USTA Eastern Concurrent Tournament Rules

Eastern: No player may enter more than one Eastern sanctioned tournament where the scheduled dates overlap unless the officially announced tournament starting dates are at least three days apart. Allowable exceptions are: (1) entering a tournament scheduled over successive weekends and another tournament through the intervening week, (2) entering two tournaments where the player can reasonably expect (based on current standings) to play the starting weekend of one tournament and reasonably expect to start play the following weekend for the second tournament. Only one of the 2 tournaments can be a +L1 Designated Closed event. A player must determine their match schedules as soon as the tournaments have it available, and if their starting match for each tournament commences on the same weekend, the player must give notice of withdrawal to one of the tournaments within the following 24 hours. Failure to do so will result in the assessment of penalty points. A player who does enter properly under this exception, and plays in the first tournament, will still be subject to penalty points for defaulting that tournament to play the second tournament. (3) entering a national tournament where acceptance into that tournament awaits approval. It is the player’s obligation to inform the Eastern tournament within 12 hours of acceptance that the player will be withdrawn from the eastern tournament in order to play the national event, unless the player’s individual starting match time in the Eastern event does not conflict.

No junior player may play in two age divisions in the same tournament unless one of the age divisions is singles and one is doubles. The player must be age eligible for both divisions

National: Being entered, when entries close, into two or more sanctioned tournaments scheduled to overlap, unless each Tournament Committee approves the multiple entries in writing, will result 5 national suspension points. An additional 4 suspension points will be assessed if withdrawal from the tournament after entries close or for reasons other than illness, personal emergency or previously authorized entry into another tournament.