Upcoming Windward Tournaments
Attendance Tournaments: Pros from the academy staff will be on site at tournament to hold warm-ups, observe matches and give players a brief evaluation of their play. Information about warm-ups will be sent out via e-mail before tournament begins.
Attendance with Travel Tournaments: Pros from the academy staff will be on site at that tournament to observe matches and give players a brief evaluation of their play. Costs cover chaperone fees, travel (hotel and gas), warm-ups, and coaching. Players are responsible for food and other misc. expenses.See Attendance with Travel Tournament Agreement for cost explanation. If participating, must turn in Attendance with Travel Tournament Agreement form and Release of Liability form 2 weeks prior to tournament. (forms below)
Travel Tournaments: Parents cover all expenses including coaching fees. 2 week noticed needed. See Travel Tournament Agreement for cost explanation. If participating, must turn in Travel Tournament Agreement form and Release of Liability form 2 weeks prior to tournament. (forms below)
January – May 2012 Recommended Tournaments
If you have further questions, contact Coach Will at wwright@windwardlakeclub.com
New to Tournaments?
Each player must have a USTA number to participate in a tournament. Click here to obtain a membership from the USTA website.
Tournament ranking system is divided into State, Southern and National rankings. Stronger players should concentrate on southern and national rankings. The majority of players will be working on state points first and then try to gain southern points. Within each division there are 5 levels; Level 5 is the lowest and Level 1 the highest. The lower the level number, the more points are awarded for each match win.
Academy level players are advised to start in state Level 5 tournaments; then after some match wins in this level you may try playing Level 4 events.
Georgia Advanced players should play Level 4 and above tournaments. If you do well in these, then attempt playing in higher level tournaments such as Levels 1, 2 or 3. We recommend you look for tournaments that give you good southern ranking points as these are used for entry to bigger competitions. Many higher level state tournaments give you southern points. Please note that some Level 2 state tournaments may be weaker than state Level 3 tournaments if the Level 3 has more Southern ranking points attached to it, making it important to check the Southern level. These higher level southern tournaments will be strong, so we advise our Southern Select and Elite players to participate in these events.
Click here to find tournaments. Choose Southern - Georgia from National/Section/District drop down box. Click All Upcoming on the right hand side in the search short cuts. This will provide a listing of all available tournaments in the Southern-Georgia section.
