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USTA Alabama Championship Procedures

2014 Championship Year

 

USTA Alabama is comprised of twelve local leagues: Anniston, Auburn, Birmingham, Decatur, Dothan, Gulf Shores, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, Shoals and Tuscaloosa. The USTA Alabama Championship Procedures will apply to all USTA Alabama State Championships. When not stated in the Championship Procedures, the National, Sectional and Alabama regulations and Friend at Court will apply.

Sectional Championships

USTA Alabama offers a state championship for each of the following programs:

Team Qualification
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Local championship teams will be allowed to advance to the USTA Alabama State Championships. If a local championship team declines their invitation, then the state association may offer the bid to the next priority team.
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Wildcards will be issued to fill up draws at the state championships. Additional wildcards may be extended under discretion of the State League Coordinator.

Championship Format
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USTA Alabama Championship format shall be round robin in all levels of competition.

Each team shall play every other team in its flight, and the team with the most team points shall be champion in its flight. Levels with two flight winners will offer a single elimination finals match to determine the champion.  For those levels that have three groups the second place team or teams with the best record as determined from above will be designated the wildcard.  If a draw results in the second place team playing against the first place team from its own group, the draw shall be altered as follows: second place team shall exchange places with team from the top line of the other semi-final.

Semi-finals will be played as follows for those with three groups:  Winner, Flight 1 vs Second place team, Winner flight 2 vs Winner Flight 3.

If any of the flights have a different number of teams, the procedures shall be determined as follows:  Games.  The team with the highest percentage of games won by them vs. games played by them in their round robin (2nd place teams only).  Defaults received shall not count.

Eligibility

o    A minimum of eight (five for 2.5 & 5.0+ levels) team members who were on the final roster of their Adult 18 & Over and/or Adult 40 & Over local league team at the conclusion of local league play must be available and eligible to compete.  The Championships Tournament Committee, by majority vote, can reduce that number to not less than four (three for 2.5 & 5.0+ levels).

o     A minimum of six team members who were on the final roster of their Adult 55 & Over or Mixed Doubles local league team at the conclusion of local league play must be available and eligible to compete. The Championships Tournament Committee, by majority vote, can reduce that number to not less than four. 

*Please refer to 2014 Alabama Rules and Regulations for full details on eligibility for Adult 65 & Over, Combo Doubles, and Tri Level.

Registration, and Entry Fee Requirements

Scheduled Matches

Scoring

·         Results will be entered into Tennis Link throughout each day and can be viewed on TennisLink.

·         All teams are expected to play all scheduled matches. Any team not complying may be subject to grievance procedures.  In accordance with USTA League Tennis Regulations, any team forfeiting an entire team match for any reason will result in all matches of that team previously played or to be played to be declared null and void.  If all teams in contention for the Championships have already played the forfeiting team in good faith, the matches stand as played.

·         In the event of inclement weather and court availability issues, matches in progress between teams that are no longer in contention will be scored as retirements. The players leading in the set and/or game count will receive the retirement. Courts that have not begun will be scored as double defaults. Teams that are not in contention for inclement weather issues may not leave the championship without verbal permission from the Tournament Committee and/or Referee.

Grievances

·         A team forfeiting an entire team match during championship play may receive further penalties imposed by the Championship Grievance Committee.

·         Players on teams entered in the State Championships that withdraw after the schedule has been published will be subject to a fine of $75 per person payable to ATA.  Any team that defaults a court throughout the championship is also subject to the $75 fine unless excused by the tournament committee.  Said players will be ineligible to compete in any USTA League including Tri Level and Southern Combo Doubles until the fine is paid.  Appeals may be submitted to the chairman of the Adult League Committee within one week of the said championship.

NTRP Dynamic Disqualification

Tournament Cancellation Policy

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