Seniors Regulations 2009 Seniors Published by the International Tennis Federation ITF Ltd Bank Lane Roehampton London SW15 5XZ UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8878 6464 Fax: +44 (0)20 8392 4737 Email: [email protected] 2009 www.itftennis.com/seniors Registered address: PO Box N-272 Nassau Bahamas CONTENTS Page No. Disclaimer 1 Seniors Committee 2 ITF and Regional Associations 3 National/Seniors Associations 5 SECTION I Regulations for the Organisation of Seniors Circuit Tournaments and the Seniors/Super-Seniors World Individual Championships I. THE COMPETITION 1. Title 15 2. Mission Statement 3. Ownership 16 4. Age Groups 5. Rules to be observed 6. Final Ranking 17 II. MANAGEMENT 7. Board of Directors 8. Seniors Committee III. RULES OF THE CIRCUIT 9. Tournament Application and Approval 18 10. Sanction Fees 11. Application to host the Seniors/Super-Seniors World Individual Championships 12. ITF Responsibilities 19 13. Tournament Responsibilities 14. Method of Ranking 15. Allocation of Points 20 16. ITF Points Tables 22 IV. TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS 17. Variations to Regulations 25 18. Competitors 19. Competitor Obligations 20. Insurance 21. One Tournament per Week 22. Number of Entries 23. Qualifying and Consolation draws 26 24. Acceptance of Entries 25. Seeding 27 26. Number of Seeds 27. Making a Draw 28. Placing of Seeds 28 29. Byes 29 30. Closing Date for Entries 31. Withdrawals 32. Schedule of Play 33. Replacement of Seeds 34. Suspension and Postponement 30 35. Continuous Play 36. Duties of the Referee 32 37. Settlement of On Site Disputes 38. ITF Representatives V. ORGANISATIONAL REQUIREMENTS 39. Tournament Fact Sheet and Entry Forms 33 40. Results Sheets 34 41. Entry Fees 42. Prize Money 35 43. Officials 44. Sports Medicine Trainer 46. Courts 46. Banner 47. Scoreboards 36 48. Balls 49. Practice Facilities 50. Code of Conduct 51. Publicity and Promotion 52. Waiver of Claims 53. International Sponsorship 54. Related Regulations 37 SECTION II Regulations for the ITF Seniors/Super-Seniors World Team Championships I. THE COMPETITION 1. Title 38 2. Ownership 39 3. Format 40 4. Nations Eligible 5. Prize Money 6. Trophies 7. Trophies for the Other Team Competitions 41 8. Rules to be Observed 42 9. Sponsorship II. MANAGEMENT 10. Board of Directors 11. Seniors Committee 43 III. RULES OF THE COMPETITION 12. Application to Stage the Competition 44 13. Financial Arrangements for On-site Organisation 14. Entries 15. Withdrawals 16. Number of Entries 45 17. Entry Fee 18. Default in Payment 19. Facilities 20. Composition of Teams 21. Nomination o f Teams 22. Changes to Nominations and Order of Merit 46 23. Passport/National Identity Card 24. Qualification of a Player to Represent a Country 25. Waiver of Claims 47 26. Insurance 48 27. Publicity and Promotion 28. Related Regulations 29. Decisions and Appeals 30. Failure to Abide by the Rules and Regulations IV. COMPETITION REGULATIONS 31. Conduct of Event 32. The Captain 49 33. Captains’ Meeting 34. Arbitration 35. Officials 50 36. Seeding 51 37. Draw 38. Order of Play 39. Court Surface 52 40. Balls 41. Notification of Singles and Doubles Players 42. Composition of the Doubles Pairing 43. Entitlement to Rest 44. Substitutions 45. Interval between Singles and Doubles 46. Relocation of Doubles Match 53 47. Method of Determining Positions in Round Robin Events 48. Point Tables SECTION III Records of Seniors/Super-Seniors World Team Championships 55 SECTION IV Records of Seniors/Super-Seniors World Individual Championships 66 SECTION V Code of Conduct Article I: GENERAL 88 Article II: PLAYER ENTRY OFFENCES Article III: PLAYER ON-SITE OFFENCES 89 Article IV: PLAYER MAJOR OFFENCES 98 Article V: TOURNAMENT OFFENCES 99 APPENDIX I Guidelines for the maximum number of tournaments 102 permitted per country APPENDIX II Medical, Extreme Weather, Toilet/Change of Attire Breaks 103 APPENDIX III The Players 110 DISCLAIMER National/Seniors Associations and Competitors are advised that the information given in the Rulebook regarding tournament information may be altered and/or amended subsequent to publication. Please therefore ensure the official entry form, obtained direct from a tournament is carefully studied in case of alterations and/or amendments of any kind, including, but not limited to, dates of the event. The ITF cannot be held responsible for any changes made after the Regulations have been published. ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES ARE UNDERLINED SENIORS COMMITTEE Chairman: Mr Charles Trippe (GBR) High Trees 4 The Spinney Ms Carolyn Nichols (USA) Compton 2423 Summerset Court Winchester Lodi, CA 95242 Hants, SO21 2BE USA Great Britain Tel: 1 209 482 0587 Tel/Fax: 44 1962 863239 Email: [email protected] Mob: 44 7738 366966 Email: [email protected] Mr Bodo Nitsche (GER) Members: Entringerstr. 41 Mr Sergio Elias (CHI) 70597 Stuttgart Nuestra Sra. del Rosario 1057 Germany Depto 511 Tel: 49 711 764 331 Vitacura Fax: 49 711 764332 Chile Mob: 49 172 870 1541 Tel: 56 2 356 0615 (home) Email: [email protected] 56 2 436 8111 (office) Fax: 56 2 436 8114 (office) Mob: 569 7797 9538 Mr David Stobart (AUS) Email: [email protected] 86 Tramway Parade Beaumaris Vic 3193 Mrs Lorna Krog (RSA) Australia PO Box 2219 Tel: 61 3 9589 6063 2008 Bedfordview Fax: 61 3 9589 6463 South Africa Email: [email protected] Tel: 27 11 616 0308/9 Fax: 27 11 616 0308 Mob: 27 83 630 1990 Mrs Elsie Veentjer-Spruyt (NED) Email: [email protected] Ruychrocklaan 490 2597 Ek The Hague Mr Peter Nader (AUT) Netherlands Melicharweg 16 Tel: 31 70 32 45 767 A-4048 Puchenau Mob: 31 6 22 79 09 24 Austria Email: [email protected] Tel/Fax: 43 732 222 466 Mob: 43 664 445 0931 Email: [email protected] 2 INTERNATIONAL TENNIS FEDERATION Bank Lane Roehampton London SW15 5XZ Great Britain Telephone: (44-20) 8878 6464 Facsimile: (44-20) 8392 4737 Email: [email protected] Website: www.itftennis.com/seniors Luca Santilli - Manager, Juniors & Seniors Tennis Isabelle Gemmel - Administrator, Junior & Seniors Tennis Helen McFetridge - Co-ordinator, Juniors & Seniors Tennis James Harrisson - Assistant, Tennis Development James McGurran - Assistant, Tennis Development Catherine Michie - Assistant, Tennis Development REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) Confederacion de Tenis de 12 Manulife Tower Centroamerica Caribe (COTECC) 169 Electric Road C/o Federacion Salvadorena de North Point Tenis China, Hong Kong Apartado Postal (01) 110 Telephone: (852) 2512 8226 San Salvador Facsimile: (852) 2512 8649 El Salvador E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (503) 278 8087 www.asiantennis.com Facsimile: (503) 221 0564 E-mail: [email protected] Confederacion Sudamericana de Tenis Confederation of African Tennis (COSAT) (CAT) Avda. Providencia 2653 BP 315 Oficina # 44 El Mensah Santiago 1004 Tunis Chile Tunisia Telephone: (56-2) 436 8111 Telephone: (216) 71 84 77 85 Facsimile: (56-2) 436 8114 Facsimile: (216) 71 84 10 45 E-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.cosat.org www.catennis.net 3 Tennis Europe Oceania Tennis Federation (OTF) Zur Gempenfluh 36 PO Box 13759 CH-4059 Basel Johnsonville Switzerland Wellington Telephone: (41-61) 335 9040 New Zealand Facsimile: (41-61) 331 7253 Telephone: (64-4) 478 0465 E-mail: [email protected] Facsimile: (64-4) 477 0465 www.tenniseurope.org Email: [email protected] www.oceaniatennis.com 4 NATIONAL/SENIORS ASSOCIATIONS ORGANISATIONS AND CONTACTS ARGENTINA BELARUS Gerardo Miceli Vladimir Voitovitch Seniors Area Coordination Chairman of the Seniors Committee Asociación Argentina de Tenis Belarus Tennis Association Maipú 471 – 3º Piso Moskovskaya Str 8, Apart 20 1006 Buenos Aires 220001 Minsk República Argentina Belarus Fax: (54-11) 4328 – 9145 Tel: (375) 296 222 538 Tel: (5411) 5277 - 6312 Fax: (375) 172 679 527 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] AUSTRALIA BELGIUM Denis Colette Bart Vanasche President Fédération Royale Belge de Tennis Tennis Seniors Australia Galérie de la Porte Louise 203/3 1 Dress Circle Road 1050 Bruxelles Avalon Beach Belgique NSW 2107 Tel: Dutch/English: (32-2) 548 0304 Australia Tel. French: (32-2) 513 2920 Tel: (61) 2 9918 2384 Fax: (32-2) 548 0303 Fax: (61) 2 9918 2384 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AUSTRIA Milenko Rimac Alfred Schwab Coordinator Veterans Veterans Department Tennis association of Bosnia and Österreichischer Tennisverband Herzegovina Eisgrubengasse 2-6/2 Hasana Kikica 3 2334 Vösendorf 71 000 Sarajevo Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: (43-1) 865 45 06 Tel: (387) 33 555 155 Fax: (43-1) 865 45 06 85 Fax: (387) 33 555 155 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 5 BRAZIL COLOMBIA Amadeu Facanha Kurt Wodak Jr Departamento Seniors CBT Departamento Seniors SCES Trecho 2, Conjunto 23 Federación Colombiana de Tenis Brasilia 70020-000 Centro de Alto Rendimiento Brazil Coldeportes Tel: (55) 61 3224 5273 Calle 63 No. 47-06 Fax: (55) 61 3224 5273 Bogotá, D.C. - Colombia S.A. Email: [email protected] Tel: (571) 3143885 Web: www.cbtenis.com.br Fax: (571) 6604234/35 Email: [email protected] BULGARIA George Krumov CROATIA Bulgarian Tennis Federation Matic Mate 75 Vasil Levski Blvd President Sofia 1040 Croatian Veterans Tennis Association Bulgaria Gunduliceva 3 Tel: (359-2) 951 5696 10 000 Zagreb Fax: (359-2) 951 5691 Tel: (385-1) 483 0756 Email: [email protected] Fax: (385-1) 483 0720 Web: www.bgtennis.bg Email: [email protected] CANADA CYPRUS Steve Stevens Marios Petrou Tennis Canada Cyprus Seniors Committee 1 Shoreham Drive, Suite 100 Cyprus Tennis Federation