BRISBANE

PERTH SYDNEY

3 – 12 JANUARY 2020 SIMULTANEOUS MATCHES ACROSS 3 CITIES

PERTH BRISBANE SYDNEY SITE ADDRESS: SITE ADDRESS: SITE ADDRESS: RAC ARENA QUEENSLAND CENTRE SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK TENNIS CENTRE 700 Wellington St, Perth, WA 6000 190 King Arthur Terrace, Tennyson, QLD 4105 Rod Laver Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW 2127

All players and their support team MUST apply for a Temporary Activity – Invited Participant Visa (subclass 408). Contact Player Relations [email protected] to request letter of invitation. Players must allow sufficient time for their visa applications to be processed. Player guests can VISA INFO apply for tourist visas which don’t need a letter of invitation. Due to Australia Visa regulations, all visas should be submitted before 20 November. COMPETITION FORMAT

The competition is Round Robin format with six (6) groups of four (4) teams each. iEach t e will comprise of two nsingles a d a doubles lmatch. A l singles matches shall be the best of three (3) tie-break sets. All doubles matches shall be two (2) tie-break sets with a deciding Match Tie-Break (10 ) at one (1) set all. Each team shall play each other in its group to determine the top team in each group. The top team in each group plus the two (2) highest second-placed teams shall advance to the Quarter-Finals of the Final Eight stage. Each team will compose of a minimum of three (3) players and a maximum of five (5) players from the same country.

MATCH SCHEDULE PRACTICE

Group Stage Matches: Friday 3 - Wednesday 8 January Final Eight, Sydney: Practice Courts and gyms in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney will be available for use from Saturday21 Thursday 9 – Sunday 12 January 2020 December. During the event, Practice Matches with full scoring and officiating will be arranged each day, on-site for players A day and evening session will be played at each venue, each day. Each session (tie) comprises of two singles and one doubles match. Day sessions start at 10:00am, and evening sessions start at 5.30pm (all local time). MATCH CLOTHING The flag pertaining to each player’s nationality will be added to the player’s match clothing on-site Saturday day semi-final session starts at 11:00am, night semi-final starts at by the tournament team, prior to the first match 6:30pm, Sunday Final starts at 6:30pm.

STRINGER RATE SURFACE BALL ACCREDITATION AUD$30 GreenSet Cushion Dunlop Australian For accreditation requests, please email Acrylic Hardcourt Open Ball [email protected]

TOM LARNER: [email protected] / +61 421 794470 EVENT DIRECTORS ROSS HUTCHINS: [email protected] / +44 7977 478 683 ATP STAFF ON-SITE PERTH BRISBANE SYDNEY Supervisor: Carlos Sanches Supervisor: Gerry Armstrong Supervisors: Lars Graff, Ali Nili ATP PLAYER SERVICES Tour Manager: Thomas Schrader +1 904 806 2639 Tour Manager: Pablo Juarez +1 904 671 3466 Tour Managers: Konstantin Haerle +1 904 607 9890, LOULOU ROWLANDS: ATP Physios: Per Bastholt, Hans Ektvedt, Roberto ATP Physios: Shuhei Suzuki, Ben Herde, Fernando Sanchez +1 904 753 5472 LOULOU.ROWLANDS @ATPTOUR.COM Serrano Mauricio Elizondo ATP Physios: Graham Anderson, Stephane Vivier, +44 7507 642 885 Yannick Lambrecht PR: Maria Garcia-Plans, Mark Epps PR: Richard Evans, Edward La Cava ATP OPERATIONS PR: Nicola Arzani, Brendan Gilson Social Media: Heather Volk Social Media: Jamie Hopkins ALICE STENGER: Social Media: Kate Flory, Will Taylor [email protected] +44 7971 141 377 START DATE: HOSPITALITY 31 December 2019. Tournament services including ATP Physios, tournament transport, catering, laundry and stringing will be in operation from this date.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION PORTAL: https://accom.tennisevents.com.au/ RESERVATION DEADLINE Players are asked to have arrived at the hotel prior to 12:00pm 1 DECEMBER HOTEL local time on Wednesday 1 January 2020 2019 PERTH BRISBANE SYDNEY THE RITZ CARLTON W HOTEL SHERATON GRAND HYDE PARK 1 Barrack Street, Perth, WA, 6000 81 N Quay, Brisbane City, QLD 4000 161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000 Tel: +61 8 6559 6888 Tel: +61 7 3556 8888 Tel: +612 9286 6000

AUD $300 (USD $205) per night for single/double room AUD $185 (USD $126) per night for single/double room AUD $280 (USD $190) per night for single/double room USD $100 surcharge for non-player rates between 30 December and 2 January Player rates are inclusive of breakfast, internet and 10% tax. Player guest rates are exclusive of breakfast.

Tournament transport hours: 7:00am to 1 hour after completion of last match. Airport pick-ups will be provided for all players and team members travelling with their TRANSPORT players. Transport to Sydney will be provided for teams progressing through to the Final Eight. PERTH BRISBANE SYDNEY Player Desk and Practice: Player Desk and Practice: Player Desk: +61 2 9024 7759 [email protected] / +61 435 003 942 [email protected] / +61 7 3120 7950 Practice: [email protected] / +61 2 9024 7735 Transport: Transport: [email protected] / +61 435 569 307 [email protected] Transport: [email protected] / +61 2 9024 7738 +61 4 3213 9581 (until 29 December) +61 7 3120 7957 (from 30 December)

SINGLES PLAYER DOUBLES An undefeated singles player who plays and wins all possible singles matches against top ranked singles players will earn a RANKED 1–300 RANKED 301+ PLAYER maximum of 750 ATP points. OPPONENT RANKING 1–10 11–20 21–30 31–50 51–100 101+ 1–100 101+ VS. ANY TEAM

FINAL 250 200 150 105 75 50 85 55 80 An undefeated doubles player who plays and wins all possible MATCH WIN doubles matches will earn a maximum of 250 ATP points. SEMI-FINAL MATCH WIN 180 140 105 75 50 35 55 35 75 ATP Singles Rankings points are awarded for a match win in QUARTER-FINAL each round and depend on the ranking of the opponent. MATCH WIN 120 100 75 50 35 25 35 25 55 GROUP STAGE MATCH WIN 75 65 50 35 25 20 25 15 40 ATP Doubles Rankings points are awarded for a match win in each round and do not depend on the ranking of the opponents.

Any player not moving onto another tournament in Australia needs to complete an Income Tax Return at the end of the tournament must provide evidence of the TAX INFO deductions to claim. If no evidence is provided the tax office may disallow the deduction. All players require an Australian Business Number (ABN) and a Tax File Tax is variable Number (TFN). Applications for a TFN and an ABN can be completed upon arrival at the event with the Prize Money Officer. You must bring with you the passport you entered Australia on (ideally the physical document but a clear picture of the passport will suffice). You can only apply for a TFN and an ABN when you are actually in Australia. If you have previously applied for a TFN and/or an ABN you do not have to complete the process again.

PARTICIPATION FEE PER PLAYER (USD) NO. 1 SINGLES PLAYER NO. 2 SINGLES PLAYER† NO. 3–5 SINGLES OR DOUBLES PLAYERS*** TOTAL PRIZE MONEY: ENTRY ORDER FEE SINGLES FEE SINGLES FEE DOUBLES FEE USD $15,000,000 (TEAM) RANKING RANKING RANKING * 1–3 $250,000 1–10 $200,000 Players competing under a Protected Ranking 1–20 $30,000 4–6* $225,000 11–20 $150,000 will receive 50% of the participation fee for that ranking. If the player competes in one group-stage 7–12* $200,000 21–30 $75,000 1–100 $20,000 match, he will receive 75%. If he competes in two 21–50 $20,000 group-stage matches, he will receive 100%. 13–18* $150,000 31–50 $60,000 51–100 $45,000 51–100 $12,500 Players may only receive a participation fee in one 101–200 $30,000 101–150 $10,000 category, singles or doubles. 19–24**^ $75,000 101–300 $12,500 201–300 $20,000 151+ $7,500 301+ $15,000 301+ $7,500 Team captains will also receive remuneration.

Singles line-up PRIZE MONEY PER INDIVIDUAL WINS (USD) PRIZE MONEY PER TEAM WINS for the tie shall be based on ATP Ranking (including Protected Ranking) on the Monday NO.1 PLAYER SINGLES WIN NO.2 PLAYER SINGLES WIN DOUBLES WIN (PER PLAYER) PER PLAYER prior to the start of the competition, based on the top two singles qualified players at the second entry deadline. FINAL MATCH WIN $290,400 $204,000 $61,800 $48,760 SEMI-FINAL MATCH WIN $151,000 $106,000 $32,150 $29,280 *Entry order as of 9 September 2019 **Entry order as of 11 November 2019 QUARTER-FINAL MATCH WIN $78,350 $55,100 $16,700 $17,620 ***Ranking as of 11 November 2019 ^Top 20 player will receive $150,000 GROUP STAGE MATCH WIN $39,400 $27,600 $8,375 $9,850 †Ranking at the specific deadline that a player is committed