LEINSTER ENTRY RANKING POINTS

1. ENTRY RANKING POINTS

• The Entry Ranking should be used as a guide for seeding and acceptance of players into draws (higher ranked players accepted directly, lower ranked into qualifying draws)
• All Leinster OPEN tournaments sanctioned by Tennis Ireland will be included.
• All players participating in Leinster Tournaments will be awarded points, independent of the province they live in.
• The points’ allocation will depend on the Grade of the Tournament.
• The Grade of the Tournament will reflect:
  • the size of the draw,
  • the quality of the draw (number of top players in it),
  • and the facilities of the Club running it.
• The Grade of all Tournaments will be announced at the beginning of each tennis year -November/December).
• At the end of each year all tournaments will be reviewed and Grades decided. A tournament would be automatically upgraded if it fulfills the minimum requirements. If a tournament did not reach the minimum requirements of the grade it had been allocated, a warning may be issued, and if the requirements are not reached for a second year, the tournament could be downgraded.
• NATIONAL MATCHPLAY points and PROVINCIAL MATCHPLAY points are exclusive. The higher value of the two will be given to a player after each National Matchplay.
• All points will be kept for a year, and dropped after that.
• Only the TOP 7 tournament points earned by each player will count.

2. LEINSTER GRAND PRIX

• The Grand Prix Prize will be given to the top Leinster boy and girl in each age category at the end of the Year.
• Only Leinster players can be considered for the Leinster Grand Prix.
• NATIONAL MATCHPLAY points will not be included as the number of players in them is restricted. PROVINCIAL  MATCHPLAY points will be included
• Only the TOP 7 tournament points earned by each player will count.

3.  GRADE ALLOCATION

NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS:     National Matchplays

National Indoors

            Irish National Championship (Fitzwilliam)

ALL OTHER OPEN TOURNAMENTS: The Grade of a Tournament will be based on the minimum requirements specified in the following table:

(in brackets minimum for under 18 Tournaments)

Note: Under 12 and 14 events should meet all requirements and Under 16 and 18 at least two of them.

4.  QUALIFYING ROUNDS and MAIN DRAWS.

Most international tournaments have qualifying draws that feed into their main draw. Their use helps to avoid very uneven matches.

The suggested draw size depending on the number of entries is:

* Seeds brought forward (bye in first round)

All National Tournaments should have a Draw Size of 32 (Direct entries 22/24, Wild Cards 2/0, and 8 qualifiers)

If the number of entries is high and courts and time are an issue, Qualifying Round matches could be “short format”, ie: 3^rd set tie-break (third set first to 10 points, 2 in between). This way a player could have 2 matches in one day.

Qualifying draws could be carried to the end as a B event (players that lost in last qualifying round). Or otherwise, losers in last qualifying round could be joined by losers of main draw 1^st round in a Consolation Draw.

5. POINT ALLOCATION: OPEN TOURNAMENTS

The points awarded to a player in the main draw will be based on the following table:

Points will be awarded only after a player has won at least one match (ie, if a player reaches round 16 after he is given a walk-over he does not get any points).

Note: Recently some tournaments have had small draws in Under 16 and 18 events (particularly girls) but still attracted strong players. These tournaments have been graded as a subcategory of National, Grade A, B, or C. Points have been adjusted to the number of rounds and will be awarded as follows:

If the draw ended been 24 or more for Under 12 and 14s events, or 16 or bigger for Under 16 and 18s, the players would be awarded full points instead of subcategory points. If more than 1/3 of the players are under age (ie, under 16 in an under 18 draw) this will not apply.

Players that participate in qualifying draws will get:

                                                3 points if they win 1 match

                                                5 points if they win 2 matches, and

                                                7 points if they win 3 matches

If they get into the main draw and win one match in it, they will be awarded main draw points only.

Players that participate in CONSOLATION DRAWS will be awarded:

• National and Grade A Tournaments (Plate 1):

o        Winner: 10 points

o        Runner-Up: 7 points

o        Semifinalist: 3 points

• Grade B and C Tournaments (Plate 2):

o        Winner: 5 points

o        Runner-Up: 3 points

6. POINT ALLOCATION: MATCHPLAYS

The points awarded to a player in MATCHPLAYS will be based on the following table:

(In brackets points for 9 to 12 and 13 to 16 if there is no play for these positions)

                  Points for winning two matches in the Regional Matchplays:        10

                  Points for winning one match in the Regional Matchplays:             8

                  Points for winning two matches in the Pre-regional Matchplays:   6

                  Points for winning one match in the Pre-regional Matchplays:        5

7.  PENALTIES

Players that withdraw from a tournament after the draw has been made for no medical reason will have a penalty of -10 points.

Players who fail to turn up to a tournament without notice will be given a penalty of -20 points.

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