*** Effective Immediately: Please read new regulations regarding Eastern Concurrent tournament rule:
· Eastern: No player may enter more than one Eastern sanctioned tennis (singles or doubles) tournament where the scheduled dates overlap unless the officially announced tournament starting dates are at least three days apart. Players in violation of this rule will be defaulted from all of the tournaments entered and will be subject to two (2) default suspension points. Note: First time offenders will be given courtesy of a warning, but only if they are a first time violator. The courtesy will allow them play in one of the two tournaments however they will be subject to the 2 suspension points. 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 or tournament homepage) 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 suspension points. A player who does enter properly under this exception, and plays in the first tournament, will still be subject to suspension points for defaulting that tournament to play the second tournament.
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.