Table of Contents

WELCOME TO JUNIOR TENNIS

BECOMING A JUNIOR PLAYER

LEVELS OF COMPETITION

BEFORE YOU PLAY A JUNIOR TOURNAMENT

WHAT HAPPENS AT A TOURNAMENT

GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT

RANKINGS

DECIDING THE RIGHT TOURNAMENT STRATEGY FOR YOU

UNDERSTANDING ONLINE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

2008 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

SPORTSMANSHIP

USTA POINT PENALTY SYSTEM

USTA JUNIOR NATIONAL COMPETITION

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMPETITION and TRAINING

USTA JR. TEAM TENNIS

FINANCIAL AID

RULES and REGULATIONS

CONTACT

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

TOURNAMENT EVALUATION FORM

STANDARD ENTRY FORM

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Here is an explanation of some abbreviations you will find in the online schedule:

 

SE

Single Elimination — once you lose in the main draw, there are no further matches.

 

FRLC

First Round Loser Consolation — a consolation draw in which only the losers in the first round are entered.

 

FMLC

First Match Loser Consolation — a consolation draw in which only the losers in the first round are entered.

 

FIC

Feed-in Championship — refers to a special form of consolation draw in which the losers from the main draw are fed back into another draw against players who lost in the earlier rounds of the tournament.

 

MFIC

Modified Feed-in Championship — A modified form of a Feed-in Championship that feeds losers from the first several rounds into the consolation.

 

RR

Round Robin — each player in the round robin draw shall play every other player in the round robin draw. Note that any Challenger, Open, or Championship tournament with three participants must run a round robin, even if it doesn't say so in the schedule. Each player in the round robin draw shall play every other player in the round robin draw.

 

** All Challenger, Open, Championship, and Excellence tournaments and the Sectional Championships singles events are required to hold a playoff for 3rd and 4th places, unless a round robin draw format is used.

 

Other Abbreviations in the online Schedule:

 

BG

Boys' and Girls'

 

(18-12)

The divisions offered at the tournament (i.e. 18 and under, 14 and under, 12 and under)

 

s

Singles — Singles divisions offered for the ages listed in parentheses

 

d

Doubles — Doubles divisions offered for the ages listed in parentheses

 

xj

Mixed Doubles — Mixed doubles offered for the ages listed in parentheses

 

e

Co-ed — Co-ed divisions listed for the ages in the parentheses

 

Family Doubles

Doubles events offered at Family tournaments juniors may participate in (Father-Son, Father-Daughter, Mother-Son, Mother-Daughter, Brother-Brother, Brother-Sister, and Sister-Sister).