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2006 Alabama Junior Tournament Schedule information
The USTA
Alabama Junior Competition Committee will evaluate annually the appropriate
levels of events considered for Alabama Junior Standings and Rankings. Any event
at any level for 2006 is not guaranteed to be so in the next year. All players
must have a current USTA membership to be eligible for standings/rankings. Below
are a list of events approved for 2006 and their appropriate 2006 level.
Requirements for Singles and Doubles are the same. All level 1-3 events must
utilize a Full Feed-in format unless draw size is less than 6, then round robins
should be used. Level 4-5 events are encouraged to use Full feed-in but
alternative USTA approved draw types are authorized.
Level 1: Alabama Junior Qualifier, Alabama Junior Closed, Southern
Closed, National Claycourts and the Summer National Hardcourts.
Level 2: Alabama Junior
Claycourt Open Championship, Alabama Junior Hardcourt Open Championship,
National Opens, Other National Championships, Southern Opens, Southern Spring
Championship, National Zonal and Junior Davis Cup events, Bull Frog’s and
Blue/Gray Junior.
Level 3: Designed to be Alabama’s regional level circuit.
Level 4: Is Alabama’s general events throughout the State.
Level 5: Designed to be for the entry level player and these events will
be included in a separate Challenger
Ranking/Standing results and not in the regular standings/rankings. Play in this
level event is for players who did not have a year end ranking in our regular
ranked list in the previous year.
Alabama Junior State
Closed Championships: (Montgomery)
Is open to any Alabama Junior player who is a current member
of the USTA. It is a level 1 event for Alabama
ranking/standing and level 4 for Southern Rankings.
Alabama Junior Qualifying Championships: (Montgomery)
This event is the Qualifying Tournament to determine who will
represent Alabama in the Southern Closed Championships play in this event is
restricted to Alabama residents.
It is Alabama’s
responsibility to send the strongest quota of players in each age division, for
the B/G 14-18’s the 4 semi finalist in the main and the 4 semi finalist in the
back draw are selected automatically, for the B/G 12’s the 4 Semi Finalist in
the main draw and the 2 finalist in the back draw are automatically selected,
for the B/G 10’s the 2 Finalist in the main draw are automatically selected and
the remaining quota spots in each age division
will be determined by the Junior Competition Committee based on all USTA
ranking/standing information available as well as recent head to head results.
Alabama’s quota is based on the number of junior USTA memberships in the state
and will vary from year to year. It is a level 1
event for Alabama ranking/standing and level 4 for Southern Rankings.
Alabama Junior Claycourt Open Championships: (Huntsville)
Is open to any junior player who is a current member of the
USTA. It is a level 2 event for Alabama
ranking/standing and level 4 for Southern Rankings.
Alabama Junior Hardcourt Open Championships: (Mobile)
Is open to any Southern junior player who is a current member
of the USTA. It is a level 2 event for Alabama
ranking/standing and level 3 for Southern Rankings. This event follows
the STA guidelines for STA Level 3 events.
Junior Davis /Federation Cup:
The Junior Davis/Federation Cup is a team competition. The strongest
players from Alabama team up to compete against the 8 other states in the
Southern section. Each team consists of the 3 players in the age groups Girl’s
and Boy’s 12, 14, 16 and 18’s. The winner of the Alabama Qualifying
Championships in the appropriate age group is an automatic member of the team in
that age division, the other 2 players are selected by the USTA Alabama Junior
Competition Committee based on all USTA ranking/standing information as well as
recent head to head wins. It is a level 2 for
Alabama rankings/standings.
2006 Alabama Junior Points Table
The table is available on the web at
www.alabamata.com
Players must have 100 a minimum points to show up on the standings during the
year and 200 points to be included in the Final rankings. Play in the next
higher age division will be included in the rolling standings only and will not
be included in the year end rankings or any endorsement list used during the
year, this is a change for 2006.
The Challengers Circuit
Tournaments:
A challenger tennis player is a player not ranked in the previous
years regular ranked list, only players not ranked or ranked in the Challenger
ranking list are eligible. The Challenger Circuit is currently offered in
various cities in Alabama. It is a sanctioned level
5 event designed to introduce young players 8 – 18 to “real match play”.
The goal of the novice series is to encourage and give opportunity to junior
tennis players who have interest and potential to play and enjoy the game. For
2006 the Challenger series will have its own separate standings/rankings
calculated, these series will not count toward regular ranked players
standings/rankings. USTA membership is required to participate.
Junior Competition
Committee:
The Junior Competition Committee is one branch of the Alabama Tennis
Association. Its purpose is to propose policies to the ATA Board of Directors
regarding any and all junior programs and to be of service to all Alabama junior
tennis players. The Committee is in place to tackle all concerns of junior
tennis, to answer questions regarding the Alabama junior programs, and to
propose and adjust rules and guidelines, with approval of the ATA board.
2006 Alabama Junior Competition Committee members:
Steve Faulkner- Chairman (Birmingham)
William Fain- ATA Representative non-voting
John Dotson-( Fairhope)
James Epps- (Birmingham)
Marcus Lyons- (Tuscaloosa)
Jennifer Lyons-(Huntsville)
Scott Novak- (Mobile)
Eph Walker-(Gulf Shores)
Don Walston- (Birmingham)
Jimmy Weinacker- (Birmingham)
Keith Wilson- (Montgomery)