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FAC Comment I.H-1: Tournaments post the information required by USTA
Regulation I.H.2. on the TennisLink Tournament Home Page. If the following
information was provided in the Online Sanction Form, it will automatically
appear on the Tournament Home Page:
• Entry fees;
• Tournament dates;
• Entry deadline;
• Events and draw format (in an abbreviated format);
• Primary tournament site address and telephone numbers, but only if it is
the address of the Organization Member;
• Tournament Director and contact information;
• Tournament Referee and contact information; and
• Surface type.
Tournaments should post the additional information required by USTA
Regulation I.H.2 using the notes function of either TDM or the Online Sanction
Form. Many tournaments also post additional information such as:
• Non-abbreviated form of events and draw format;
• Information on doubles entries such as whether entries are accepted after
the online deadline and whether the tournament will pair players with
partners;
• Directions to all sites;
• Hotel information;
• Private housing information; and
• Practice court information.
3. Acceptance of entries in tournaments with unlimited size draws. The
Tournament Committee is responsible for accepting the entries. It shall
furnish the Referee with a complete list of entrants. The Committee may
accept late entries.
4. Acceptance of entries in tournaments with limited size draws. If the number
of entrants exceeds the draw limit, the Tournament Committee shall accept
players and alternates into the draw based on their records. It may also
accept players of established ability who do not have current records, or
whose records are affected by illness, injury, or lack of recent play. If the
Tournament Committee is unable to determine the record of some players
with timely entries, then it shall accept these players into the draw and onto
the alternate list by lot and never by the date of receipt of entries.
The Tournament Committee may accept late entries, provided that late
entries shall be placed on the alternate list after the timely entries in an
order determined by lot.
The Tournament Committee shall furnish the Referee with a list of
alternates listed in priority order.
5. No discrimination in acceptance of entries. Entries may not be refused on the
basis of race, creed, sexual orientation, color, or national origin.
6. Voluntary submission of seeding information. A player who wants to be
seeded should submit a player record and ranking.
7. Electronic service fee. Players who enter tournaments may be charged a
non-refundable fee for the receipt of electronic entries.
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