AITA TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE FOR JUNIORS

AND
THE RULES COVERING THE AITA JUNIOR CIRCUIT

Effective from 01 January 2024

 General

• AITA tournaments will be sanctioned only to the AITA registered centers or AITA registered
academies.
• Tournament applications should be sent to the AITA Office through the respective State
Association only.
• It is mandatory for all players participating in any level of AITA tournament to have a valid
AITA Registration (Renewed up to date). A player not having a valid AITA registration card
will not be permitted to participate in AITA tournaments.
• All Players should complete the registration /renewal formalities well in advance before they
apply for or plan to participate in a tournament.

Restrictions
• There will be a restriction on the number of AITA tournaments a player can play in a year so that
players don’t burn out. It will help in prolonging the tennis career of the players.
• A player will be allowed to play the following maximum number of AITA tournaments
depending on the age. (This will include both main draw and qualifying).
• A tournament played in any age group will count towards a tournament played.
• The limit will be calculated for the calendar year (Jan to Dec).
➢ Under 12 Player - 18 Tournaments
➢ Under 14 Player - 25 Tournaments
➢ Under 16 Player - 30 Tournaments
➢ Under 18 Player - No restriction

Example: Under 12 Player (born between 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2017)

An Under 12 player is eligible to play Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16 age group tournaments.
Hence, he/she can play a total of 18 tournaments combined. (U12+U14+U16 = 18 tournaments)

1. Participation in Singles & Doubles event of one tournament and age group qualifies as One
Tournament (whether Main Draw or Qualifying Draw)
2. If a venue is conducting two age group tournaments, and a player is playing both age
groups then it will be counted as Two Tournaments (towards total count of 18 in a
calendar year).

• Note: ITF and ATF tournaments are not included in this restriction.

• Players found violating the above rule will be penalized and strict action will be taken against the
players which may include hefty penalty points.

Tournament Structure
The AITA Juniors Tournament Structure would have the following tournaments during the year 2023:

 Talent Series (TS) (7 Days)

 Championship Series (CS) (3 Days)
 Championship Series (CS) (7 Days)
 Super Series (SS)
 National Series (NS)
 Two Nationals - Hard Court and Clay
 Requirements for Organizing a Tournament

• No tournament can take place at two venues, irrespective of the distance apart. (AITA
reserves the right to sanction the tournament on two venues in an exceptional case).
• A registered academy is allowed to do maximum of 2 AITA Junior events in a month. Academy
having six courts of same surface are allowed to two age group tournaments in a week.

Courts

• A venue must have a minimum of three courts.

or
• Two lighted courts having the same surface with a minimum of 380 Lux (12 units) with enough
tournament staff to extend the matches into the night.
• Under exceptional circumstances, and due to unfavorable weather conditions, if another venue is
clubbed with the main venue, it would be the responsibility of the organizers to provide proper
transportation between the 2 venues.

Talent Series

• There will be no Talent Series tournaments for the Under 18 age group.
• TOP 75 AITA-ranked players in their respective age groups will NOT be permitted to take
part in TS tournaments in that age group.
• This ranking would be as on the date of the entry deadline for TS7 and on the day of Sign in for
TS3 tournaments. (The rankings would be as available on the AITA website on those dates)
• TS tournaments taking place in a particular zone will be open to players registered from
that zone only. No player can play a tournament in a zone other than in which he is registered
in.
• A player can apply for a change in the zone, because of a change in the residence address/
change in domicile/ school or for any other reason, in writing to AITA.
• Once the permission is granted by AITA and the zone change for the player is effected, the zone
change cannot be changed again before the expiry of 6 months. A player can participate in the
new zone, effected by such a change in the zone, only once the approval is granted.
• The player should carry the written approval of AITA effecting this change of zone to all
the tournaments where he participates thereafter.

The States/UTs are divided into Zones as follows:

NORTH ZONE WEST ZONE SOUTH ZONE EAST ZONE

Jammu & Kashmir Gujarat Andhra Pradesh Bihar
Ladakh Maharashtra Telangana West Bengal
Punjab Goa Karnataka Odisha
Chandigarh Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Jharkhand
Himachal Pradesh Chhattisgarh Pondicherry Assam
Delhi Rajasthan Kerala Manipur
Haryana Meghalaya
Uttar Pradesh Mizoram
Uttarakhand Tripura
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
 Championship Series

• There will be no restriction in Championship Series. All ranked players can play irrespective of
their rank.
• A State will have to necessarily conduct a CS tournament after conducting 6 TS in that state.
This will be calculated on a combined basis - for all age groups.
• A State will have to necessarily conduct a Super Series tournament after conducting 5 CS in
that state. This will be calculated on a combined basis - for all age groups.

Talent Series/ Championship Series

• Only one age group of tournaments will be allowed to be conducted at a venue for TS/CS (3 days
or 7 days) tournaments.
• Tournaments with 2 different age groups will be permitted in the same week at the same venue if
the venue has six courts having the same surface.
• There is no restriction on the number of TS/CS to be held in the country in any week. It means
that there could be more than one TS/ CS tournament in a particular age in a week in the country.
• Chair Umpires must be provided by the organizers for Semifinals and Finals in TS and CS
tournaments.

Super Series/ National Series

• Only one age group of tournaments will be allowed to be conducted at a venue in a week.

• Only one Super Series/ National Series tournament, for a particular age group, would be
permitted in a week across the country.

• The requirement in terms of the number of courts will remain as a minimum four (4) courts in
Super Series and five (5) courts with floodlights in National Series.

• For Super Series with two age groups, a venue must have a minimum of six courts having the
same surface.

• This number of courts available must be mentioned at the time of applying for a tournament.
Nationals

• Nationals can have more than one age group of tournaments being conducted in the same
week at the same venue.

Doubles Events

• There will be no doubles in CS (3 days) tournaments.

• For TS7 / CS7 / SS / NS / Nationals Tournaments doubles are a must. Points for Doubles
will be counted towards the Rankings.
• Minimum size of Draw for points to be awarded for Doubles is 08.
 Maximum Number of Matches

• For SS / NS / Nationals where one event is being held by the Organizers, the players should
not be made to play more than two matches, (i.e. One Singles and One Doubles) in a day.
• Only when a player is playing in two events (Nationals with 2 Events) would a player be
required to play 3 matches a day (2 Singles of different events and 1 Doubles).
• Only in case of unforeseen weather circumstances, a player may be asked to play more matches,
which would be at the discretion of the referee.

Others

• Application of all tournaments should be sent to AITA at least 6 weeks prior to the start of the
tournament.
• Fact Sheet of all tournaments should be sent to AITA at least 4 weeks prior to the start of the
tournament & it will be displayed on the AITA website https://www.aitatennis.com/

• Chair Umpires must be provided by the organizers from Quarter Finals onwards for SS, NS and
Nationals.
• Adequate, roaming umpires must be provided by the organizers to oversee the other matches being
played without chair umpires.

Tournament Referee

• An ITF White Badge Official would be mandatory to supervise the Super Series / National
Series / Nationals/ Asian Under 14/ Asian Under 16 events.
• The name will be decided by AITA and added to the Fact Sheet.
• Referee in Talent Series and Championship Series will be appointed by the State Association. It
will be the responsibility of the State Association to send the contact details of Tournament
Referee such as Name, Mobile Number and Email Id in order to put the same in the factsheet
atleast 21 days before the event.
• AITA can nominate the AITA supervisors for the conduct of selected tournaments, from the AITA
certified list of AITA supervisors.
• All expenses (AITA policy) for these AITA supervisors will be the responsibility for the organizers.

Obligations Binding a Player

• No player can play two different tournaments at different venues during the same
tournament week. ie. If you play the qualifying of one tournament you cannot play the Main Draw
/ Qualifying of another tournament in the same week. This is binding for all AITA, ATF, and ITF
tournaments.
• However, if a player plays the Main Draw of one tournament he/she can play the Qualifying of the
next week’s tournament.
• 2-3 day tournaments, though starting on a Saturday, will be considered as a tournament belonging
to the next week. This would mean a player playing a 2-3 day tournament cannot play the main draw
of another tournament from Monday onwards.
• If a tournament has two age groups, NO player can play the qualifying of both the age groups. He
/ She may play the Main Draw of one age group and the Qualifying of the other.
• If the entry has been sent for both the age groups & the player is in the qualifying of both the age
groups the referee will withdraw the player from the higher age group after the qualifying sign in.
• In case a player does play both the qualifying events, no points will be given to that player for that
tournament.
• In a tournament having two age groups a player may be in the Main Draw of one and Qualifying of
the other. If he does not show up for the qualifying (No Show) he is not permitted to play the Main
Draw of that tournament.

• A Player would be allowed to take part in 3 events in all, in a Tournament that involves more than
one age group. This would be two Singles Main Draw and One Doubles Main Draw. A player
is not allowed to participate in One Singles and Two Doubles Events.

• The Entry to Doubles event would be decided on Merit of Combined Ranking.

• A player who is given a walkover/bye in the first round & loses in the second round will be given
the points of the first round. This applies to Doubles as well.

For the year 2024

CATEGORY ELIGIBLE DOB

Under 18 1/1/2006 – 31/12/2011
Under 16 1/1/2008 – 31/12/2013
Under 14 1/1/2010 – 31/12/2015
Under 12 1/1/2012 – 31/12/2017

• Withdrawal deadline is Monday before the start of the tournament.

• Withdrawal from a tournament, after the withdrawal deadline, means withdrawal from all events
of the tournament.
• If a player does not want to take part in a tournament after he has sent his/her entry, he/she must
withdraw at the earliest so that the next player can be moved up.
• Withdrawals must be sent to AITA till the Freeze Deadline (1700 Hrs on Thursday before the
start of the tournament).
• Thereafter it must be sent to the referee, whose e-mail & Tel No will be available on the Fact Sheet.
• Withdrawal (after the withdrawal deadline), irrespective of the reason, will be allowed only twice in
a calendar year.
• Third withdrawal will be penalized as per the penalty schedule as stated below. If a player is
in the main draw or qualifying draw at the time of withdrawal (after the withdrawal deadline) will be
considered as a late withdrawal.
• If a player is taking part in Singles and Doubles of a tournament and concedes/walk over/retired
from any of the events due to any reason, then he will not be permitted to continue in that
tournament. e.g. If he is playing Singles and doubles in under 14 and under 16 and decides to
concede the doubles in under 16 then he will not be permitted to continue playing the Under 14 and
Under 16 Singles of that tournament and his opponent will be given a walk over.
• His doubles partner will however be permitted to continue to play.

Match Format in Tournaments

(3 Day) Championship Series

• Only Singles Main Draw of 48 will be made without Qualifying Draw for 3 days tournaments.
• DA and Points will be given from the Round of 32.
 • This will be made after the sign in which closes one day before the tournament start date at 14:00
Hrs.
• Matches will start on any date and to be completed in three days.
• In these tournaments, each player may be asked to play up to a maximum of two matches in a day.

Singles Format

• Upto QF - Best of 15 Games. At 7 all, the Tie Breaker will apply.

• QF & SF - Best of 17 Games. At 8 all, the Tie Breaker will apply.
• Final - Best of three sets.
• There will be no change in the tournament courts except Finals

• It is left to the Organisers to conduct the number of rounds in a day.

• The finals should be conducted on the third day. However, AITA recommends the below number
of rounds in a day:
o Day 1 – Round of 32
o Day 2 – Round of 16 and Quarter Finals
o Day 3 - Semi Finals and Finals
• Unranked players should be selected by draw of lots if there is a vacancy in a draw.
• Lots should be picked in front of the players in the Referee room.
• NO LET rule in service will be followed. It means if the service hits the top of the net and falls in
the correct service box the point will continue.
• Any deviation from the format of matches as defined above should be with written approval from
the AITA office.
• There will be NO doubles in CS (3 Days) tournaments.

Talent and Championship Series (7 Days)

• If a TS or CS tournament is planned to finish on Friday (7 Days) the same must be endorsed by

AITA & mentioned on the Tournament Schedule & Fact Sheet.

• Sign in for qualifying will be between 1200 & 1400 Hrs on Friday. Qualifying draw should be made
before 18:00 on Friday and displayed on site/ website/ other places as required.

• Main Draw sign in will be between 1200 & 1400 Hrs on Sunday. The Singles Main Draw should be
made before 18:00 on Sunday and displayed prominently as required.
• Tournament can finish on Friday (to be endorsed by AITA) or on Saturday.

Match Format

Singles Qualifying Draw - All Qualifying matches should be of three sets, with two (2) tie-break sets,
and one match tiebreak game (10 points) if the score becomes 1 set all to decide the match. Normal
scoring format to be used after deuces.

Singles Main Draw - Best of 3 Tie Break sets.

Doubles Draw – All double matches, should be of three sets, with two (2) tie-break sets, and one match
tiebreak game (10 points) if the score becomes one set all to decide the match. No ad scoring will be used.
 Doubles

• Size of the Draw will be of 16 pairs.

• Acceptance List will be made from the AITA Rankings by adding the Ranking of each of the
players in the pair. The sign-in for doubles shall close on Monday at 12:00 noon
• NO LET rule in service will be in place. It means if the service hits the top of the net and falls in
the correct service box the point will continue.

Super Series / National Series / Nationals

Singles Qualifying Draw - All Qualifying matches should be of three sets, with two (2) tie-break sets,
and one match tiebreak game (10 points) if the score becomes 1 set all to decide the match. Normal
scoring format to be used after deuces.

Singles Main Draw - Best of 3 Tie Break sets.

Doubles Draw – All double matches, should be of three sets, with two (2) tie-break sets, and one match
tiebreak game (10 points) if the score becomes one set all to decide the match. No ad scoring will be used.

Doubles

• Size of Draw will be of 16 pairs.

• Sign-in for doubles shall close on Monday at 12:00 noon.
• NO LET rule in service will be in place. It means if the service hits the top of the net and falls in
the correct service box the point will continue.
• Any change in the format of matches can happen only with the written approval of AITA, which
has to be displayed on the notice board at the tournament premises.

Acceptance for Doubles

• Direct Acceptance for Doubles

• Following acceptance priority will be used for selecting the direct acceptance of teams in doubles.
Priority -1
• If both the players of a doubles team are singles main draw players (as direct acceptance, special
exempt, qualifier or lucky loser). The selection of teams under this priority will be done as follows:-
• First - If both the players have ranking, then the combined ranking will determine the order.
• Second- If only 1 player has ranking, then the ranking of this one player will be used to decide the
order.
• Third- if both the players are unranked, then by lots.
• The lucky loser/ qualifying status of the singles players will be as determined at the time of closing
of doubles sign in. Singles main draw wild cards will not be considered for this priority.
Priority-2
• If one player of a doubles team is a singles main draw player (as direct acceptance, special exempt,
qualifier or lucky loser). The selection of teams under this priority will be done as follows:-
• First - If both the players have ranking, then the combined ranking will determine the order.
• Second- If only 1 player has ranking, then the ranking of this one player will be used to decide the
order.
• Third- if both the players are unranked, then by lots.
 Priority-3
• If both the players of a doubles team are not singles main draw players (as direct acceptance, special
exempt, qualifier or lucky) as considered for the above 2 priorities. The selection of the teams under
this priority will be done as follows:-
• First - If both the players have ranking, then the combined ranking will determine the order.
• Second- If only 1 player has ranking, then the ranking of this one player will be used to decide the
order.
• Third- if both the players are unranked, then by lots.

In circumstances which are beyond the control of the organizer, like, rain, strike or any other
natural calamity, the number of matches to be played on a day may be changed, to complete the
tournament. However, AITA’s permission must be obtained for this change.

** POINTS SYSTEM FOR AITA CIRCUIT:

Round Of R64 R32 R16 Q SF F W

TALENT SERIES (7 Days) - 2 6 8 10 12 15

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (3 Days) - 1 3 4 6 8 10

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (7 Days) - 4 8 10 15 20 25

SUPER SERIES - 5 10 20 30 40 50

NATIONAL SERIES 5 10 20 30 40 50 75

NATIONALS 20 40 60 80 100 150 200

• It is mandatory for all players to participate in the Nationals, for selection to Junior Teams.

• If the Singles (Main Draw in the case of TS or CS (7 Day’s) /SS / NS / Nationals) has less than 16
players or the Doubles (Main Draw in the case of CS (7 Day’s) / SS / NS / Nationals) has less than
8 pairs. The tournament may continue. However, no ranking points will be awarded. In the case of
three day tournaments if the draw is of less than eight players the tournament may continue but no
ranking points will be awarded.

• However, to encourage the North East Sector points will be awarded to all players taking part in
any NE Sector Talent Series tournament having a minimum of eight players in Main Draw.

• Qualifying points for the National Series and Nationals are 6-4-2 and for TS / CS (7 Days) / Super
Series 1 point awarded to players who qualify.

** Ranking System takes into consideration, tournaments played during the last 52 weeks:

• From 2024, results of best 8 tournaments will be considered for ranking.

• Under ‐18 Category ‐ Rankings are prepared on the basis of best 8(eight) tournament results, played
in India, of singles along with 25% of the best 8(Eight) tournament points from doubles. The points
earned in ITF Juniors (points used to calculate the ITF Junior ranking only) will be doubled (ie points
X 2) and added to the above AITA under 18 points. Plus the points earned from AITA Men/ Women
tournaments (points used to calculate the AITA Men's/Women's ranking)
 • Under ‐16 Category - Rankings are prepared on the basis of best 8 (eight) tournaments results,
played in India, of singles along with 25% of the best 8(eight) tournaments points from doubles plus
25% of the points of the best 3 results from Asian ‐ U16 tournaments played in India, plus points
earned from best 8 AITA U‐18 will be added.

• Under ‐14 Category ‐ Rankings are prepared on the basis of best 8(eight) tournament results, played
in India, of singles along with the 25% of the best 8 (eight) tournament points from doubles plus 25%
of the points of the best 3 results from Asian ‐ U14 tournaments played in India, plus the points
earned from best 8 AITA U‐16 will be added.

• Under ‐12 Category ‐ Rankings are prepared on the basis of best 8 (eight) tournament results, played
in India, of singles along with the 25% of the best 8 (eight) tournament points from doubles plus the
points earned from best 8 AITA U‐14. Plus the 25% of points earned in best 3 of Asian U14
tournaments played in India.

Main Draw Sizes

Singles Main Draw Size Singles Main Draw (Boys) Singles Main Draw (Girls)
TS (7 Days) 32 32
CS (3 Days) 48 48
CS (7 Days) 32 32
Super Series 32 32
National Series 64 48
Nationals 64 48

• There will be no doubles in CS (3 Days). In all other tournaments, the maximum draw size
for doubles would be 16.

Qualifying Draw Sizes

Singles Qualifying Draw Size Singles Qualifying Draw Singles Qualifying Draw
(Boys) (Girls)
TS (7 Days) Open Open
CS (7 Days) Open Open
Super Series 48 32
National Series 48 32
Nationals 64 48

• There will be no qualifying for Doubles.

• There is no qualifying draw for CS (3 Days) tournaments.

SIGN IN REQUIREMENTS

CS (3 Days)
• There will be no requirement to send entries.
• Sign in will be a day before the start of the tournament between 1200 & 1400 Hrs at the venue.
• Draw to be made and displayed before 18:00 Hrs on the sign day itself.
• WhatsApp / Email may be used for Sign-in. However, if a player has done a sign in and does not
appear for his match he/she will be fined Rs 1,000 + 180 (18% GST) = ₹1,180.
• Entry fees will not be refunded if the player does not show up for the match.
TS and CS (7 Days)
• WhatsApp / Email may be used for Sign-in. However, if a player has done a sign in and does not
appear for his match he/she will be fined Rs 1500 + 270 (18% GST) = ₹1,770.
• Entry fees will not be refunded back if the player does not show up for the match.

SS/NS/Nationals
• Physical sign in for qualifying is compulsory.

• Qualifying sign in

o The sign in for qualifying will be uniform for all tournaments to be held on Friday between
12:00-14:00.
o The Singles Qualifying draw is to be made latest by 18:00 and displayed prominently as
required.

• Main Draw sign-in is required only at TS7/ CS7, where the main draw sign-in shall take place on
Sunday between 12:00-14:00.
• The Singles main draw shall be made before 18:00 and displayed prominently as required.

• There will be No Main Draw Sign-in for SS/NS/Nationals.

Making the Draw

• All draws should be made immediately after the respective sign-in has closed preferably in the
Referee room or decided by the tournament director at the venue.
• All draws shall be made by the Referee (in public) in front of the players and the draw shall be
video recorded and shared with the AITA office.
• The draw should be signed by two players preferably these players should be from different States
to that of the host State.

• No hand written draws will be permitted.

Composition of the Draws:

Open Main Main Draw size- Main Draw Size- Main Draw Size-
Draw 32 48 64
Direct-On ranking ALL 23 39 55
Qualifiers NONE 8 8 8
Special Exempt NONE 1 1 1
Wildcards NONE NONE NONE NONE

Qualifying Draw-32 Qualifying Draw -48 Qualifying Draw-64

Direct-on ranking 28 44 60
Wild cards 4 4 4

• For Doubles – draw of 16, all teams to be selected as per the rules defined earlier.
• There will no Wild cards, Special Exempt or qualifying for doubles events in any tournament.
** Entry Regulations:

• The Acceptance List for Talent Series/ Championship (7 Days) / SS / NS / Nationals will be
made, taking into account the latest Rankings available on the website.

• Whilst making the Acceptance List, no player without a ranking will be put in the Main Draw. In
case there are vacancies in the Main Draw, these spots shall be filled in by Lucky Losers.

• Players with no rankings will remain in the alternates till the time the number of vacancies in the
qualifying is equal to the number of unranked players in the alternates.

• If two or more players have the same ranking at the time of making the Acceptance List then the
best eight Singles points will be the criteria for placing on the Acceptance List. If the singles points
are also the same then there will be a draw of lots.

** Entries

• Entries for Talent Series, Championship Series (7 Days), Super Series, National Series & Nationals
will be taken online. Once the player sends the entry through online, he/she will get a
confirmation through e-mail as well as the reference number of his/her entry will be
available in the player’s dashboard.

• No Fax OK slip or confirmation by phone is acceptable. Link of online entry system will be
available on the tournament factsheet.

• Due to an administrative mistake, if a player’s entry is missed out the name will be added as No 1
in the qualifying (if the player should have been in the Main Draw) or No 1 in the alternates (if the
player should have been in the Qualifying). As and when there is a Withdrawal the player will be
moved into his correct place on the acceptance list.

**Withdrawals

• Withdrawals from Talent Series, Championship Series (7 Days), Super Series, National Series &
Nationals will be taken online. No withdrawals will be accepted through e-mail before the
freeze deadline of the tournament. The player should send late withdrawal to the tournament
referee whose contact details are available on the tournament factsheet after the freeze deadline to
avoid a no-show.

• If a player whose name is there on the acceptance list neither withdraws nor does the sign-in then it
will be treated as No Show.

o Withdrawal - Till Withdrawal Deadline - Via AITA Login.

o Late Withdrawal - After the Withdrawal Deadline till the Freeze Deadline - Via AITA
Login.
o Late Withdrawal - After the freeze deadline till the Qualifying Sign In - Via Email to the
Tournament Referee whose email address is mentioned on the fact Sheet and copy to
entries@aitatennis.com

• Note: After the Qualifying Sign-in deadline, if any player sends a withdrawal from Qualifying
Acceptance or Main Draw Acceptance, it will be considered a No-Show.
• For any technical query on any particular tournament, the player must get in touch with
the Referee only via email, whose email id will be available on the Fact Sheet and copy to AITA
Entries System (entires@aitatennis.com).
 • Tournament Directors are requested to refrain from taking decisions and/or request's related to
technical and should be communicated/forwarded to the Tournament Referee immediately. Email
sent to any other than Tournament Referee / AITA email address will not be considered.
• If a player withdraws before the withdrawal deadline due to any reason, can play the tournament
signing in as onsite alternate but if the player withdraws from the tournament after the withdrawal
deadline, then he will not be allowed to play and it will be considered as Late Withdrawal.

Ball Rule

Super Series, National Series, and Nationals

Balls: ITF-approved balls should be used. In Qualifying events, there shall be a minimum of three new
balls for each new match. In Main Draw matches, 03 new Balls are to be provided for each match. For the
semi-finals and finals, 03 new balls must be provided before the start of the 3rd set.

Practice balls - a minimum of 3 once used balls of playable condition must be provided to the players
against a refundable deposit.

Talent Series and Championship Series

Balls: ITF-approved balls should be used. It is suggested that new balls should be given for every Main
Draw match (3 Balls).

Qualifying matches should be played with new balls as far as possible.

Extensive Heat Conditions

For the safety of the players and officials, it is recommended to implement a heat rule in case of extreme
heat conditions. The referee is responsible for implementing the heat rule. In case, the heat rule is
implemented, there would be a break of 10 minutes before the start of the 3rd set. The heat rule is
applicable for the Singles matches only.

During the 10 minutes heat break, players are allowed to leave the court and use the toilets.

No coaching, medical treatment, interaction with parents/ coaches/ friends will be allowed.

** Daily Allowance:

• Daily allowance as per the following, has to be paid by the tournament to all the main draw players
in Championship Series (3 Days or 7 Days)/ SS/NS/ Nationals.
• There will be NO Daily Allowance payable for Talent Series tournaments.
• The Daily allowance for the CS (3) will be payable to players from the round of 32.
• PLAYERS are entitled to the daily allowance from 1st day of the main draw (or from the day of
round of 32 in case of CS3) till the day he is eliminated (both singles & doubles) from the tournament.
The Daily allowance is payable even if the matches cannot start due to weather conditions, or does
not take place on any day due to any reason.

Daily Allowance for Main Draw players (Singles & Doubles)

• Nationals: ₹ 1000/day
• National Series: ₹ 800/day
• Super Series: ₹ 600/day
• Championship Series (7 Day): ₹ 400/day
• Championship Series (3 Day): ₹ 300/day
 • DA to be paid for days the player is in the Singles/Doubles Main Draw.

• If a match has to be completed the next day then DA will be given for the day the match is completed.
• In CS (7 day’s) / SS / NS / Nationals a Player receives DA from the Monday of the tournament
until the day of elimination from the tournament, even if the player’s first match is on Tuesday.

** Entry Deadlines for Tournaments:

• The entry deadline for TS & CS (7 days), Super Series, National Series, and Nationals would be 3
Mondays prior to commencement of the Tournament.

• Acceptance list for TS & CS (7 day’s), Super Series, National Series and Nationals would be
announced at least, 10 Days prior to commencement of Main Draw. The Acceptance list will be
available on the website.

** Seedings:

• Seeding’s for the qualifying & Main Draw of TS & CS (7 days), Super Series, National Series, and
Nationals will be made taking into account the Rankings available on the AITA website on the
Tuesday of the previous week of the tournament. However, if the rankings are updated before the
Draw is made it is left to the referee to follow the updated rankings or not. In case two players have
the same ranking, then the player with the higher (Best eight) Singles points will be seeded higher.

• In the case of CS (3 Day) tournaments, the seeding will be dependent on the number of players who
have signed in (eight for a draw of 32 and 16 for a draw of more than 32). Seedings will be made
taking into account the Rankings available on the AITA website.

** Special Exempt:

• Special Exempt position is given to players on the Qualifying Acceptance List (entered players
only) who have applied for and received an exemption from the Qualifying event because he/she
is still competing at a “Qualified Tournament” on the day the Qualifying event is scheduled to
begin. A “Qualified Tournament” is the singles event of another AITA tournament of the same or
higher grade, in the preceding week. Any unused Special Exempt place will be filled by an entered
player who has signed in for Qualifying and is to be selected in accordance with his/her position
on the Acceptance List. (No 1 position on the qualifying acceptance list after sign in)

• No Special exempt is to be given for any other reason as defined above.

** Lucky Losers:

• Any vacancies arising in the first round, (or in the 2nd round in case of byes in the first round) of the
Main Draw, after the completion of the final qualifying round, shall be filled in by Lucky losers as
follows: -

o 1st Preference – To all ranked players losing in the final qualifying round picked up by lots

o 2nd Preference – To all unranked players losing in the final qualifying round picked up by
lots

• If additional lucky losers are needed the losers of the previous round of qualifying shall be selected
in the same manner.
 • The tournament referee shall conduct a Lucky Loser sign-in at an appropriate time to decide the
Lucky Loser spots in the Main Draw. The Lucky Loser sign in time must be put on the tournament
notice board well in time but not less than six hours before the sign in time. Lucky Looser sign in
will be done every day in case the first round is delayed and not completed on the first or second
day of the main draw.

** Tournament Days:

• Championship Series (3 Days) will be conducted for 3 Days. It can start from Monday to
Wednesday or Friday to Sunday.

Sign In:

Tournament commencing on Monday, then sign in will be Sunday between 1200 Hrs – 1400 Hrs.
Tournament commencing on Friday, then sign in will be Thursday between 1200 Hrs – 1400 Hrs.

• Talent/ Championship Series (7 days) / Super Series / National Series / Nationals:

o Main Draw will be from Monday to Friday / Saturday.

o Qualifying: Saturday, Sunday & Monday if required.

o Qualifying Sign In will be on Friday 12:00 -2:00 pm. Main Draw Sign in for TS7 & CS7
will be 1200 Hrs to 1400 Hrs on Sunday. There will be no Main Draw Sign in for
SS/NS/Nationals.

o Onsite Alternates: - All players who are in qualifying list, alternate list or any onsite alternate
should sign in along with the qualifying sign in on Friday.

o After the sign in closes, a list is to be complied of the players who signed in but did not get
into the qualifying draw. These players will need to sign in again on the day qualifying matches
start as per the time notified by the referee to take up the spots created in qualifying by any
no shows.

Sign In for Doubles

• Talent Series / Championship Series / Super Series / National Series / Nationals: Monday
by 1200 Hrs.

** Penalty Points:

• Super Series / National Series / Nationals – Irrespective of the reason.

o Late Withdrawal – Third late withdrawal, in a calendar year, will lead to minus 15 points.
Thereafter, on every late withdrawal 15 points will be deducted.
o In case of No Show (Main Draw or Qualifying). Points will be deducted as follows:-
o Talent Series (7 Days) – 5
o Championship Series (7 Days) – 5
o Super Series – 5
 o National Series – 10
o Nationals – 15
If a tournament has two age groups and a player is a no-show for the qualifying of one age group, he will
not be permitted to take part in the Qualifying/Main Draw of the other age group.

** Tournament Entry Fees:

• The entry fees for all tournaments will be as follows.

Juniors Singles Doubles (for each pair)

Talent Series (7 Days) ₹ 400 ₹ 400

Championship Series (3 Days) ₹ 400 NA
Championship Series (7 Days) ₹ 600 ₹ 700
Super Series ₹ 700 ₹ 900
National Series ₹ 900 ₹ 1100
Nationals ₹ 1100 ₹ 1300

• The State Association will be charged the following on application for each age group (in case the
tournament is for two age groups it will be double):-

S. No. Description Amount GST (18%) Total (₹)

1 Talent Series (7 Days) 5,000 900 5,900

2 Championship Series (3 Days) 3,500 630 4,130

3 Championship Series (7 Days) 5,000 900 5,900

4 Super Series 7,500 1,350 8,850

5 National Series 10,000 1,800 11,800

6 Nationals 12,500 2,250 14,750

Notes:

• Players, their coaches, and relatives, accompanying them on-site, shall behave professionally at all
times. They

a) Shall not use an audible obscenity within the precinct of the tournament site.

b) Shall not make obscene gestures of any kind within the precincts of the tournament site.

c) Shall not at any time directly or indirectly verbally abuse any official, opponent, sponsor, spectator
or other person within the precincts of the tournament site.
 d) Shall not violently, dangerously or with anger hit, kick or throw a tennis ball or Racquet, within
the precincts of the tournament site.

e) Shall not receive coaching during a match. Communications of any kind, audible or visible,
between a player and a coach/parent/relatives, may be construed as coaching.

• If such a violation occurs during a match, the player shall be penalized in accordance with the point
penalty schedule of ITF rules and regulations.

• In circumstances that are flagrant and particularly injurious to the success of a tournament, or
singularly egregious, a single violation of this section shall constitute a major offense, and a player
may be defaulted from the tournament.

• Players, their coaches, and relatives accompanying the players, shall not at any time physically abuse
any official, opponent, or another person within the precincts of the site, shall not issue, authorize
or endorse any public statement within the precincts of the tournament site having, or designed to
have, an effect prejudicial or detrimental to the best interest of the tournament and or of the
officiating thereof. If such a violation occurs during a match or during tournament week, the
violation shall be considered a major offense and the player may be defaulted from the tournament.

• The decision of the immediate default of the player shall be decided by the supervisor, in
consultation with the tournament director and/or with the state Secretary. Further action may be
initiated by AITA against the players/coaches/parents as deemed fit by the tournament committee/
code of conduct committee of AITA

The points, rules and regulations which are not covered in the above stated guidelines, the ITF
rules and regulations will prevail.

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