Residency: All sections will have the same residency requirements as described below. How to Declare Your Residency
• Declaration of Residency - Junior Players Living Within the Geographic Boundaries of the USTA. A player shall declare residency for the purposes of playing in junior tournaments. - Assignment to a Sectional Association shall be determined based on the geographic boundaries assigned to the Sectional Associations in the USTA Bylaws.
- If applicable, assignment to a District Association shall be determined based on the geographic boundaries assigned to the District Association in the Sectional Association’s Bylaws.
- Players may change residency no more than once per calendar year. If a player desires to change residency more than once per calendar year, the player must request a waiver from the USTA Regulations.
- A player may be the resident of only one Sectional Association and one District Association at any given time.
- The physical address of a boarding school, including a tennis academy may be a player’s residency if the player is enrolled and residing at the school or academy.
• Declaration of Residency - US Citizens Living Abroad. A junior player who is a US citizen living abroad may declare residency for the purposes of playing in junior tournaments by submission of a request for an assignment to a specific Sectional Association and, if applicable, a specific District Association, within the boundaries of that Association. This residency eligibility is exempt from the requirements of a player living within the geographic boundaries of the USTA.
• Enforcement of Residency Provisions. Any challenge to a junior player’s residence may be addressed through a Request for a Waiver or through the grievance procedures of USTA Bylaw43.
• Selection for Teams. A player is eligible to be selected for a team only by the Sectional Association (and, if applicable, District Association) in which the player resides, or in the case of a US citizen living abroad, to which the player has declared residency.
• Management of Residency and Eligibility. It is the preference that the management of eligibility with respect to residency, age and citizenship eligibility be handled through the USTA and not by each Sectional Association, with proof of citizenship/alien status only required when a player first desires to enter a Level 4 tournament (the lowest tournament level at which citizenship/alien status is required).
Ranking System:
• A player’s ranking and standing will be based on the player’s best 6 singles and best 6 doubles results during the previous 12 month period and will be calculated in the same manner as the national system currently calculates rankings with respect to: combined ranking (15% doubles); bonus points; counting points up; points counting down; treatment of defaults, withdrawals, walkovers, retirements, byes; minimum win requirement; breaking ties.
• When ranking lists are used for selection, the National Standings Lists will be the lists used and there will be no minimum point requirement to be selected. In the case of Closed Section and District tournaments, the National Standings Lists will be used, but only players from the Section or Districts will be selected.
• Standings Lists (both National and filtered by Section/District) will be published at least monthly.
• For Level 4s and up, the system will filter out players that don’t meet the US Citizenship or alien requirements.
• The ranking system will facilitate the counting of ranking points for coed tournaments and mixed doubles. In the case of mixed doubles, these points will count towards a player’s Individual Doubles Ranking.
Sectional Quota List:
Section Quota Lists will be published at least monthly. This list will be used to select players to fill quota spots in applicable USTA National Championships (Clays, Hards, Winters). In the BG 18s, 16s, and 14s divisions, no more than three singles and three doubles results can be from tournaments sanctioned by an entity other than USTA Southern Section. In the BG 12s divisions, no more than two singles and two doubles results can be from tournaments sanctioned by an entity other than USTA Southern Section. This means that for your best six tournaments, only three from outside the Section will count towards your six for the Quota List for the the 14s-18s divisions. For the 12s division, two will count from the outside your section for the best six. Level tournaments 1, 2, and 3 do not count if they are played in Southern (These are sanctioned by national not Southern.) The two Level 3s that do count for in Section are the Southern Level 3 in February and June (those two are sanctioned by Southern). The only Level 2 tournament that will count for in Southern is the team event, Southern/Florida Challenge.
The National Standing List will be calculated from all your tournaments played in any section. Your best six tournaments. This list is published weekly.
USTA Section Quota List Explained
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