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consultation with the USTA Competitive Play Department, shall
determine eligiblity criteria for requiring players to enter the Open, Quad
Open, Men’s and Women’s A and B Divisions, Men’s C Division, Quad
A Division, Senior Open/A (40 & Over) Doubles, and Senior B/C (40 &
Over) Doubles Divisions. The criteria shall be published. See Table 5.
c. Quad players. A quad player must meet all of the following eligibility
requirements:
i. A quad player must meet the criteria for permanent physical
disability as defined in USTA Regulation I.G.3.a.
ii. A quad player must have a permanent physical disability that
results in a substantial loss of function in one or both upper
extremities.
iii. A quad player must meet one of the following minimum
eligibility requirements:
• a neurological deficit at the C8 level or rostral with
associated loss of motor function; or
• upper extremity amputation; or
• upper extremity phocomelia; or
• upper extremity myopathy or muscular dystrophy; or
• functional disabilities in one or both upper extremities
equivalent to one of the four disabilities listed above in this
subparagraph iii.
iv. A quad player must have at least one of the four following
functional disabilities related to upper extremity use,
irrespective of trunk balance:
• lack of capacity to perform a smooth and continuous
overhead service; or
• lack of capacity to perform a smooth and continuous
forehand and backhand; or
• lack of capacity during play to maneuver a manual
wheelchair using full wheel control; or
• lack of capacity during play to grip the racket for all
strokes without taping or an assistive device.
d. Power wheelchairs. A player who has severe limitations on mobility
that prevent the player from pushing a manual chair and therefore
uses a power wheelchair for every day mobility may use a power
wheelchair to play wheelchair tennis; however, once a player has
elected to play tennis in a power wheelchair, the player must
continue to do so in all USTA sanctioned tournaments.
FAC Comment I.G-2: Wheelchair players are referred to the current ITF
Wheelchair Tennis Handbook for the eligibility requirements to participate in ITF
sanctioned wheelchair tournaments.
4. Professionals may not play in tournaments limited to amateurs. While
professional players are free to play in sanctioned and unsanctioned
tournaments, they may not participate in tournaments expressly limited
to amateurs.
66 USTA REGULATIONS I.G. (Player Eligibility)