Tournament, Rankings and Standings Regulations The following applies to all Junior, Futures, Adult, Senior, Super Senior and NTRP divisions: To appear on any USTA Virginia Rankings or Standings List a player must be a Virginia Resident. Only results from tournaments played in Virginia are considered in Virginia List calculations. Doubles Rankings will be calculated for individuals, not as doubles teams. A doubles player may partner with 1, 2 or more individuals in earning their year-end ranking. Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Junior, Futures, Wheelchair and NTRP tournament. Beginning Jan 1, 2010 this will also be true for Adult Age Division tournaments. USTA Virginia - Junior Open Tournament Information and Regulations Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Junior tournament. Table 1: Tournament Level / Category Descriptions Points Level / Category Junior Open Points Description L1 660 points MAS Championships L2 330 points MAS Challengers L3 220 points Virginia Hard Court Championships and Select District Events L4 165 points Virginia Clay and Indoor Championships and Premier District Satellites L5 32+ L5 SS L6 110 points 88 points 66 points 22 points NEW! This is a bonus points category that awards increased points to individual L5 events draw sizes of 32 or greater (17 or more players). For example: If in a L5 tournament there are 19 players in the G16 singles draw, then the G16 singles event will award L5 32+ points. Multi-Day District Satellites, One-Day* Smash Tournaments where matches are two sets with a 10 pt. tie-break in lieu of a 3 rd set. NEW! SuperSet One-Day* Tournaments (matches are one set with a 7 pt. tie-break at 6 games all) Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments may be One-Day* or Multi-Day and are intended to be a fun introduction to tournament play for developing juniors.
Participation: Players must play up a division if they have a Top 90 MAS standing and / or if they have won three L6 tournaments in an age division Additionally, Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments award points toward Virginia Novice Standings and Year-End Rankings. Note: L6 tournaments do not count toward MAS junior open standings or rankings. * Click here to view One-Day Tournament Regulations Table 2: Main Draw Points Charts The points below are awarded for main draw wins in all of the following draw types: Single Elimination SE, First Match Loser Consolation FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation FRLC, Round-Robin RR, Compass COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation MFIC. Table 3: Consolation Draw Points Charts The points below are awarded for each consolation match win in all of the following draw types: First Match Loser Consolation FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation FRLC, Compass COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation MFIC.
Table 4: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Quarterfinals)
Table 5: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Semifinals) Junior Open Bonus Points: Bonus points are awarded for wins over players with Top 50 Virginia Standings: Win Over Player with this Standing = Number of Bonus Points Awarded Top 5 = 75 points 6-10 = 50 points 11-25 = 25 points 26-37 = 10 points 38-50 = 5 points For Example: Player A defeats Player B in February. Player B had a 2004 USTA Virginia January Standing of 17 so Player A is awarded 25 bonus points. Junior Open Year-End Rankings Requirements: Minimum Number of Tournaments: 3 Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0 Best of Tournaments: 6 Junior Open Current Year Points Race Requirements: Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1
Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0 Best of Tournaments: 6 USTA Virginia Futures / Novice / L6 Junior Divisions Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments are intended to be a fun introduction to tournament play for developing juniors. Futures L6 Participation Guidelines [updated June 2007]: Players must play up a division if they have a Top 90 MAS standing and/or if they have won three L6 tournaments in an age division. For example: If Andrew has a B12 MAS standing of #73 and / or if Andrew has won three Futures tournaments in the B12 age division, he cannot compete in B12 Futures tournaments but he may participate in Futures tournaments in the B14 age division. Juniors and their parents are asked to keep track of the number of Futures tournaments they ve won in an age division, and promote themselves to the next age division once they ve won three events. Certificate of Achievement Juniors and parents are also encouraged to contact the USTA Virginia Tennis Tournament Office upon winning their third tournament in a Futures age division. USTA Virginia will send them a certificate of achievement and recognize their accomplishment on the USTA Virginia website. USTA Virginia Tennis Tournament Office: 540-537-4896 issem@mas.usta.com USTA Virginia Futures Round-Point Rankings System Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Futures tournament.
Futures Regional Championships [Open to all Futures / Novice players not closed by region, state or section.] FL1 - [Futures Level 1] - Main Draw - Round Won 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Points Awarded 15 30 60 105 165 240 330 Round Robin Matches: 15 points per match win; Consolation Matches: 8 points per match win Futures/Novice Tournament FL2 - [Futures Level 2] - Main Draw - Round Won 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Points Awarded 10 20 40 70 110 160 220 Round Robin Matches: 10 points per match win; Consolation Matches: 5 points per match win Year-End Junior Novice Rankings Requirements: Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1 Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0 Best of Tournaments: 4 Virginia Futures tournaments do not count toward USTA/MAS Open Junior Final Rankings or Standings. Open Junior tournaments (L1 thru L5) do not count toward USTA Virginia Novice/Futures standings or rankings. USTA Virginia Rankings Information 2010+ Adult, Senior, Super Senior, Wheelchair and NTRP Divisions Tournament Levels: Level 1 = MAS Championship Level 2 = Virginia Championship Level 3 = Local Tournament Level 4 = ½ Day Modified Format Tournament Year-End Rankings Requirements: Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1 Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0 Best of Tournaments: 3 Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each tournament. Table 1: Points Chart for the following draw types: Single Elimination SE, First Match Loser Consolation FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation FRLC, Round-Robin RR, Compass COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation MFIC
Table 2: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Quarterfinals)