We’re just a few days away from the beginning of the second major of the year with the pre-qualifying portion of the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All American Championships getting started on Saturday in Tulsa at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center and Union High School.
Since so many schools participate in this event there are only a handful of other small tournaments taking place this weekend.
Below is the schedule of play for the next week and below that are all the listed participants for the pre-qualifying, qualifying, and main draw.
Tentative Schedule of Play:
* Please note that tournament play will take place at two sites (Case and Union) on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and possibly Tuesday.
PRE-QUALIFYING
- Saturday, Oct. 3 First & Second Round Singles
- Sunday, Oct. 4 Third Round & Qualifying Round Singles, One Round of Consolation
QUALIFYING
- Monday, Oct. 5 First Round Singles Main, One Round of Singles Consolation
- NOTE: 1st round Q singles losers will play one consolation match.
- Tuesday, Oct. 6 Second Round Singles, First & Second Round Doubles
- Wednesday, Oct. 7 Qualifying Round Singles and Doubles
MAIN DRAW
- Thursday, Oct. 8 Main Draw: First Round Singles and Doubles
- Friday, Oct. 9 Main Draw: Second Round Singles & Second Round Doubles Consolation: First Round Singles & Doubles
- Saturday, Oct. 10 Main Draw: Third Round & Quarterfinal Singles, Quarterfinal Doubles Consolation: Round of 16 & Quarterfinal Singles, Quarterfinal Doubles
- Sunday, Oct. 11 Main: Semifinal Singles & Semifinal Doubles Consolation: Semifinal Singles & Semifinal Doubles
- Monday, Oct. 12 Main: Championship Singles & Championship Doubles Consolation: Championship Singles & Championship Doubles
Other Notes:
Format: No-ad, best two-out-of-three sets in singles for all draws. No-ad, best two-out-of-three sets with a Match Tiebreak in lieu of the third set in all doubles draws.
Draw Making Procedures: A player/doubles team cannot play an opponent from its same region in the first round, if at all possible. When a draw involves players or doubles teams from the same school, such entries shall be separated as far out as possible, placed in separate halves, quarters or eighths as evenly as possible, depending on the number of entries from that school or university. The same procedure shall be used when a school has multiple seeds. The top 2 seeds from a school shall be in separate halves, a third seeded player in the same half with the second seeded player and so on.
Selection Process:The ITA National Ranking & Tournament Committee, consisting of the 12 region chairs, the ITA Operating Committee Chair and the Associate ITA Operating Committee Chair, is responsible for all selections for the championships. Only NCAA Division I student-athletes are eligible to participate.
Selection Criteria
- A. Main Draw Automatic entry spots first, including regional representation, followed by remaining selections in order of the ITA preseason national singles and doubles rankings.
- B. Qualifying Automatic entry spots first, including regional representation, followed by remaining selections in order of the ITA preseason national singles and doubles rankings. If ranking list is exhausted then the ITA National Ranking & Tournament Committee will make selections based on the following: player’s overall results from the previous season; position on and ranking of team; regional ranking; and outstanding junior accomplishments (for freshmen).
- C. Prequalifying Open (anybody who signs up can play – no cut off)
Regional Selections: Regional representation will be determined by the most recent regional rankings, rather than the ITA Preseason National Ranking. For singles this will be the highest ranked returning singles player (who was submitted for the event) on the most recent regional rankings. For doubles this will be the highest ranked returning intact doubles team (who was submitted for the event) on the most recent regional rankings.
If there are not enough players in the regional rankings to for a selection to be made, a region must select representatives in order of ITA Preseason National Ranking. If there are not players listed on either rankings for a selection to be made, then the regional committee will make a selection based on a player’s overall results from the previous season.
Main Draw Singles (64 players):
- 48 at-large (and wild card) selections
- 16 players from the Qualifying tournament
- Automatic entry: Returning Champion, ITA National Summer Championships Champion, Regional Representation (top 2 players per region), Players returning from the Top 20 of the year-end ITA Rankings
Main Draw Doubles (32 teams):
- 24 at-large (and wild card) selections
- 8 teams from the Qualifying tournament
- Automatic entry: Returning Champion, ITA National Summer Championships Champions (if from same school), Regional Representation (1 per region), Intact teams returning from the Top 10 of the year-end ITA Rankings
Qualifying Singles (128 players):
- 112 at-large (and wild card) selections
- 16 players from prequalifying tournament
- Players must win 3 rounds to advance to Main Draw
- Automatic entry: ITA National Summer Championships Finalist, Regional Representation (top 4 players per region), In Main Draw of Doubles, Top Ten Freshman
- Note: Players who are moved into the MD off of the alternate list are not guaranteed a spot in Qualifying Singles.
Qualifying Doubles (64 teams):
- 64 at-large (and wild card) selections
- Teams must win a minimum of 3 rounds to advance to Main Draw*
- Automatic entry: ITA National Summer Championships Finalist (if from same school), Regional Representation (4 per region)
- * Note: Option of expanding qualifying doubles draw beyond 64 left to the discretion of the tournament director
Prequalifying Singles (open):
- Final 16 advance to Qualifying
Wild Card Distribution:
The Host School receives a wild card into each draw. The ITA also has 2 wild cards in each draw with 1 wild card selection at the discretion of the ITA National Tournament & Ranking Committee and 1 wild card allotted to the champions and finalists from the ITA National Summer Championships.
A breakdown of wild cards per draw is as follows:
- Main Draw Singles
- 3 Wild Cards:
- 1 Host
- 1 ITA Summer Champion
- 1 ITA
- Main Draw Doubles
- 3 Wild Cards:
- 1 Host
- 1 ITA Summer Champion
- 1 ITA
- Qualifying Singles
- 3 Wild Cards:
- 1 Host
- 1 ITA Summer Champion
- 1 ITA
- Qualifying Doubles
- 3 Wild Cards:
- 1 Host
- 1 ITA Summer Champion
- 1 ITA
An ITA wild card can be given for any reason, with the primary ones for an outstanding freshman or a player who missed a significant portion of the previous season due to injury. The selection committee can also decide not to use the ITA wild card, in which case an “at-large” candidate would fill the spot.
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