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7. Qualifying Sign-In
The Qualifying sign-in deadline is at 18:00 hrs local time at the site of the
Qualifying event on the day before the start of the Qualifying event.
All players must be present and personally sign-in with the ITF Supervisor.
A player may be signed-in for the Qualifying Draw by the ITF Supervisor of
an ITF Sanctioned Tournament, Challenger or ATP Tournament in the
previous week if such player has competed and lost, on the last two days
preceding the Qualifying competition. This player must be able to be on-site
and play his first round match by the end of the first round of Qualifying.
Players who cannot appear for the Qualifying sign-in because they are
competing in the previous week’s related Futures Tournament may be signed
in for the Qualifying and may be permitted to compete in both events, subject
to the approval of both ITF Supervisors and if it does not unfairly disrupt the
Qualifying schedule. Except as otherwise stated herein, players who fail to
sign-in shall not be included in the Qualifying Draw.
8. Vacancies/Substitutions
Vacancies shall be filled with substitutes in accordance with the following:
a. From the Withdrawal Deadline until the Freeze Deadline:
Vacancies in the Qualifying and Main Draw shall be filled by entered
players selected in accordance with the applicable System of Merit.
b. From the Freeze Deadline until the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline:
Vacancies in the Qualifying or Main Draw shall be filled, at the time of
the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline, by entered players who have signed
in for the Qualifying event, or in the case of the Main Draw preserved
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their eligibility by contacting the ITF Supervisor (see D 3. and D 5.),
selected in accordance with the applicable System of Merit.
c. From the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline until the commencement of
the Qualifying competition:
Vacancies in the Qualifying or Main Draw shall be filled by entered
players who have signed in for the Qualifying event, selected in
accordance with the applicable System of Merit.
9. Play-Down (for Singles only)
Players ranked 1-100 in singles fourteen (14) days prior to the Monday of the
tournament week are prohibited from entering, accepting a Wild Card and/or
competing in a Futures Tournament.
Players ranked 101-150 in singles fourteen (14) days prior to the Monday of
the tournament week are prohibited from entering a Futures Tournament but
may receive a Wild Card approved by the ITF Men’s Circuit Committee in
order to compete in a Futures Tournament.
To be eligible for a Wild Card, such player must petition the ITF Men’s
Circuit Committee through the ITF at least fourteen (14) days prior to the
Monday of the tournament week. Upon receipt of the petition the ITF Men’s
Circuit Committee shall evaluate the player’s eligibility to receive a Wild
Card.
Futures Tournaments offering $10,000 in on-site prize money may not offer
Wild Cards to players ranked 1-150 in singles.
Futures Tournaments offering $10,000+H, $15,000 or $15,000+H in on-site
prize money may offer one Wild Card per tournament to players ranked 101-
150 in singles.
G. SYSTEMS OF MERIT FOR SINGLES
1. Method A
Entered players with an approved singles computer ranking shall be selected
in accordance with their positions on the approved Computer Ranking list
available at the Entry Deadline and dated twenty-one (21) days prior to the
Monday of the tournament week.
2. Method B
Entered players without an approved Singles Computer Ranking but with a
current top 500 National Ranking will be drawn at the ITF office at the Entry
Deadline.
These players will be sorted into groups of the same nationalities and ranked
within those groups. Ties between players within those groups will be
randomly drawn.
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