Junior/10 & Under Tournaments
Schedule of USTA/VA Sanctioned Junior & 10 and Under Tournaments
Virginia is home to over 300 tennis tournaments annually and offers a wide variety of tournament play opportunities for juniors:
- Junior SuperSet Tournaments
These half-day tournaments are played start-to-finish in roughly 4 hours! These fun, exciting, non-elimination micro-tournaments easily fit into the busiest of schedules.
- Junior Smash Tournaments
These one-day tournaments are played start-to-finish in a single day! Juniors can also earn USTA/Virginia and USTA/Mid-Atlantic standings and rankings through their participation in half-day and one-day tournaments!
- USTA Junior National Championships – Virginia is home to various junior national championship tournaments.
Many 8-and-under and 10-and-under tournaments now use a new format, including the new court sizes, net height, racquets and balls and the new scoring system. In one day of tournament play, kids will compete in matches against a variety of opponents.
Junior Tournament Level Sanctioning Information:
Level / (points)
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L1 (660) and L2 (330) tournaments are sanctioned by the USTA Mid-Atlantic Section - (800) 532-8782
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L3 (220) - VA is currently limited to eight L3 tournaments annually. These eight events are usually renewed year to year. When one does become available an invitation to bid on its sanction will be sent via email to all tournament directors in Virginia. USTA certified officials must be present at all sites for the duration of the event.
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L4 (165) - premier satellite tournaments. USTA certified officials must be present at all sites for the duration of the event. Each of the four regions of VA may have up to one L4 tournament per month. Regions are illustrated here: http://www.usta-va.com/tournament/region_map.jpg. Most L4 tournaments are outstanding L5 events that are upgraded to L4, though in some instances L4 status may be awarded to a new event if it meets all criteria, satisfies a regional need, and the site and tournament director have a history of running exceptional tournaments.
Resources
MAS Junior Code of Conduct
Tournament TennisLink
USTA Junior Competition Announcements
2010 TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
Tournament Rankings and Standings Regulations
USTA National Tournaments webpage
For questions regarding junior tournaments & rankings and/or information on hosting a junior or 10 & Under tournament in Virginia, contact Rob Issem at CLOAKING .
