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TOURNAMENT FORMATS | TOURNAMENT CALENDAR
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FIND YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE.
USTA Tournaments provide a showcase for players in every division and at every age level in singles, doubles, and team formats. USTA Southern California sanctions approximately 200 adult tournaments each year that include both traditional and innovative formats.
Tournaments are perfect for the spirited tennis player, and provide a fun and competitive atmosphere for adults of all ages. Come out and play!
TOURNAMENT FORMATS
USTA Southern California offers a variety of tournaments for adult players, including age-based and level-based play, and new format tournaments designed to fit your busy schedule and active lifestyle.
All players are eligible to enter “Open” tournaments, such as Open Sectionals. These events do not restrict participants based on age or rating level. However, the entry lists for these events typically include some of SoCal’s best players and feature a very high level of competition. Many Open events also award prize money to top finishers.
To compete in USTA sanctioned events, a player must have a current USTA membership.
In Adult age-division tournaments, players compete in specific age brackets (35s, 40s, 45s, 50s, all the way up to the 90s). To be eligible, a player must meet the minimum age requirement in that calendar year.
The USTA hosts a network of national championship events for age-division players, giving them the chance to win a prestigious Gold Ball! These championships are held on hard, clay, grass, and indoor courts throughout the year.
USTA NTRP tournaments feature level-based play against opponents at or around the same rating level (3.0, 3.5, 4.0 etc.).
Singles and doubles NTRP divisions are divided by age group (18 & Over, 40 & Over, and 55 & Over), providing even more opportunity for competitive match play across Southern California.
For those looking for NTRP play at the National level, USTA SoCal hosts a National Qualifier, one of several ways to advance to the USTA NTRP National Championships.
Some of the most anticipated USTA tournaments in Southern California are family competitions, which feature husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, parents and siblings teaming up for doubles play. Even grandparent/grandchild events are on our calendar. All of these events are a great way to spend time with your loved ones and compete as a family not just locally, but also at the national level.
USTA Southern California continues to create innovative formats that complement the demands of a modern lifestyle. You can balance work and play with new tournaments like Fast4 and FLEX, designed for the active and busy player.
Fast4 events shorten games, sets, and matches in round-robin competition to allow for accelerated tournaments. A Fast4 event has four simple rules: (a) Sets are won at 4 games, (b) a tiebreak is played at 3-3, (c) tiebreaks feature a decisive point at 4-4, and (d) deuce games are decided by a single, sudden death point.
FLEX tournaments allow players to schedule and complete matches on their own time, and on a court of their choice. When draws are announced, players contact each other and find time to complete their match within seven days. The schedule continues weekly until the final round, when a champion is crowned.
2024 SOCAL NTRP & OPEN TOUR
The SoCal Tour consists of a series of tournaments for both Open and NTRP competitors. Players will race to collect unique points at each stop on the Tour, with the top eight earners of each division earning a spot in the SoCal Tour Finals. With stops ranging from San Diego to the Central Coast, players will have an opportunity to play the best events in some of the best locations that Southern California has to offer.
The SoCal Tour Finals will consist of round robin play among the eight best competitors in a division. The NTRP grand prize for each winner is a Wild Card entry into the NTRP Nationals in 2025. The Open event is a $5,000 prize money event, with the winner receiving a Wild Card into one of our 2025 SoCal Pro Series $15,000 events.
NTRP NATIONALS
NTRP Nationals is an invitational championship for top-ranked competitors from across the country. Any and all applicants are welcome, but only the best competitors will be endorsed.
For 2024, SoCal will once again be endorsing at least three players in each division. The first two spots will go to the top two Year-End Ranked players from SoCal in a division who apply for the tournament. Players must compete under their 2024 rating, but they can use their 2023 ranking to qualify (e.g. a top-ranked 3.0 player from 2023 can use their ranking to compete as a 3.5 in the 2024 National championships).
The third endorsement will be awarded to the winners of the NTRP Tour’s San Diego Qualifiers in January (which now includes 40s and 55s). Those with little or no tournament experience will want to play the qualifiers if they wish to compete in Nationals.
“C”, T”, “D”, and “A” rated players with a “C” history are all eligible to compete. Self-Rated players, Mixed-rated players are ineligible.
The National tournaments will begin taking applications starting December 25th. Player selections will be made after registrations close.
To register for the 2024 NTRP National Qualifiers and 2024 NTRP Nationals, please use the links in the toggles below.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DOUBLES QUALIFIER
Dates – January 6th and 7th
Location – Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego
Registrations Close – January 2nd
Divisions Include:
– Men’s 18’s 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Doubles
– Men’s 40’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Doubles
– Men’s 55’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Doubles
– Women’s 18’s 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Doubles
– Women’s 40’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Doubles
– Women’s 55’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Doubles
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINGLES QUALIFIER
Dates – January 21st and 22nd
Location – Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego
Registrations Close – January 16th
Divisions Include:
– Men’s 18’s 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Singles
– Men’s 40’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Singles
– Men’s 55’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Singles
– Women’s 18’s 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 Singles
– Women’s 40’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Singles
– Women’s 55’s 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 Singles
Click Here for the Tournament Webpage and Registration
For more information on NTRP Nationals, please visit USTA National’s “About” page or email Anthony Shirley at ashirley@scta.usta.com.
SINGLES
18+ Men’s/Women’s Singles (2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)
Dates – April 5-7
Location – Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego
Surface – Hard
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40+ Men’s/Women’s Singles (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5)
Dates – April 5-7
Location – Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, Arizona
Surface – Hard
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55+ Men’s/Women’s Singles (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5)
Dates – April 5-7
Location: USTA National Campus, Orlando, Florida
Surface – Clay
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DOUBLES
18+ Men’s/Women’s Doubles (2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)
Dates – April 19-21
Location – Barnes Tennis Center, San Diego
Surface – Hard
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40+ Men/Women’s Doubles (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5)
Dates – April 19-21
Location – Pelham Racquet Club, Pelham, Alabama
Surface – Clay
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55+ Men’s/Women’s Doubles (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5)
Dates – April 19-21
Location – Cooper Creek Tennis Center, Columbus, Georgia
Surface – Clay
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MIXED DOUBLES
18+ Mixed Doubles (2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)
Dates – April 26-28
Location – Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, Arizona
Surface – Hard
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For more information on NTRP Nationals, please visit USTA National’s “About” page or email Anthony Shirley at ashirley@scta.usta.com.
