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y the USTA to facilitate the sale of these rights on a national or
multi-event basis. The net proceeds of the sale of these rights shall be
divided 80% to the tournament and 20% to the Sectional Association.
D. USTA National Championships, USTA Junior National Championships, USTA
Regional Tournaments, and USTA International Tournaments (other than the
US Open and those USTA National Championships that are Awarded by the
USTA Board)
1. Primary host site shall be Organization Member. The primary host site of
each USTA National Championship, USTA Junior National
Championship, USTA Regional Tournament, and USTA International
Tournament shall be an Organization Member.
2. Sectional Association must approve sanction. The appropriate
competition committee shall consider only those applications that have
the approval of the Sectional Association of the site.
3. Sanctioning process.
a. Application requirements. The applicant shall submit the
application on the USTA-approved form.
• Applicants for Category I USTA Adult, Senior, and Family
National Championships and Category I USTA Wheelchair
National Championships shall also submit a complete
description of the applicant’s facilities, proposed tournament
organization, and such other information as may be pertinent
in considering competing bids.
• Applicants for USTA Junior National Championships, USTA
Regional Tournaments, and USTA International Tournaments
may submit or be asked to submit other information in
support of their applications.
FAC Comment XVII.D-1: The online sanction application does not gather
certain information on the form. For example, it does not ask for detailed
information on the proposed site, tournament organization, amenities provided
to players, and hotels. If an online sanction application form is used, this
additional information is submitted in writing to the competition committee.
b. Application deadline. The deadline for an application submitted to
the Adult/Senior Competition Committee or the Wheelchair Tennis
Committee is August 1 of the year before the start of the
tournament. The Junior Competition Committee shall set the
application deadline for tournaments submitted to it and shall
notify the Sectional Associations and existing sanction holders of
the deadline by January 1.
FAC Comment XVII.D-2: The USTA staff is responsible for publicizing the
process for submitting applications for National tournaments and the
deadline by which applications are due. Generally, this information is
published on the USTA website, is sent to existing sanction holders, and is
sent to Sectional Associations who are asked to forward the information to
their Organization Members.
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