The tournament will held at Blacktown Tennis Centre
All events will have qualifying games in round robin format and then semis and finals.
Games will be to 15 points win by 2 in round-robin events with up to 5 players/teams, and up to 11 points win by 2 in round-robin events with 6 or more players/teams.
2 players/teams from each pool will progress to finals.
Semi finals will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.
Medal matches will be best of 3 games to 11 win by 2.
PLEASE NOTE:
This tournament will utilize DUPR to determine eligible skill brackets.
Skill Levels: For Doubles, you must sign up at the skill level of the higher-rated partner.
Age levels: At least one player must be eligible to play into a younger age division.
All players will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games per event.
X40 Franklin balls will be used for our outdoor courts.
Images taken at Sydney Grand Slam
It is a condition of entry that all attendees understand that they may be photographed or filmed at the event and that these images may be stored and used by PAA, NTPC or our sponsors on websites, social media and other purposes without express permission or payment.
DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION
The tournament director reserves the right to:
- review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual ability.
- move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.
- change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament
- The tournament director reserves the right to modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control (ie. Fire drill etc).
The tournament director will merge or split events based on event registration.
Events with less than 4 players/teams will be merged with another event at the discretion of the TD.
The process for the merging of events is:
> Merge within age group first
>Merge within skill level second, if option 1 is not a viable option.
All players affected by a merge, will be notified by email.
WAITLIST:
Singles: players will automatically be allocated a position in the main draw, UNLESS an event is at capacity.
Doubles: players will automatically be allocated a position in the main draw, UNLESS the event is at capacity.
Teams who have both players enter the event, will be prioiritised over a player who fails to secure a partner and these teams will be moved to the main draw first.
It is the responsibility of the participant to source a partner and have them enter to secure the teams position.
