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first round matches. If there is a First Match Loser Consolation, a player
with a bye who loses in the second round will often receive a bye in the
consolation and face another player who also lost after receiving a first
round bye. This method should not be used in a tournament with a
Feed-In Championship.
• The third alternate method, described in USTA Regulation II.B.4.d.iv.,
will shorten by one day a tournament that plays only one singles match
a day and that has a Feed-In Championship with a draw only slightly
larger than a power of two. (For example, the system works for a draw
of 16 with up to 10 players, a draw of 32 with up to 20 players, a draw
of 64 with up to 40 players, and a draw of 128 with up to 80 players.)
v. Method of placing byes in tournaments with consolation
draw. In addition to any method for distributing byes in
tournaments with consolation draws set forth in USTA
Regulation II.B., the byes may be distributed as follows:
• Byes go to seeded players in descending order.
• Remaining byes are placed starting at the extremes
of the first quarter and third quarter. The
first bye goes on the first available even-numbered
line below the top line of the first quarter.
The second bye goes on the first available oddnumbered
line above the bottom line of the third
quarter. The third bye goes on the next available
even-numbered line below the top line of the
first quarter. The fourth bye goes on the next
available odd-numbered line above the bottom
line of the third quarter, etc. If the first and third
quarters are filled, byes are added by alternating
between the second and fourth quarters using
the same procedure.
e. Byes not moved when player withdraws. Once the byes are inserted
in the draw, their positions shall not be changed even if a player
withdraws. But see USTA Regulation II.C.1.b.iv. when a withdrawal
creates a double bye.
f. Filling in unseeded players by lot. Once the seeded players and the byes
have been written in, the rest of the draw shall be filled in by drawing
the names of the remaining players and putting them on the
unoccupied lines in the order in which they are drawn, starting at the
top and moving downward in sequence.
g. Discretionary procedure for separating opponents. When the drawing
procedure operates to bring together for their first match opponents
from the same area, city, state, family, school, foreign country, club,
doubles team, Sectional Association, or District Association, the
Referee has the discretion to place the second name drawn on the
corresponding line of the next quarter of the draw. If this happens in
the fourth quarter of the draw, the second name may be exchanged
with the name on the corresponding line in one of the three preceding
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