Terminology & Procedures
TABLE 8
(Table 10B in Friend At Court)
Withdrawal After Entries Close Before Draw is Made
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Withdrawal because of Injury, Illness, or Personal Circumstance |
Withdrawals because of injury, illness, or personal circumstance normally do not need to be reported but should be documented in tournament records. |
| Refusal to Play for Other Reasons |
A player who withdraws for a reason other than illness, injury, or personal emergency must be reported (USTA Regulation V.A.3.) The withdrawal will not be shown on the draw sheet and will need to be reported separately. Withdrawals in order to play in another tournament or because the player was entered in two over lapping tournaments must be reported unless both tournaments agreed to the arrangement. |
TABLE 9
(Table 10C in Friend At Court)
Draw Is Made Before Play Begins
| WHAT HAPPENED | TDM CODE | |
| DEFAULTS | Disqualification | Def [dq] |
| Misconduct | Def [cond] | |
| Refusal to start match for reason other than Injury, Illness, Personal Circumstance or Adult Decision | Def [ref] | |
| Adult Decision for a Junior to not start match for Disciplinary Reasons | Def [ad] | |
| WITHDRAWALS | Tournament administrative error (e.g., tournament entered player in wrong Division). | Wd [tae] |
| Injury | Wd [inj] | |
| Illness | Wd [ill] | |
| Personal Circumstance | Wd [pc] | |
| Double Withdrawal | Wd/Wd | |
| Note 1: In a tournament without any alternate available to play, the Referee may allow a player who does not play a first match in the Main Draw because of injury, illness, or personal emergency to play in the Consolation Draw. In this case the first match in the Main Draw is treated as a Walkover instead of a Withdrawal | ||
| Note 2: If an alternate is placed in the draw, the Default or Withdrawal will not be shown on the draw. The Default or the Withdrawal must be reported separately if the action would result in assessment of Suspension Points under the USTA Suspension Point System or penalties by any of its District or Sectional Associations. | ||
