ITF ASIA 14 & UNDER DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 DIVISION - I

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1 ITF ASIA 14 & UNDER DEVELOPMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 DIVISION - I FACT SHEET The International Tennis Federation (ITF), in conjunction with the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF), is pleased to announce that the ITF Asian 14 & under Development Championships - Division 1 will be hosted by the Vietnam Tennis Federation in Ho Chi Minh City from March The ITF Division 1 is the equivalent of an Asian 14&Under Category 2 event for which points for a Category 2 ATF 14&Under circuit event will be awarded to players. The Championships will be funded by the Grand Slam Development Fund. The Championships will incorporate a one-day training camp followed by two 5-day tournaments all at the same venue. The schedule will be as follows: Players arrive Training Camp First tournament Rest day Second tournament Players depart : 13 March : 14 March : March : 20 March : March : 26 March Tournament Venue Number of Match Courts Number of Practice Courts Phu Tho & Ky Hoa Tennis clubs 215 A Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Wrd 15, Dist 11 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Tel: Fax: Courts (Surface Hard) 2 Courts Nations Invited China Kyrgyzstan Chinese Taipei Philippines Hong Kong, China South Korea India Thailand Indonesia Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Vietnam Hospitality Hospitality will be provided for each visiting team by the host nation commencing with dinner on 13 March and ending with breakfast on 26 March. The players & coaches will be accommodated at: Thanh Binh 2 Hotel 512 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Ward 7, Tan Binh District, Hochiminh City, Viet Nam Tel. No. (+84) , Fax No. (+84) < hcmctennis@gmail.com > Accommodation All players (of the same gender) will be accommodated in twin or, maximum, triple rooms.

2 Meals Transportation Coaches (of the same gender) will be accommodated in twin rooms. If some coaches wish to stay in a single room, they will pay the difference in price between a twin and a single room. Please state preference on team entry form. All players & coaches will be provided buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner. Transportation will be arranged 2-way airport transfers (arrival / departure) for all teams. Tournament Committee Tournament Director: Tran Quoc Phong Tournament Referee: Charles Lau ITF Representative: Suresh Menon Two (2) Visiting Coaches - TBA Tournament Referee contact details: Mr Charles Lau, ITF white Badge Referee. charleslsc@yahoo.com Travel Arrangements *** The tournament committee will meet regularly to make seedings, conduct the draw and settle any disputes. Participating teams are responsible for their own travel arrangements. Teams should arrange to arrive in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 13 March 2016 and depart on 26 March We urge National Associations to make their reservations AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE in order to ensure flight availability on the dates specified. Medical & travel insurance Visa requirements All players must have adequate medical and travel insurance coverage which cannot be provided either by the ITF, ATF, the host nation or the local organizer. Neither the ITF/ATF, the host nation, local organizer nor the Regional Association can accept any responsibility for providing players with such insurance coverage. Please contact the nearest Vietnamese Embassy in your country of origin at least 3 to 4 weeks before departure in order to arrange your visa on time. Invitation letters may be obtained for the team from the Vietnam Tennis Federation. Name and contact detail of person to contact regarding Visa: MS. Hoang Ngan Administrative Officer the Hochiminh city Tennis Federation Tel. No. (+84) Fax No. (+84) < amzthytran@gmail.com > EVENTS (BOYS & GIRLS 14 & UNDER - SINGLES & DOUBLES) Invited countries can send a maximum of six players (no more than three boys or three girls per team) and one team coach (a maximum of seven people). The host nation (Vietnam) may enter a team of up to 10 players (no more than five boys or five girls on their team and one team coach). No additional visiting players can be accepted and any other officials attending will have to pay for their own travel, hotel accommodations & meals. Singles and Doubles events will be played and players must compete in both events. ELIGIBLE PLAYERS Players must be born between 1st January 2002 and 31st December 2005 to be eligible for participation. They must have reached their eleventh (11) birthdays before the first day of the event, (ie 15 March 2016) All participating players must have an IPIN before entering the event, which can be obtained by following this link:

3 All participating players must sign up ATF U14 tournament website before entering the event, which can be obtained by following this link: All participating players would stand to earn Category 2 Asian 14&Under ranking points for their efforts in this tournament in addition to the individual ranking points of the Division 1 event. NOMINATION OF COACHES We advise that the coach nominated to accompany your team to Vietnam should be at least of ITF Level 1/ Level 2 standard. TRAINING CAMP A one-day training camp (14 March 2016) will take place prior to the Championships. The purpose of the camp is to allow the players to adjust to the new conditions and assist in deciding seedings if deemed necessary. It will not include technical instruction but will involve players practicing in the morning and playing practice sets in the afternoon. An ITF representative will conduct the camp but visiting team coaches will be expected to assist. THE DRAW The draw will be conducted by the Tournament Committee the evening preceding the 1 st day of play and every reasonable effort should be made to ensure that all official coaches are present. SEEDINGS Seeding of players in the draw would be done in accordance with the latest Asian 14&Under rankings available online. CHAMPIONSHIPS FORMAT There will be two tournaments, including both boys and girls singles and doubles events. Each tournament will be run on a compass draw basis, with placement ties. This ensures that every player, win or lose, plays a match every day. At the end of the Championships all players in the draw are ranked in merit order. Doubles pairings must be from the same nation but with the agreement of the Tournament Committee, nations with odd numbers of players may form doubles pairings. The doubles will be run on a knock-out basis. SCORING SYSTEM (ITF Rules of Tennis) All matches will be the best of three tie-break sets. Short Sets and/or No-Ad system of scoring can be used if necessary due to shortage of time (e.g. due to rain, etc) for placement matches only. A deciding tie-break game will be used for the 3 rd set of placement matches. COUNTRY RANKING Country ranking will be calculated at the end of the Championships based on the best three results in singles and the best three individual results in doubles, to include at least one result from a female in singles as well as one individual result from a female in doubles. Should a nation not select any female players on their team, then only the best two results in singles and the best two individual results in doubles will count towards the country ranking. Players on the ITF Division 2 team competing in the Division 1 event will also be eligible to achieve a country ranking and the points will be counted on the same basis. If the Championships are interrupted for whatever reason and the doubles event cannot be finished, then all points acquired up to that time will be counted. In this case, the total points are counted by player in each of the singles and doubles events (not the combined points of a player). The winning nation of the ITF Asian 14 & Under Development Championships 2016 Division 1 - will be awarded a trophy.

4 PROMOTION AND RELEGATION SYSTEM IN TOP TWO GROUPS Two countries will be promoted from Division 2 to Division 1 and one country will be relegated from Division 1 to Division 2, following the 2016 Championships. The countries will be decided according to the country ranking at the end of the Championships e.g. the two countries with the highest rankings in Division 2 will move up to Division 1 and the country with the lowest ranking in Division 1 will move down to Division 2. POINTS will be awarded in each SINGLES event as follows: 1 st nd rd th th th th 70 8 th th th th th th th th th th th th th st nd rd th th th th th th th st nd - 0 POINTS will be awarded to each player in each DOUBLES event as follows: Winners 200 (25% = 50) Runners-Up 120 (25% = 30) Semi Finalists 80 (25% = 20) Quarter Finalists 40 (25% = 10) Note: According to ATF Circuit regulations, players need to win a match to earn a point in the tournament. No points will be accorded in either Singles or Doubles unless a player wins a match. COACHING No coaching is permitted during matches in accordance with the ITF Rules of Tennis. ITF/GSDF TEAMS Selection for the Asian 14 & Under ITF/GSDF team to Europe is based on the performances of players at this event as well as their performance in the ITF World Junior Team competition Asia/Oceania qualifying events. WAIVER OF CLAIMS All players entering the ITF/ATF junior development events agree, as a condition of their entry, that no claims are brought against the ITF/ATF, the tournament organisers, and the Regional Association or National Association sanctioning such events, with respect to any injuries however caused, or any losses incurred, while travelling to and from, or participating in any ITF/ATF junior development events. PUBLICITY / PROMOTION & PLAYER IMAGES Each player grants and assigns to the ITF/ATF, the Championships host National Association, the Championships and their agents the right in perpetuity to make, use and show from time to time and at its discretion, motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television and other reproduction of him/her during the event and in connection with the promotion of the event without compensation for him/herself, his/her heirs, devisees, executors, administrators or assigns. Such promotional activities by the ITF/ATF, the Championships host National Association, the Championships or their agents shall not be identified as or represented to be an endorsement by the player of any product or company. Notwithstanding the above, it is prohibited for any Tournament visitor to obtain, transmit, store or distribute any images of players, unless they are the parent or legal guardian of the player, without the express written authorization (which includes permission about how the image(s) will be used) of the parent, legal guardian of the player or ITF referee. Any authorised images must be exclusively of tennis matches, practice or tournament activity including the presentation of trophies.

5 ENTRIES Please send all entries by to: ASIAN TENNIS FEDERATION (ATF) C/o Rajat Kapoor address < > ; Copy: < sunil.gill@asiantennis.com >; < mint.nantasuk@asiantennis.com> DEADLINE OF ENTRIES: Monday 22 February 2016