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Australian Ranking Tournaments 2012 Calendar Pro Tour Australian Money Tournaments (AMTs) Junior ITFs Optus National Junior Championships Optus Junior Tour (OJT) Sorted by Calendar Month Released – Thursday 27th October 2011 (Summary version – A4 size) 1) CALENDAR UPDATES Updates to this calendar will be made only on the following dates - (a) Thursday 27th October 2011 - after this date, no changes will be made for tournaments listed to start between1st January - 31st March 2012 (b) Monday 6th February 2012 - after this date, no changes will be made for tournaments listed to start between1st April - 30th June 2012 (c) Monday 7th May 2012 - after this date, no changes will be made for tournaments listed to start between1st July - 30th September 2012 (d) Monday 6th August 2012 - after this date, no changes will be made for tournaments listed to start between1st October – 31st December 2012 Note – Australian Pro Tour events, National Junior Championships and Junior ITF’s are subject to change outside of the above timelines. Please continue to monitor www.tennis.com.au for up to date information. Tennis Australia aims to keep this calendar as up-to-date and as accurate as possible, however we recommend that when entering tournaments you refer to the details listed on http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments and on the tournament fact sheet. Alternatively, contact the tournament director directly to confirm further tournament specific details. 2) NEW DRAW FORMATS AND INTRODUCTION OF QUALIFYING EVENTS 2012 will see an introduction of new draw formats and qualifying events for Australian Money Tournaments and tournaments apart of the Optus Junior Tour. The Australian Money Tournaments will accept either 16 or 24 players into the main draw, with tournaments apart of the Optus Junior Tour permitted to accept 16 or 32 players into the main draw. Players that miss out on direct acceptance into the main draw will be required to play in the qualifying event, where if successful, they will be placed into the main draw. There will be AR points available on the qualifying events, with a new points table and additional information regarding the draw formats available on www.tennis.com.au soon. 3) MANDATORY ONLINE ENTRY & MY TENNIS MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENT It will be compulsory for all players wishing to enter an Australian Ranking tournament (Australian Money Tournament or Optus Junior Tour tournament) to submit and pay their entry online via http://tournaments.tennis.com.au It will also be a mandatory requirement for all players to have a valid My Tennis membership number, which are the new 11-digit membership numbers that start with “61”. To find out your My Tennis membership number, please contact your club or relevant Member Association. If you are not currently registered, you can do so via http://www.tennis.com.au/clubs/my-tennis/players Submitting entries online and ensuring every player is registered with a unique identifier will allow Tennis Australia to automate a number of tournament systems, including the Australian Rankings. Failure to submit your entry online or be registered with a valid My Tennis membership number may result in rejection of your entry or non-awarding of Australian Ranking points. 4) AUSTRALIAN RANKINGS STATUS LEVELS 2012 will see a continuation of the colour branded tournaments pathway, with easy to follow levels for both junior and open tournaments. Each AR tournament listed in the calendar on the following pages has been assigned an AR points level. These levels will correspond to the 2012 Australian Ranking points table, with the results from the previous month’s tournaments released by the 8th day of the following month via http://rankings.tennis.com.au 5) AUSTRALIAN RANKING TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS All changes to the 2012 Australian Ranking tournament circuit will be fully outlined in the Australian Ranking tournament rules and regulations document that will be available in late-November 2011. This document will be made available via http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/officials/regulations 6) OPTUS JUNIOR TOUR The tournaments under the Optus Junior Tour will offer points across the 12/u, 14/u and 16/u age groups. Select tournaments will also offer points in the 18/u age group. The top level of tournament is the Optus National Junior Championships, classified in the points table as Platinum events. The level of points then depreciate to Gold, Silver, Bronze and White, which offers the lowest amount of points within each age group. 7) AUSTRALIAN MONEY TOURNAMENTS The hugely popular AMTs will now continue to be spread across five tiers - Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and White Series AMT’s. The Platinum level tournaments will be the original $10,000 AMTs that first joined the national tennis calendar in 2006, and the Gold, Silver, Bronze and White Series AMTs will be rebranded tournaments from the National Open Tournaments calendar. Each tier of AMT must adhere to strict prizemoney distributions. Select tournaments will also offer points in the 18/u age group, but no prizemoney. AUSTRALIAN RANKING TOURNAMENTS 2012 Calendar Australian Pro Tour, Junior ITFs, Australian Money Tournamens & Optus Junior Tour Released - Thursday 27th October 2011 QUALIFYING MAIN DRAW FINISH ENTRY TOURNAMENT NAME VENUE STATE TYPE AMT 12/U 14/U 16/U 18/U $$ SURFACE ENTRY CONTACT Email START DATE DATE CLOSING DATE January 30-Dec-11 08-Jan-12 Brisbane International Queensland Tennis Centre QLD ATP/WTA Plexicushion Check ATP / WTA Web [email protected] 01-Jan-12 05-Jan-12 Northern Suburbs Open Junior Championships Northern Suburbs Tennis Association NSW OJT Silver Silver Silver Synthetic Grass 18-Dec-11 [email protected] 01-Jan-12 05-Jan-12 WTC City of Charles Sturt AMT West Lakes Tennis Club SA AMT Platinum $10,000 Hardcourt 18-Dec-11 [email protected] 02-Jan-12 05-Jan-12 Lismore Open Championships Lismore Tennis Club NSW AMT Silver Bronze $5,000 Various Surfaces 19-Dec-11 [email protected] 02-Jan-12 05-Jan-12 Goulburn Valley Junior Championships Shepparton Lawn Tennis Club VIC OJT Bronze Bronze Bronze Natural Grass 19-Dec-11 [email protected] 02-Jan-12 05-Jan-12 Kia Classic Boroondara Tennis Centre VIC AMT Gold $7,500 Synthetic Grass 19-Dec-11 [email protected] 03-Jan-12 06-Jan-12 Millswood January Age Titles Tennis SA Millswood Complex SA OJT Bronze Bronze Bronze Hardcourt 20-Dec-11 [email protected] 03-Jan-12 06-Jan-12 Applecross Junior Open Applecross Tennis Club WA OJT White White White Natural Grass 20-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 09-Jan-12 UQ Age Junior Championship University of Queensland Tennis Centre QLD OJT Gold Gold Gold Hardcourt 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 10-Jan-12 Australia Post Margaret Court Cup Albury Tennis Association NSW AMT White $3,000 Natural Grass 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 10-Jan-12 Australia Post Margaret Court Cup Albury Tennis Association NSW OJT Gold Gold Gold Natural Grass 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 10-Jan-12 Ballina New Year Open Ballina Tennis Club NSW AMT Bronze $5,000 Synthetic Grass 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 10-Jan-12 City of Salisbury AMT Salisbury Recreation Precinct SA AMT Platinum $10,000 Plexicushion 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 10-Jan-12 Frankston Junior Summer Classic Frankston Tennis Club VIC OJT Bronze Bronze Bronze En-Tou-Cas 23-Dec-11 [email protected] 06-Jan-12 14-Jan-12 Moorilla Hobart International Domain Tennis Centre TAS WTA Plexicushion Check WTA Web [email protected] 07-Jan-12 11-Jan-12 North Beach Junior Classic North Beach Tennis Club WA OJT Gold Gold Gold Natural Grass 24-Dec-11 [email protected] 08-Jan-12 14-Jan-12 Apia International Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre NSW ATP/WTA Plexicushion Check ATP/WTA Web [email protected] 10-Jan-12 13-Jan-12 Coops Junior Tournament Club Coops QLD OJT Silver Silver Silver Hardcourt 27-Dec-11 [email protected] 11-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 Gosford Junior Open Gosford Tennis Centre NSW OJT Gold Gold Gold Various Surfaces 28-Dec-11 [email protected] 11-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 Victorian Junior Grasscourt Championships Wodonga Tennis Centre VIC OJT Gold Gold Gold Natural Grass 28-Dec-11 [email protected] 11-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 Wodonga Grasscourt Championships Wodonga Tennis Centre VIC AMT Bronze $3,000 Natural Grass 28-Dec-11 [email protected] 11-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 Blackburn Kia Melbourne Open Championships Boroondara Tennis Centre VIC AMT Gold $5,000 Synthetic Grass 28-Dec-11 [email protected] 11-Jan-12 29-Jan-12 Australian Open 2012 Melbourne Park VIC GS Plexicushion Check ATP/WTA Web www.australianopen.com 12-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 South of the River Junior Tournament South Perth TC WA OJT White White White Natural Grass 29-Dec-11 [email protected] 12-Jan-12 15-Jan-12 North of the River Junior Tournament Reabold Tennis Club WA OJT White White White Natural Grass 29-Dec-11 [email protected] 13-Jan-12 20-Jan-12 Loy Yang Power Traralgon Junior International Traralgon Tennis Association VIC ITF Junior Grade 1 Hardcourt 13-Dec-11 [email protected] 14-Jan-12 22-Jan-12 Sunshine Coast Open Championships Kawana Tennis Club QLD AMT Gold Silver $7,500 Various Surfaces 31-Dec-11 [email protected] 16-Jan-12 19-Jan-11 BTA Summer OJT Bendigo Tennis Association VIC OJT Bronze Bronze Bronze Plexicushion 02-Jan-12 [email protected] 16-Jan-12 19-Jan-11 BTA Summer