TENNIS
Organizing Committee: Tennis Federation of Montenegro (MTA)
Technical Director Tennis: Momcilo Drobnjak
ETTU Official Technical Delegate: Marko Mlakar (SLO)
GSSE Technical Delegate: Christian Forcellini
TENNIS COMPETITION
The Tennis competition will take place 28th May to 1st June 2019 Tennis tournaments will be organized in accordance with the International Tennis Feder-ation (ITF) rules, unless there are any other specific modifications stipulated in the GSSE Rules and Reg-ulations
PARTICIPATION IN THE TENNIS COMPETITIONS
Each country may enter:
- Two (2) players for each singles event
- One (1) team for each doubles event
- One (1) team for the mixed doubles event Maximum four (4) players in total for men and (4) players in total for women are admitted
VENUE AND EQUIPMENT
All tennis events will take place at the Slovenska Plaža Tennis Center. Playing surfaces are in clay. The Central court has a seat capacity of 200 seats; at disposal six (6) clay courts – 4 for matches and 2 for practice. Balls (Dunlop Fort) will be changed every 9/11 games (4 balls in play)
TECHNICAL MEETING TBD
The ITF Official Technical Delegate will chair the Technical meeting
OFFICIAL´S BRIEFING
The Official’s briefing will take place on immediately after the Technical meeting as above
EVENTS
- Men Singles MS –• Men Doubles MD
- Women Singles WS –• Women Doubles WD
- Mixed Doubles MX
SINGLES
The singles competitions will be direct elimination events The four (4) seeded players will be deter-mined referring to the ATP / WTA rankings from the Monday, seven (7) days before the tournament week If needed, results from the previous GSSE will be used for seeding purposes All other players will be randomly drawn Players of the same country will be placed in opposite halves of the draw Matches will be played in best of three (3) tie-break sets
DOUBLES / MIXED DOUBLES
The doubles and mixed doubles competitions will be single elimination events Teams will be seeded based on the following criteria:
■ Both players holding a current ATP / WTA doubles ranking
■ One player holding a current ATP / WTA doubles ranking
■ Re-sults from the GSSE in SAN MARINO 2017
No-Ad scoring shall be used throughout the match and when the score is one set all, one match TieBreak game (10 points) shall be played to decide the match.
COMPETITOR UNIFORMS
Clothing or equipment worn or used by players and other participants must comply with the ITF rules and GSSE Statutes and regulations
PRACTICE COURTS / BALLS
Practice courts and balls may be reserved at the venue
COMPETITION PROGRAM
MS-MEN’SINGLES;WS-WOMEN’SSINGLES;
MD-MEN’SDOUBLES;;WD-WOMEN’SDOUBLES;XD=MIXDOUBLES