USTA Virginia Tennis - Rankings, Standings and Endorsement Requirements

Tournament, Rankings and Standings Regulations

The following applies to all Junior, Futures, Adult, Senior, Super Senior and NTRP divisions:

To appear on any USTA Virginia Rankings or Standings List a player must be a Virginia Resident.
Only results from tournaments played in Virginia are considered in Virginia List calculations.
Doubles Rankings will be calculated for individuals, not as doubles teams. A doubles player may partner with 1, 2 or more individuals in earning their year-end ranking.

Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Junior, Futures, Wheelchair and NTRP tournament. Beginning Jan 1, 2010 this will also be true for Adult Age Division tournaments.

USTA Virginia - Junior Open Tournament Information and Regulations

Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Junior tournament.

Table 1: Tournament Level / Category Descriptions

Points Level / Category	Junior Open Points	Description
L1	660 points	MAS Championships
L2	330 points	MAS Challengers
L3	220 points	Virginia Hard Court Championships and Select District Events
L4	165 points	Virginia Clay and Indoor Championships and Premier District Satellites
L5 32+	110 points	NEW! This is a bonus points category that awards increased points to individual L5 events draw sizes of 32 or greater (17 or more players). For example: If in a L5 tournament there are 19 players in the G16 singles draw, then the G16 singles event will award L5 32+ points.
L5	88 points	Multi-Day District Satellites, One-Day* Smash Tournaments where matches are two sets with a 10 pt. tie-break in lieu of a 3^rd set.
SS	66 points	NEW! SuperSet One-Day* Tournaments (matches are one set with a 7 pt. tie-break at 6 games all)
L6	22 points	Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments may be One-Day* or Multi-Day and are intended to be a fun introduction to tournament play for developing juniors. Participation: Players must play up a division if they have a Top 90 MAS standing and / or if they have won three L6 tournaments in an age division Additionally, Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments award points toward Virginia Novice Standings and Year-End Rankings. Note: L6 tournaments do not count toward MAS junior open standings or rankings.
		* Click here to view One-Day Tournament Regulations

Table 2: Main Draw Points Charts

The points below are awarded for main draw wins in all of the following draw types: Single Elimination – SE, First Match Loser Consolation – FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation – FRLC, Round-Robin – RR, Compass – COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation – MFIC.

Table 3: Consolation Draw Points Charts

The points below are awarded for each consolation match win in all of the following draw types: First Match Loser Consolation – FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation – FRLC, Compass – COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation – MFIC.

Table 4: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Quarterfinals)

Table 5: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Semifinals)

Junior Open Bonus Points:

Bonus points are awarded for wins over players with Top 50 Virginia Standings:

Win Over Player with this Standing = Number of Bonus Points Awarded

Top 5 = 75 points

6-10 = 50 points

11-25 = 25 points

26-37 = 10 points

38-50 = 5 points

For Example: Player A defeats Player B in February. Player B had a 2004 USTA Virginia January Standing of 17 so Player A is awarded 25 bonus points.

Junior Open Year-End Rankings Requirements:

Minimum Number of Tournaments: 3

Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0

Best of Tournaments: 6

Junior Open Current Year Points Race Requirements:

Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1

Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0

Best of Tournaments: 6

USTA Virginia – Futures / Novice / L6 Junior Divisions

Futures / Novice / L6 tournaments are intended to be a fun introduction to tournament play for developing juniors.

Futures L6 Participation Guidelines [updated June 2007]:

Players must play up a division if they have a Top 90 MAS standing and/or if they have won three L6 tournaments in an age division.

For example: If Andrew has a B12 MAS standing of #73 and / or if Andrew has won three Futures tournaments in the B12 age division, he cannot compete in B12 Futures tournaments but he may participate in Futures tournaments in the B14 age division.

Juniors and their parents are asked to keep track of the number of Futures tournaments they’ve won in an age division, and promote themselves to the next age division once they’ve won three events.

Certificate of Achievement

Juniors and parents are also encouraged to contact the USTA Virginia Tennis Tournament Office upon winning their third tournament in a Futures age division. USTA Virginia will send them a certificate of achievement and recognize their accomplishment on the USTA Virginia website.

USTA Virginia Tennis Tournament Office: 800-229-3166 x104 | rob@virginiatennis.com

USTA Virginia Futures Round-Point Rankings System

Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each Futures tournament.

Futures Regional Championships

[Open to all Futures / Novice players – not closed by region, state or section.]

FL1 - [Futures Level 1]	- Main Draw -
Round Won Points Awarded	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Round Won Points Awarded	15	30	60	105	165	240	330
Round Robin Matches: 15 points per match win; Consolation Matches: 8 points per match win
Futures/Novice Tournament FL2 - [Futures Level 2]	- Main Draw -
Round Won Points Awarded	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
Round Won Points Awarded	10	20	40	70	110	160	220
Round Robin Matches: 10 points per match win; Consolation Matches: 5 points per match win

Year-End Junior Novice Rankings Requirements:

Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1

Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0

Best of Tournaments: 4

Virginia Futures tournaments do not count toward USTA/MAS Open Junior Final Rankings or Standings. Open Junior tournaments (L1 thru L5) do not count toward USTA Virginia Novice/Futures standings or rankings.

USTA Virginia Rankings Information – 2010+ Adult, Senior, Super Senior, Wheelchair and NTRP Divisions

Tournament Levels:

Level 1 = MAS Championship

Level 2 = Virginia Championship

Level 3 = Local Tournament

Level 4 = ½ Day Modified Format Tournament

Year-End Rankings Requirements:

Minimum Number of Tournaments: 1

Minimum Number of Match Wins: 0

Best of Tournaments: 3

Participation Point: One (1) standings / ranking point will be awarded for participation in each tournament.

Table 1: Points Chart for the following draw types: Single Elimination – SE, First Match Loser Consolation – FMLC, First Round Loser Consolation – FRLC, Round-Robin – RR, Compass – COMP, Modified Feed-In Consolation – MFIC

Table 2: Full Feed-In Consolation (Through Quarterfinals)