2012 USTA/Midwest Section Year In Review - 2012 | Page 74

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2013 USTA/Midwest Section Tournament Regulations
For a printable version of the USTA Friend at Court, visit the USTA/Midwest Section at www.midwest.usta.com and select the Juniors or Adults Tennis navigation. Please note the following regulations are specific to the USTA/Midwest Section. The USTA Friend at Court contains the complete listing of USTA Regulations for tournaments. I. PRE-TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS A. Applicability of USTA Regulations See USTA Friend at Court B. Application for Sanction and Appointment of Tournament Committee See USTA Friend at Court C. Tournament Committee See USTA Friend at Court D. Tournament Appeals Committee See USTA Friend at Court E. Match Formats and Scoring See USTA Friend at Court F. Balls and Ball Change Pattern See USTA Friend at Court G. Player Eligibility See USTA Friend at Court H. Entry Process See USTA Friend at Court II. DRAW REGULATIONS A. Seeding While there is no requirement that every tournament have seedings, most tournaments of the elimination and compass draw types, as distinguished from round robins, use see [????[??\?H]^Y\????X???^?Y?]?[?[??X?[]H????????XX??\?[?HX\?H??[???YHT?H??Y[?]??\?[?T?K?ZY?\??X?[??X??]H???]\?XK???XZ?[??H?]?H?YHT?H??Y[?]??\???[??\?[??]?H?YHT?H??Y[?]??\????Y[[??X]?\?H?YHT?H??Y[?]??\?RRK???P?S??H?T??SQS?K??\??[Y[???[Z]YH?\???X?[]Y\???H?\??[Y[??\??H?YHT?H??Y[?]??\????Y?\?YH?\???X?[]Y\?Y?\??]?\??Y[?XYHK?
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