USTA HPS Junior Competitive Rules: Summary of Changes for 2011

Change #1: New Seeding Guidelines

¾ All tournaments sanctioned by the USTA HPS shall follow the Computerized List Method using the most
recently published USTA HPS Standing List.
¾ Deviations from the list are for extraordinary circumstances and require prior approval from the USTA HPS
Junior Tournament Subcommittee.
¾ If the most recent USTA HPS Standing List is insufficient for determining seeding (e.g., none of the
tournament entrants are ranked), TDs may use the All Factors Method for seeding as described in the
2010 USTA FAC pages 71-73.

Change #2: New Challenger Division

¾ Novice and Intermediate Divisions are replaced by a single Challenger Division.

¾ Challenger Division events are not seeded and have no ranking points.

Change #3: Rankings and Open Division Tournament Draws

¾ A new Points per Round (PPR) Table that strictly follows the USTA National Point Tables shall be used for
rankings in the 12s 14s 16s 18s.
ƒ A player’s 6 best singles events + 15% of a player’s 3 best doubles events shall be used for a single
combined ranking.
ƒ Points will count down from a higher to lower age division. For example, if you play-up in the 16s, but
are still eligible to play in the 14s, your 16s points will also count down to be included in your 14s
points.
ƒ The 10s division will continue to be unranked (TDs may decide not to seed the 10s division or use the
All Factors Method for seeding).
¾ Open Division Tournament Draws shall have one of the following formats: 1) FIC Semifinals; 2) FIC
Quarterfinals; or 3) Single Elimination (the “Draw modified consolidation” or “First Match Loser
Consolation” format is eliminated in 2011).

ƒ Tournaments with FIC:

‐ Draw Size 2 = points will not count; Minimum Draw Size = 3; Draw Size 3 = round robin format.
‐ Draw Size 4 = consolation match for 3rd and 4th place.
‐ 5 ≤ Draw Size < 8 = FIC Semifinals:
1) Eliminates the “Draw Size = 5 FIC Quarterfinals exception” that a 1st round loser will not have
a consolation match;
2) Eliminates the “Draw Size < 8 FIC Quarterfinals exception” that a 4th place finisher earns zero
points while a consolation match winner earns points;
3) Allows players to fight their way back to 3rd or 4th place regardless of their seeding.
‐ 8 ≤ Draw Size = FIC Semifinals or FIC Quarterfinals: TD discretion (FIC Semifinals adds
another match to the overall FIC draw length compared to the FIC Quarterfinals).
‐ TDs are not required to run the FIC until completion! For example, Level 2 National Opens run the
FIC through the consolation semifinals only, no consolation finals match is played.
‐ TDs have the following options to fit a FIC draw over a weekend:
1) Run the event over a three day holiday weekend;
2) Start the event Friday (late afternoon or early evening to accommodate travel);
3) Do not run the FIC draw to completion;
4) Change the tournament match format in accordance with Table 6 “Scheduling Guidelines for
Junior Divisions” of the 2010 USTA FAC page 98.

ƒ Single Elimination:
‐ Draw Size 2 = points will not count; Minimum Draw Size = 3; Draw Size 3 = round robin format.
‐ 4 ≤ Draw Size = Single Elimination: TD discretion for 3rd and 4th place consolation.
NATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
JANUARY 2011 – DECEMBER 2011
USTA Junior & Collegiate Competition Department
10399 Flores Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33428
jrcomp@usta.com • (561) 962-6400

LEVEL ONE (1) RANKING

USTA National Spring Championships
BG 12 & 14 Divisions – April 11-16, 2011 (6 days, 128 Singles Compass Draw; 64 Single Elimination
Doubles Draw)
BG 16 Divisions – April 11-17, 2011 (7 days; 128 Singles FIC Draw; 64 Single Elimination Doubles Draw)
BG18 Divisions – March 13-19, 2011 (7 days; 128 Singles FIC Draw; 64 Single Elimination Doubles Draw)
USTA National Clay Court Championships:
BG 12 & 14 Divisions - July 17-22, 2011 (6 days; 128 Singles Compass Draw; 64 Single Elimination
Doubles Draw)
BG 16 & 18 Divisions - July 17-24, 2011 (8 days; 192 Singles FIC; 96 Single Elimination Doubles Draw)
The USTA National Championships:
BG 12 & 14 Divisions - August 7-12, 2011 (6 days; 128 Singles Compass Draw; 64 Single Elimination
Doubles Draw)
G 16 & 18 Divisions - August 7-14, 2011 (8 days; 192 Singles FIC Draw; 96 Single Elimination Doubles
Draw)
B 16 & 18 Divisions - August 5-14, 2011 (10 days; 192 Singles FIC Draw; 96 Single Elimination Doubles
Draw)
USTA National Winter Championships:
BG 12 & 14 Divisions - Dec 27, 2011-Jan 1, 2012 (6 days; 128 Singles Compass Draw; 64 Single
Elimination Doubles Draw)
BG 16 & 18 Divisions - Dec 27, 2011-Dec 2, 2012 (7 days; 128 Singles FIC Draw; 64 Single Elimination
Doubles Draw)
2011 USTA BG18 National Team Championships
Boys: July 30-August 2, 2011
Girls: August 1-4, 2011
2011 USTA BG16 Intersectional Team Championships
July 10-14, 2011
LEVEL TWO (2) RANKING
USTA National Opens
3-day Tournaments; 32 Singles FIC Draw; 16 Single Elimination Doubles Draw
February Tournaments: February 26-28, 2011
May Tournaments: May 14-16, 2011
July Tournaments: July 2-4, 2011
November Tournaments: November 25-27, 2011
2011 USTA Zone Team Championships
July 27-31, 2011

LEVEL THREE (3) RANKING

2011 USTA National Doubles Tournament:
August 24-26, 2011 (three days preceding Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day)
BG 14 Divisions; 16 Doubles Compass Draw
BG16 Divisions; 16 Doubles Compass Draw
2011 USTA Regional Tournament
8 tournaments sanctioned in each Segment
3-Day Tournaments: 32 Singles FIC Draw; 16 Single Elimination Doubles Draw
4-Day Tournaments: 64 Singles FIC Draw; 32 Single Elimination Doubles Draw
Regional Tournaments will be only in the date blocks listed below:
Segment #1 (3-day tournaments): January 22-24, 2011
Segment #2 (4-day tournaments): July 9-12, 2011
Segment #3 (3-day tournaments): September 3-5, 2011
Segment #4 (3-day tournaments): October 29-31, 2011
USTA HPS Junior Competitive Rules 2011: Deletions and Additions
9. Divisions
9.1. Junior Novice.
9.1.1. Age division is determined by “FAC Guide to Eligibility.”
9.1.2. Ages 10-18: Players ranked in any year-end junior open singles ranking are permanently ineligible for
novice play. Once a player is ineligible, that player may not become eligible for any future novice play, even
though that player may no longer be ranked. Tentative year-end rankings may be used until the final year-
end rankings become available.
9.1.3. Alternative match formats may be used (pro 8, short sets, round robins, etc.).
9.1.4. Players who win two (minimum draw of four players, or three players in a round robin format) novice events
are no longer eligible for novice play in any division.
9.1.5. Players will not be seeded in novice tournaments.
9.1.6. The Champion in each age division at Hawaii State Junior Tennis Tournament of Champions is no longer
eligible for novice play.
9.1.7. Tournament Directors reserve the right to exclude players holding tournament wins over barred players or
to place them in a higher age group.
9.2. Intermediate.
9.2.1. Age division is determined by “FAC Guide to Eligibility.”
9.2.2. Players that play in 10 and under Open tournaments are not restricted from play in intermediate
tournaments, except for those covered under item 9.2.3 below.
9.2.3. Players ranked 1-5 in the 12s, by the most recent standings list available as of one week before the
tournament entry deadline, are not eligible for intermediate tournament play in any age group.
9.2.4. Players 1-8 in the 14s, 16s or 18s, by the most recent standings list available as of one week before the
tournament entry deadline, are not eligible for intermediate tournament play in any age group.
9.2.5. Because of rolling records, eligibility will be based on the most recent standings list available as specified
above.
9.2.6. A player winning two intermediate tournaments in the same age division in a calendar year must play in a
higher division. However, the same player may be eligible to play in intermediate tournaments the following
year depending on the most current rankings. For example, if in 2008, a player wins two intermediate
tournaments in the 12s, that player is not eligible to play in 12 intermediate in 2008, but he/she is eligible to
 play in 14 intermediate in 2008. However, in 2009, this player could play in 12 intermediate again as long as
he/she is still age eligible.
9.2.7. Alternative match formats may be used (pro 8, short sets, round robins, etc.).
9.2.8. Players may be seeded in intermediate tournaments at the discretion of the tournament director.
9.2.9. Tournament Directors reserve the right to exclude players holding tournament wins over barred players or
to place them in a higher division.
9.3. Open.
9.3.1. Age division is determined by “FAC Guide to Eligibility” and is open to all junior players.
9.3.2. A player who plays in any two USTA Hawaii Pacific Section (excluding ITF) sanctioned junior Open events
within the same age group and within a current 12 month period will appear on the junior ranking eligible
ranking list. The monthly standings are an accurate approximation of where a player would be if he/she
were working towards a year end ranking. The final year ending ranking will be published at the end of the
calendar year.
10. Open Ranking Requirements
10.1. Players 12-18 years old may be ranked in singles and doubles. Players may be ranked in the following divisions:
12 and under, 14 and under, 16 and under, 18 and under (in singles and doubles). Match play requirements for
ranking must be completed in the same ranking age group for singles. Similarly doubles ranking requires all
doubles matches to be played in the doubles ranking age group. As a clarification, match play in one age group
cannot count toward ranking in a different age group. As a clarification, it is possible to be ranked in one age
group for singles, and a different age group for doubles. All ranking requirements must be done in the current
calendar year.
10.2. End of year singles ranking requirements: End of year ranking will be determined by the points summed from
the 6 highest points per round values from any six Hawaii Pacific Section tournaments played in 2009.
10.3. End of year doubles ranking requirements: Ranking will be determined by the points summed from the 3
highest points per round values from Hawaii Pacific Section tournaments.
10.4. End of year mixed doubles ranking requirements: Ranking will be determined by the points summed from the
3 highest points per round values from Hawaii Pacific Section tournaments.
10.5. Alternative draw and match formats may be used.
10.6. Intermediate, novice, and national tournament results do not count for Hawaii Pacific Section ranking.
10.7. Points values are awarded based a player’s final position in the draw. Different tournament types have different
point awards as noted in the following table:
 Points Per Round (PPR) Table
Draw with Draw with Draw no FIC Draw Summer Sectionals Designated Open Open
FIC quarters FIC semis modified USTA USTA USTA Draw ≥ 5 Draw ≤ 4
consolation Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Champion Champion Champion Champion 800 600 440 330 220
2nd Place 2nd Place 2nd Place 2nd Place 665 500 360 270 180
3rd Place FIC Champion 3rd Place 3rd Place 585 440 320 240 160
4th Place/SF FIC Finalist 4th Place/SF 4th Place/SF 520 390 280 210
FIC Champion 480 360 260 195
FIC Finalist FIC SF 440 330 240 180
FIC SF FIC SF Qfy 400 300 220 165
FIC QF FIC QF QF QF 365 275 200 150
FIC QF Qfy FIC QF Qfy 330 250 185 140
FIC R16 FIC R16 300 225 170 130
FIC R16 Qfy FIC R16 Qfy R16 R16 265 200 155 120
FIC R32 FIC R32 240 180 140 105
FIC R32 Qfy FIC R32 Qfy R32 R32 210 160 125 90
FIC R64 FIC R64 185 140 110 75
FIC R64 Qfy FIC R64 Qfy R64 R64 160 120 95 60
FIC R128 FIC R128 135 100 75 45
FIC R128 Qfy FIC R128 Qfy R128 R128 105 80 40 30
Consolation win 40 30 20 15
 10.8. Summary of Open, Designated (USTA Level 5), and Sectional (USTA Level 4 and 3) tournaments:

USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Tournaments

Tournaments Comments
Open ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table

Twelve (12) USTA Level Tournaments

Eight (8) Designated or USTA Level 5 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Holua – 2/5/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
2) Pearl Harbor – 4/23/2010
3) West Hawaii – 5/22/2010
4) Wailuku Summer – 7/3/2010
5) Hawaii State – 8/20/2010
6) Kauai – 9/25/2010
7) North Hawaii – 10/22/2010
8) Wailuku Fall – 11/26/2010

Three (3) Sectional or USTA Level 4 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Wailuku Winter – 1/16/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
2) Oahu Spring – 3/19/2010 ƒ Residency requirement
3) Hilo Fall – 9/3/2010

One (1) Summer Sectional or USTA Level 3 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Nike Summer Sectional – 6/10/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
ƒ Residency Requirement
9. Divisions
9.1. Challenger.
9.1.1. Age division is determined by “FAC Guide to Eligibility.”
9.1.2. Players ranked 1-5 in the 12s, by the most recent standings list available as of one week before the
tournament entry deadline, are not eligible for challenger tournament play in any age group.
9.1.3. Players 1-8 in the 14s, 16s or 18s, by the most recent standings list available as of one week before the
tournament entry deadline, are not eligible for challenger tournament play in any age group.
9.1.4. The preferred match format is best of three (3) tie breaks sets with a 10 point match tiebreak in lieu of 3rd
set. Alternative match formats, however, may be used (pro 8, short sets, round robins, etc.).
9.1.5. A player winning two challenger tournaments in the same age division in a calendar year must play in a
higher division. However, the same player may be eligible to play in challenger tournaments the following
year depending on the most current rankings. For example, if in 2008, a player wins two challenger
tournaments in the 12s, that player is not eligible to play in a 12 challenger in 2008, but he/she is eligible to
play in a 14 challenger in 2008. However, in 2009, this player could play in a 12 challenger again as long as
he/she is still age eligible.
9.1.6. Players will not be seeded in the Challenger Division.
9.1.7. The Champion in each age division at Hawaii State Junior Tennis Tournament of Champions is no longer
eligible for challenger play in that division.
9.1.8. Tournament Directors reserve the right to exclude players holding tournament wins over Open Division
ranked players (see sections 9.1.2 and 9.1.3 above) or to place them in a higher age group.
9.2. Open.
9.2.1. Age division is determined by “FAC Guide to Eligibility” and is open to all junior players.
9.2.2. A player who plays in any two USTA HPS sanctioned junior open events (see Section 10.11) within a current
12 month period will appear on the HPS Junior Standings List. The HPS Junior Standings List is a “rolling
rankings” that calculates the previous 12 months of a player’s open tournament results.
9.2.3. The final year ending ranking will be published at the end of the calendar year.
10. Open Rankings Requirements
10.1. Players may be ranked in the following divisions: 12 and under, 14 and under, 16 and under, 18 and under.
10.2. Similar to the USTA National Junior Rankings, the HPS open rankings are based upon an accumulation of points
for winning rounds at USTA HPS sanctioned events.
10.3. Rankings will be based upon the combined results for singles and doubles.
10.4. Rankings will be based upon the highest six (6) points per round results for singles and 15% of the highest
three (3) points per round results for doubles for a single combined ranking.
10.5. Points earned in higher age divisions will count down towards a player’s standing in one or more younger age
divisions.
10.6. Alternative draw and match formats may be used.
10.7. Challenger Division and National Tournament results do not count in the rankings.
10.8. Points values are awarded based a player’s final position in the draw. A player earns points by winning a round.
Different tournament types have different point awards as noted in the following table:
 Points Per Round (PPR) Table
Draw with FIC Draw with FIC Draw no FIC (1) Summer (3) Sectionals (8) Designated Open
Quarterfinals Semifinals Sectionals
USTA Level 3 USTA Level 4 USTA Level 5 HPS Level 6
Champion Champion Champion 220 165 88 44
2nd Place 2nd Place 2nd Place 180 135 72 36
3rd Place FIC Champion 3rd Place 160 120 64 32
4th Place/SF FIC Finalist 4th Place/SF 140 105 56 28
FIC Champion 130 98 52 26
FIC Finalist FIC SF 120 90 48 24
FIC SF FIC SF Qualifying 110 83 44 22
FIC QF FIC QF QF 100 75 40 20
FIC QF Qualifying FIC QF Qualifying 90 68 36 18
FIC R16 FIC R16 R16 80 60 32 16
FIC R16 Qualifying FIC R16 Qualifying 70 53 28 14
FIC R32 R32 60 45 24 12
FIC R32 Qualifying 50 38 20 10
FIC R64 R64 40 30 16 8
FIC R64 Qualifying 30 23 12 6
FIC R128 R128 20 15 8 4
FIC R128 Qualifying 0 0 0 0
 10.9. Minimum tournament draw size is three (3) players. For 3 players, a round robin format shall be used.
10.10. Draws with Feed In Championships (FIC).
10.10.1. For draw sizes greater than or equal to five and less than eight (5 ≤ draw size < 8) FIC Semifinals
must be used.
10.10.2. For draw sizes greater than or equal to eight (8 ≤ draw size) FIC Semifinals or FIC Quarterfinals may
be used.
10.11. Summary of USTA HPS sanctioned junior open tournaments:

USTA Hawaii Pacific Section Tournaments

Tournaments Comments
Open or HPS Level 6 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table

Twelve (12) USTA Level Tournaments

Eight (8) Designated or USTA Level 5 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Holua – 2/5/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
2) Pearl Harbor – 4/23/2010
3) West Hawaii – 5/22/2010
4) Wailuku Summer – 7/3/2010
5) Hawaii State – 8/20/2010
6) Kauai – 9/25/2010
7) North Hawaii – 10/22/2010
8) Wailuku Fall – 11/26/2010

Three (3) Sectional or USTA Level 4 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Wailuku Winter – 1/16/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
2) Oahu Spring – 3/18/2010 ƒ Residency requirement
3) Hilo Fall – 9/3/2010

One (1) Summer Sectional or USTA Level 3 ƒ Hawaii Pacific Section ranking points - PPR Table
1) Nike Summer Sectional – 6/10/2010 ƒ National ranking points - National Ranking Points Table
ƒ Residency Requirement