Pro Circuit Rulebook 2011 - ITF

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drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the second section and so on until all sections have one (1) seed on the bottom line of each section. If there is not a sufficient number of seeded players to fill all the positions for seeds in the draw, the section(s) with the highest seeds shall not have a second seeded player. ii) Placement of Seeds in the Main Draw a) Place Seed 1 on line 1 and Seed 2 on line 16 (16 draw) or line 32 (32 draw). b) To determine the placement of the remaining seeds, draw in pairs of two (Seeds 3 and 4) and a group of four (Seeds 5-8) from top to bottom as follows: First drawn (top half) Seeds 3 & 4 Second drawn (bottom half) 16 Draw (4 Seeds) Line 5 12 9 24 8 Seeds 5, 6, 7 Drawn from top to bottom & 8 16 17 25 54 32 Draw (8 Seeds) iii) Byes in Qualifying If there are byes they shall be given to the seeds in descending order and thereafter byes are drawn for placement in the draw so as to be distributed equally in the sections of the draw. iv) Remaining Players The remaining players (including Qualifiers, Lucky Losers etc.) are drawn by lot to fill the vacancies starting at the top of the draw. If the Qualifying competition is not completed at the time of the draw, then the places for Qualifiers are designated as “Qualifier”. Successful Qualifiers at the conclusion of the last round of Qualifying will be randomly drawn to determine in which places they are to be entered in the draw. The Lucky Losers shall be drawn together with the Qualifiers. 12. WITHDRAWAL AFTER THE DRAW Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed shall be filled by the next highest ranked player eligible to be seeded. The position vacated by that next highest ranked player shall be filled by the next player on the Acceptance List if prior to the commencement of the Qualifying event or by the eligible Lucky Loser if after the commencement of the Qualifying event. Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed which occurs after the release of the order of play for the first day of Main Draw, shall be filled by eligible Lucky Losers/Alternates. The same principles shall be followed for the Qualifying Draws.
13. CONDITIONS OF PLAY a) Warm-up The warm-up shall not exceed five minutes. b) Match Format All singles matches shall be the best of three tie-break sets, unless otherwise approved by the ITF. 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 game (10 points) shall be played to decide the match. c) Continuous Play Play shall be continuous under the terms of Rule 29 of the Rules of Tennis. No rest is allowed after the second set in a three set match. d) Ball Change The balls to be used at ITF Women’s Circuit tournaments must conform to the specifications in Rule 3 of the Rules of Tennis and must have been approved by the ITF. Any Women’s Circuit tournament must apply to the ITF Executive Director of Fed Cup & Women’s Tennis for approval at least three (3) months in advance of the tournament if it wishes to use BALL TYPES 1 or 3. In the Qualifying, a minimum of four (4) new balls are to be provided for the first and third sets of a match. In the Main Draw, a minimum of four (4) balls are to be changed at a maximum of eleven (11) games and thereafter every thirteen (13) games in each match. At $50,000, $75,000 and $100,000 tournaments in the Qualifying and the Main Draw, the ball change shall be after the first nine (9) games and thereafter every eleven (11) games in each match. More frequent ball changes are acceptable at the discretion of the ITF Supervisor. e) Rest If circumstances dictate that a player is scheduled for more than one match per day, then she shall, unless she is in both the Singles and Doubles finals to be played consecutively, be given the following minimum rest period:- i) if played less than 1 hour - ½ hour rest ii) if played between 1 and 1½ hours - 1 hour rest iii) if played more than 1½ hours - 1 ½ hours rest If a player is involved in the Singles and Doubles final she shall be allowed a rest period of one half hour. Player may play before the end of the rest period if all participants are in agreement. 55
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