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PART 7—INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS CONTENTS OF THE INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS I. Individual Competition—Singles and Doubles Tournaments..................................245 A. The Code.........................................................................................................................245 B. Calls in Matches with a Solo Chair Umpire or with no Chair Umpire and no Line Umpires .....................................................................................................245 C. Service and Service Returns .........................................................................................247 D. ITA Scoring Systems......................................................................................................248 E. ITA Point Penalty System, Defaults, and Unintentional Time Violations ...................248 F. Restrictions on Players and Spectators ........................................................................251 G. Warm-up.........................................................................................................................251 H. Timeouts, Bathroom Breaks, and Equipment Adjustment ........................................251 I. Rest Periods, Continuous Play, and Time Between Matches ....................................253 J. Coaching.........................................................................................................................253 K. Coaches’ Code of Conduct ............................................................................................254 L. Equipment and Attire....................................................................................................254 M. Seeding—Ratio of 1 to 4................................................................................................255 N. Penalties for Lateness at Start of Match .......................................................................255 O. Post Match Interviews...................................................................................................255 P. Eligibility for Collegiate Competition.........................................................................255 II. Team Competition—Dual Meet Matches and Team Tournaments..........................255 A. Formats for Team Play ...................................................................................................255 B. General Rules.................................................................................................................256 C. Facilities and Equipment..............................................................................................259 D. Practice Courts ...............................................................................................................260 E. Officials...........................................................................................................................260 F. Trainer.............................................................................................................................260 G. ITA Scoring Systems in Team Matches in all Divisions.............................................261 H. ITA Point Penalty System and Defaults.......................................................................261 I. Starting Time..................................................................................................................262 J. Warm-up.........................................................................................................................263 K. Team Line-ups................................................................................................................263 L. Post Match Considerations ...........................................................................................266 III. ITA Tournaments—Rules, Regulations and Procedures ............................................266 A. General............................................................................................................................266 B. ITA Games Committee ..................................................................................................267 IV. ITA National Intercollegiate Events ...............................................................................267 A. Withdrawal from ITA National Intercollegiate Event ................................................267 B. ITA All-American Championships (Men and Women) .............................................268 C. ITA National Small College Championships (Men and Women) ...........................268 D. ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships (Men and Women).......................................................................................................268 E. USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Men and Women).......................................................................................................268 F. ITA Division III National Team Indoor Championships (Men)..............................268 V. Tournament Management..............................................................................................268 A. Meetings.......................................................................................................................268 B. Ball Change in ITA Division I National Tournaments..............................................268 242 INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT ITA CHANGES FOR 2010 EDITION OF FRIEND AT COURT [p. 251] ITA Regulation I.H.1. was revised to allow one medical timeout for Division I men’s and women’s divisions. Exceptions are the Bleeding Timeout and the Medical Timeout taken for a bathroom visit at an unauthorized time. [p. 253] ITA Regulation I.I.1. was revised to provide that extreme heat situations do apply to team competition (dual meets). [p. 253] ITA Regulation I.J.3. requires all coaches to be registered with their respective schools. [p. 254] ITA Regulation I.L.1.a. tightens the tennis ball requirements for Division I, II, NAIA, Junior/Community college men’s and women’s divisions. [p. 255] ITA Regulation I.M. tightens the seeding ratio for collegiate tournaments. [p. 256] ITA Regulation II.A.8. was updated to clarify the match format for Men’s and Women’s Division III matches shall be 3-6 with nine team points and requires 5 minutes rest for those divisions after their doubles match. [p. 257] ITA Regulation II.B.12. tightens determining the winner of a team meet. [p. 258] ITA Regulation II.B.13.c. requires indoor facilities to meet the same playable conditions as outdoor facilities. [p. 261] ITA Regulation II.H.3.a. tightens the carry-over code violations after a match is over in a team competition. [p. 263] ITA Regulation II.I.2. tightens the team penalty for being late. [p. 264] ITA Regulation II.K.5. sets new regulations for line-up changes once a match has begun. [p. 264] ITA Regulation II.K.7. sets new regulations for removing a player from a doubles line up if a team has 6 or less healthy players. INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION (ITA) REGULATIONS 243
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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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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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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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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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FAC Comment VII.C-13: Player A hits
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sight along the top of the band. Th
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all. Maintain ready position throug
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4. Call foot faults, remembering th
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4. Number of tournaments. Every yea
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1. Life Umpire: An official who has
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Regulation VI.B.3. (QuickStart Tenn
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d. ITF tournaments on National Juni
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TABLE 16 Seeding Criteria for USTA
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Entry into USTA National Championsh
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TABLE 18 2010 USTA International To
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FAC Comment IX.A-9: The standard by
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Defaults* Code Violations Improper
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X. ADULT, SENIOR AND FAMILY NATIONA
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The Official’s Code of Conduct A
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