanction shall send notice of approval of the
sanction to the USTA Legal Department.
8. Use of USTA name in reference to tournament. The Organization Member
that holds the sanction and sponsors a USTA-sanctioned tournament
may use the name, initials, and logo of the USTA to the extent
determined by the USTA .
9. Use of certified officials recommended in sanctioned tournaments. The
USTA recommends that every on-court official, Referee, Roving Umpire,
and Chief Umpire be certified in accordance with USTA Regulation VII.
in the appropriate classification.
10. USTA does not assume financial responsibility for tournaments. The
USTA does not assume financial responsibility for any tournament. Any
loss incurred shall be the sole responsibility of the sanction holder.
11. Sanction will not be issued if prior sanction fee is delinquent. A sanction
shall not be approved if the applicant, promoter, Organization Member,
or other person or entity directly or indirectly owning or controlling the
tournament is delinquent in the payment of any sanction fee charged for
a sanction previously applied for and issued, unless the delinquent
sanction fee is paid or the USTA Committee, Sectional Association,
District Association, or subdivision of a Sectional Association that
approved the sanction waives the delinquency.
12. Specification in title of whether tournament is open to professionals, an
invitational, or a closed tournament. The titles of junior tournaments do
not need to include the word amateur because, with the exceptions of the
USTA National Championships, which are open to professionals (see
USTA Regulation IX.A.9.b.), only amateurs may play in junior
tournaments. USTA tournaments other than junior tournaments should
specify in the title whether the tournament is open to amateurs only,
professionals only, or both. Absence of any designation in the title means
that the tournament is open to both amateurs and professionals,
214 USTA REGULATIONS XVII.A. (General Information)