Regulation #8 2010
December 22, 2008 06:16 PM
8. POINTS-PER-ROUND RANKING SYSTEM
A. Awarding of Points
i. All matches played in the main draw or consolation draw of a USTA New England Level 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 tournament or a USTA Level 1 National championship tournament, will award points to the winner.
ii. Main draw and consolation draw points are a fixed number; the round a player reaches determines the points awarded.
iii. A player must win a round to receive any points for the tournament.
iv. A player who advances because of a withdrawal, walkover, default or retirement shall receive points for advancing.
v. Byes do not qualify as wins and a player who advances when a bye occurs must win the next round to receive points.
vi. A player who is defaulted from a tournament for code violations under the Point Penalty System forfeits all points earned during the tournament.
vii. A player who withdraws after having already started the tournament or is defaulted for not informing the tournament director he or she is not going to play will have all matches completed in the tournament up to the point of withdrawal count toward their standing.
viii. Non-sanctioned events will not be considered in determining the standing in any division.
ix. Even if sanctioned, interscholastic and intercollegiate tournaments are not considered in determining standing.
x. Points earned at Level 2 and 3 national events will be included in national, but not in New England, computations.
B. Standing List
i. A player must be a USTA Member and must be a New England Section resident to be eligible for a section standing.
ii. Each age division will have one (1) current combined (singles and doubles) standing list for that age division and one (1) doubles only standing list (for individual players, not teams) for that age division, both of which will be posted on the USTA New England web site after tournament results are received in the Section office.
iii. All eligible players who have won at least one (1) match in a USTA sanctioned tournament as described in Regulation 8.A will have a standing.
iv. A player needs at least one (1) match win in an age group in the 52 weeks prior to the date of computation to appear on either the combined or doubles only standing list of that age division.
v. All matches played in a particular age division will count towards a player’s standing in that age division.
vi. Players can also use points earned in an older age division in the calculation of their combined standing in their natural age division. To calculate the combined standing the computation will use a player’s best eight (8) singles point values to calculate standing in their natural age division, regardless of in which division the points were earned. The calculation will then add 15% of a player’s best eight (8) doubles point values regardless of in which division the points were earned.
vii. Players can also use points earned in an older age division in the calculation of their doubles only standing in their natural age division.
viii. Combined standing lists are based on a player’s best eight (8) tournament points earned in sanctioned singles tournaments, plus 15% of a player’s best eight (8) tournament points earned in sanctioned doubles tournaments, as described in Regulation 8.A, in the 52 weeks prior to the date of computation. A player’s tournament record can be reviewed by clicking on the player’s name in the standing list. The record specifies which tournament “Event Points” do not count toward total points.
ix. Doubles only standing lists are based on a player’s best eight (8) tournament points earned in sanctioned doubles tournaments, as described in Regulation 8.A, in the 52 weeks prior to the date of computation
x. Once a player is no longer age eligible for an age division, his/her name will no longer appear on the standing list for that division. However, all tournament results will remain for that division for a 52-week period of time.
xi. Standing lists are generated by computer using a points-per-round ranking program and unless factual data is lacking or incorrect, standing as determined by the computer program is honored.
xii. Ties on the standing list will be broken as follows: A player whose best event has the highest number of points, second best, third best, etc through eight (8) events.
C. Player Records
i. A player’s New England and National records are available for viewing and printing on the USTA New England web site.
ii. Players are responsible for regularly reviewing their player records and should promptly submit corrections to Jim Purington, the Ranking Coordinator at the Section office - purington@newengland.usta.com.
iii. E mail corrections to your National player record to jrcomp@usta.com
D. Point Tables - Click here (PDF Singles and Doubles Point Tables)
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