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) Doubles The doubles Main Draw must consist of 16 teams. An optional doubles Qualifying consisting of a maximum of 4 teams may be played. Such doubles Qualifying must be announced no later than when the doubles sign-in opens. Each Doubles Draw shall be composed as follows: i) Qualifying Draw Draw Size 4 Direct Acceptances Selected by System of Merit 3 Wild Cards 1 ii) Main Draw With Qualifying Draw Size 16 Direct Acceptances Selected by System of Merit 11 Qualifiers – Selected by Qualifying event 2 Wild Cards 3 Without Qualifying Draw Size 16 Direct Acceptances 13 Selected by System of Merit Wild Cards 3 In each doubles match, No-Ad scoring shall be used throughout the match and when the score is one set all, one match tie-break (10 points) shall be played to decide the match. In the event that no Qualifying is held, the places allocated for Qualifiers in the doubles draw shall be filled by direct acceptances. 10. SEEDS Each tournament will have a seeded draw with seeds determined as follows: a) Seedings List Seedings will not be official until the draw is made and shall be determined by the ITF Supervisor based on the System of Merit. The ranking from Monday seven (7) days before the tournament week shall be used. If players’ rankings are tied the following tie-break procedures will be used in the following order: (used in Singles) i) player with the highest ranking from the previous week ii) randomly drawn by the ITF Supervisor 52
Ties in doubles will be decided by the team with the greatest combined total points followed by the team with the highest combined ranking from the previous week and then randomly drawn. Special Rankings will not be taken into consideration. Accumulated Points shall not be used (either in Main Draw or Qualifying). National Rankings shall not be used to determine seedings. b) Number of Seeds in the Main Draws The number of players or doubles teams to be seeded in the Main Draws must be as follows: 32 singles draw 8 seeds 16 doubles draw 4 seeds 11. MAKING THE DRAW Each draw shall be made in public by the ITF Supervisor and with at least two players present, one of whom shall be of a different nationality to that of the host country. The time and place of the draw must be announced at least 24 hours in advance of the draw taking place. a) Time i) Qualifying Singles: Immediately after player sign-in, which should take place by 6.00 p.m. (18.00 hrs) on the day before the start of play of the Qualifying. ii) Main Draw Singles: No later than 7.00pm (19.00 hrs) on the day before the Main Draw starts and the Order of Play posted one hour after the draw has been made. iii) Qualifying and Main Draw Doubles: Immediately after the doubles signin at 12.00 noon on the day before the scheduled start of the singles Main Draw. b) Method of Draw The draw shall be made as follows: i) Qualifying a) Sections The Qualifying draw shall be made in sections, with one section for each place allotted in the Main Draw. b) Placement of Seeds/Method of draw In Singles, each section shall have two seeded players. In doubles, each section shall have one seeded team. The first seed shall be placed at the top of the first section, the second seed shall be placed at the top of the second section and so on until all sections have one (1) seed on the top line of each section. In Singles, the remaining seeds shall be drawn as one group. The first drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the first section, the second 53
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