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Move Up/Split Up
RULES TO REMEMBER
AS YOU FORM YOUR 2009 TEAMS
2009 Regulations Adult and Senior Division
3.03A(6) Move-up/Split-up. National championship rostered team members may
move up one level as a team or must disperse to form new teams. The new teams
may have no more than three (3) players who were on the final roster at the
conclusion of local league play of any team or combination of teams that advanced to
the national championships. This applies to any player who participated in any match
for that team during the championship year, including defaults received. If a section
has a regulation that limits the number of players on a roster that are at a specific
level, the section must suspend that regulation for one year for any team that
participated at the national championships the previous year and chooses to move up
one level. 3.06C(2) and 4.04B(2)
Interpretation:
If a team elects not to move up as a team to the next NTRP Level – No more than
three (3) individuals who appear on the final roster including those players who
received defaults of an Adult and/or Senior team advancing to the 2008 National
Championships may appear on a 2009 roster. The number will be two (2) for Adult 2.5
and 5.0 teams.
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2009 MIXED DOUBLES SPLIT UP or MOVE UP
New as of 2009 USTA Regulations
5.03A(6) National Championships teams must move up one level as a team or
disperse to form new teams at the same level. Any player who did not
participate in a match during the championship year, including defaults
received, is excluded from this regulation. If a Section has a regulation that
limits the number of players on a roster that are at a specific level, the Section
must suspend that regulation for one year for any team that participated at the
National Championships the previous year and chooses to move up one level.
The new team(s) may have no more than three (3) players who were on the final
roster at the conclusion of local league play of any team or combination of
teams that advanced to the National Championships at that level.
Interpretation:
If a team elects not to move up as a team to the next NTRP Level – No more than
three (3) individuals who appear on the final roster including those players who
received defaults of an Adult and/or Senior team advancing to the 2008 National
Championships may appear on a 2009 roster
This has to be monitored by the DLC, TennisLink does not have as of yet have a
report for it.
SUPER SENIORS
USTA/Midwest Section Standing Order
6.03A(4)
National Championship teams must move up one level as a team or
disperse to form new teams with no more than four rostered players on any single
team for the following league year. Any player who did not participate in a match
during the championship year, including defaults received, is excluded from this
regulation.
Interpretation:
No more than four (4) individuals who appear on the final roster of a Super Senior
team advancing to the 2008 National Championship may appear on a 2009 roster.
This has to be monitored by the DLC, TennisLink does not have a program for it.
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Minimum Numbers of Teams progressing to
District, State, Section and National Championships
3.03A(4) At all championships, a minimum of eight team members who were on the
final roster of their 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.
3.06C(1) Five, reduce not less than three for 2.5 and 5.0
4.04B(1) Six, reduce not less than four for seniors
5.03A(3) At all championships, a minimum of six team members (three women and
three men) who were on the final roster of their local league team must be available
and eligible to combine and compete. The Championships Tournament Committee,
by majority vote, can reduce that number to not less than four
6.03A(4) At all championships, a minimum of six team members who were on the final
roster of their local league team at the conclusion of local league play must be
available and eligible to combine and compete at championships. The Championships
Tournament Committee, by majority vote, can reduce that number to not less than four
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ELIGIBILITY WAIVER for
MINIMUM TEAM REQUIREMENT
Should you Grant the Waiver?
The USTA/Midwest Section USTA League Committee wants every District, State and Section
Tournament Championship Committee to think of the consequences when granting a waiver to a team
with less than minimum player requirement.
The USTA/Midwest Section USTA League Committee recommends the following:
No less than six (6) for 3.0-4.5 adult teams
No less than five (5) for three doubles teams ( Combo Doubles and Super Senior)
No less than six (6) three of each gender for Mixed Doubles and Senior Mixed
No less than four (4) for 2.5, 5.0 and above adult teams
Previous example of granting a waiver:
The USTA/Midwest Section Mixed Doubles Championship Committee granted a team waiver to a team
with less than the required number of team players ( 6) for the 2008 USTA/Midwest Section Mixed
Doubles Championship. Due to an unfortunate incident from granting a team minimum waiver, the
USTA League Committee wanted to inform you what the consequences could be if your District, State
or Section Tournament Championship Committee grants a waiver for three court championships.
A waiver was given to a State 6.0 Mixed Doubles team to attend the USTA/Midwest Section Mixed
Doubles Championship. They could not field a whole team and only had enough players to fill two of
the three courts. They had three women and two men attending.
The Championship went along fine on Saturday for their two matches. On Saturday night, the captain
approached the tournament director and said that one of their teammates (a man) had an emergency
situation and had to go back home that night. That left three women and one man which was not
enough to field the minimum number of courts (two) in a three court championship. They still had two
more matches to play on Sunday.
We had to tell them because they did not have the minimum number of people to play the two courts,
that they could not continue to participate. The team standings up until that point had three teams in
contention. We had to go back in and award the teams that played the waiver team a 6-0, 6-0 win.
This totally changed the current standings.
The teams understood the reversal of scores but this could have become a very unruly situation.
This is stated very clearly in the 2008 USTA League Regulations 5.03L and 5.03M.
This situation left two teams who had yet to play the waiver team with players who did not play all
weekend because they were being put in their last team match. Some of these opponents had traveled
far and were now told they would not play at all.
This same situation could have happened on any three court championship (Mixed, Senior Mixed,
Super Senior or Combo) if the waiver was granted and/or if a player on the team got injured.