Tennis

Introduction
Welcome to the EuroGames Tennis tournament. The EuroGames tennis tournament is an official GLTA tournament. Please read the following text prior to signing up for the event.

Anticipated number of participants
Max. 300 participants. Max 32 entries per draw.

Tournament rules
The EuroGames tennis tournament will be played according to the rules of the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance (www.GLTA.net) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
Sign-ups for 2 categories at most will be accepted. For doubles the strongest partner's division determines the placement. The rules and rankings from the GLTA and the National Associations will be used to determine players' divisions. The highest ranking determines the placement. GLTA rankings per Juny 30th 2011 will be used for the eligibility in the draw. If a participant still plays in an inappropriate division (too low) he or she will be defaulted. For seeding purposes also other information will be taken into account. After seeding and draw, substitutes are only allowed when play has not yet started in that category. Players will be assigned a new doubles partner if the original partner is on the waiting list or cancelled.

Categories & Divisions
All GLTA events will be offered for men and women (Open, A, B, C and D category)
Besides that we also offer men’s B singles 40+ and Men’s C singles 40+.
Participants can only sign up for maximum one singles event and maximum one doubles event.

Days of competition
Please note: the tennis tournament starts on THURSDAY 21 July and ends Saturday 23 July 2011

Match info
1. All singles matches will be the best 2 of 3 sets, with a tiebreak at 6-6 in every set.
2. All doubles matches will be the best of 2 of 3 sets. The third set will be a champions tie-break (tie-break until 10 points).
3. All consolation matches will be played as a pro-set .
4. If an event has less then 5 entries the event will be played as a round robin, If an event has less then 3 entries it will be combined with the same event in a higher level.
5. Consolation events for players who loose the first match in singles and doubles

Award ceremony
All Winners, Runner Up’s and winner Consolation

Location
Main venue: TC Victoria, Kralingseweg 226, Rotterdam
Alternate venue: IJsclub Kralingen, Ijsclubdwarsstraat 1, Rotterdam
Consolation matches (most likely) on indoor courts (carpet)

Other important info
All entrants (including names), draws and time schedules will be published at the GLTA tournament site

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