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ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2014
ITF BEACH TENNIS TOUR
RULES AND REGULATIONS
CONTENTS
Where amendments are made in these Regulations the text is underlined.
A. PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY
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B. THE COMPETITION
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1. Title
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3.
Rankings
Ownership
4. Open Competition / No Discrimination
5. Rules to be Observed
C. MANAGEMENT
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1. Board of Directors
D. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TOUR
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1. Medical Control – Anti-Doping Policy
2. Publicity and Promotion
3. Media, Commercial and Data Rights Tournament
4. Sanction Fees
5. Tournament Responsibilities
6. Non-Compliance
7. ITF Responsibilities
8. Rankings and Allocation of Points
9. Protected Ranking
10. Tour Structure
11. Tournament Week
12. System of Merit
13. Prize Money Distribution
E. ENTRY AND WITHDRAWAL
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1. Entry Definitions
2. Entry and Withdrawal Deadline
3. Acceptance of Competitors
4. Entry and Withdrawal Procedure
5. One Tournament Per Time Period
6. Player sign-in / Registration
7. Administrative Error on Acceptance Lists
8. Waiver of Claims
F. TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS
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1. Variations to Regulations
2. Format of Draw
3. Composition of Knock-Out Draw
4. Seeds
5. Composition of Round Robin Main Draw
6. Composition of Round Robin Qualifying Draw
7. Making the Draw
8. Sign-in Requirements for Substitutes
9. Withdrawal and Replacement of Seeds
10. Suspension and Postponement
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Hospitality
12. Courts