IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT NOTES 1. Boys & Girls 11 & Under Events
Please note that Boys & Girls 10's & 11's don't start until Friday 9th January.
Due to small entries we have combined the Girls 10's & 11's singles.
The Boys and Girls 10 & 11 & Under events will be played in a Round Robin format.
These matches will be first to six games with a tie-break at 5 games all.
Matches will be played at Bruce Park Tennis Club on the Friday & Saturday (Melways 102 G7)
There will be a Semi final (Sunday) & Final (Monday) playoff (at Frankston Tennis Club).
Semi Finals & Finals will be best of 2 sets (with a 10 point Tiebreak to decide the match if it a set all).
Due to small entries, there will only be a final (no semis) in the Boys & Girls 11 & under doubles.
Sunday times will be advised Saturday evening at http://www.tennisresults.com.au/tournaments/home.asp?tid=5186051 .
Round Robin placements are determined by …
(i) Player that wins the most matches
(ii) If 2 players have one the same amount of matches the head to head result decides the winner.
(iii) If 3 players have an equal amount of match wins, the player that won the most games wins.
(iv) If 3 players have the same match wins and equal games, the player that gave away the least amount of games wins. 2. Boys & Girls 18 & Under Events
Please note that Boys & Girls 18's don't start until Friday 9th January.
Both events are being played at Frankston Tennis Club (Melways 102 D4 or 100A E10).
The Boys and Girls 10 & 11 & Under events will be played in a Round Robin format.
These matches will be first to 10 games with a tie-break at 9 games all.
All Round Robin matches will be played on the Friday.
There will be a Final (Saturday) playoff for the top 2 players (at Frankston Tennis Club).
The final will be best of 3 tiebreak sets.
Due to small entries, the doubles events have been cancelled. Refunds will be issued after the completion of the tournament.
Saturday times will be advised Friday evening at http://www.tennisresults.com.au/tournaments/home.asp?tid=5186051 .
Round Robin placements are determined by …
(i) Player that wins the most matches
(ii) If 2 players have one the same amount of matches the head to head result decides the winner.
(iii) If 3 players have an equal amount of match wins, the player that won the most games wins.
(iv) If 3 players have the same match wins and equal games, the player that gave away the least amount of games wins.
3. Times / Draws / Results
During the tournament, your match times will be available on the internet after 8pm each evening - for the following days play.
PLEASE NOTE THE VENUES CAREFULLY Here are the abbreviations ...
FTC = Frankston Tennis Club (Melways 102 D4 or 100A E10)
FE= Frankston East Tennis Club (Melways 100 F11)
OP= Overport Park Tennis Club (Melways 102 C12)
BP = Bruce Park Tennis Club (Melways 102 G7)
Bel = Belvedere Park Tennis Club (Melways 99 K4)
You will need to recheck your times in case we have a delay. 4. MAPS OF VENUES
Click here to check the venue locations & maps
http://www.chandlertennis.com/html/fjc_maps.html
5. Restrings / Food / Drinks
A Full kitchen service will operate during the event - at each venue.
At the Frankston Tennis Club venue, a Pro Shop offers a restring service, racquets, grips, and tennis accessories for sale.
Restring prices are available here
6. Compulsory Feed In Consolation
Players losing in the first 2 rounds and up to and including the round of 32 are automatically placed into a compulsory feed in event.
This event also awards Tennis Australia Ranking points (but not as many as the main draw!)
7. Withdrawals & Refunds
Here's the 2009 Tennis Australia regulations on Entry Fee refunds
Entry refunds will be processed by tournaments based on the following sliding scale:
i) Any medically or non-medically supported withdrawals before the 14-day withdrawal deadline will be issued a full refund of their entry fee, less an administration fee of $5.00
ii) Any medically supported withdrawals after the 14-day withdrawal deadline, but before the release of the draw will be issued a refund of 75% of their entry fee.
iii) Any medically supported withdrawals after the release of the draw will be issued a refund of 50% of their entry fee.
iv) Any non-medical withdrawals after the 14-day withdrawal deadline, but before the release of the draw will be issued a refund of 50% of their entry fee.
v) Any non-medical withdrawals after the release of the draw will not be issued a refund of their entry fee. All withdrawals must be submitted by the athlete in writing. Tournaments need not issue a refund if the withdrawal procedure is not followed. Refer to point 19. Refunds, less a $5.00 administration fee must be issued if an event is cancelled (due to weather or other extenuating reasons) before the completion of an athlete's first match within that tournament. 8. Rankings Tournament Regulations 2009
A new set of tournament regulations have been released by Tennis Australia for 2009.
There are quite a few changes to a number of rules plus the adding of a few new ones. Highlights include…
(i) When you enter partner required, Tennis Victoria will do the pairings (based on rankings) at the time of seeding.
This means you must nominate your partner prior to the closing entry date or let Tennis Vic pair you up.
(ii) No late entries to be received under any circumstance. It's no good ringing to try and get a late entry in.
(iii) You can only play in one age group.
(iv) rest periods have changed (shortened)
(v) new entry fee refund procedure (covered above)
9. Rankings Guidelines 2009
These too have been updated.
For the full document follow this link http://www.chandlertennis.com/html/rankings.html
At this link you will also find the Victorian Junior Rankings by Age.
Quick Reference
In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification #5183315 in your tournament search.
RESTRINGS
During the event the Pro Shop at Frankston Tennis Club will have a stringer on site to look after any of your urgent restringing needs | 
