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2015 Pro Circuit Rulebook - English

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11 ITF Men's Circuit Sign-in Deadline. Any such player who is still competing in the Grand Slam or multi-week ATP World Tour tournament at this deadline must withdraw from the relevant ITF Men's Circuit tournament. A player is not allowed to withdraw from a Grand Slam or multi-week ATP World Tour tournament to play the ITF Men's Circuit tournament. 5. Special Exempts A player qualified to and who wishes to apply for Special Exempt status must do so by personally notifying the ITF Supervisor, either verbally or in writing, prior to the Qualifying Sign-in Deadline. If there are not sufficient Special Exempt places in the Main Draw for all the applicants, the players shall be selected in accordance with their rankings on Monday, seven (7) days before the tournament week. Unsuccessful applicants will not be penalised under the Late Withdrawal/ No Show provisions of the Code of Conduct. If there is no Qualifying competition, or if Special Exempts are not needed prior to the time that the Qualifying Draw is made, then the places in the Main Draw reserved for Special Exempts shall become places for Direct Acceptances. If prior to the Entry Deadline it is established that there will be no Special Exempts into a Futures Tournament because there are no "Qualified Tournaments" in the week preceding the Tournament, then the places reserved in the Main Draw for Special Exempts shall become places for Direct Acceptances and will be indicated as such on the Acceptance List. 6. Main Draw Sign-In There will be no sign-in requirement for players accepted directly into the Main Draw. 7. Qualifying Sign-In The Qualifying Sign-In Deadline is at 18:00 hours local time at the site of the Qualifying event on the day before the start of the Qualifying event unless specified otherwise on the published Fact Sheet. All players accepted directly into Qualifying must be present on-site and personally sign-in with the ITF Supervisor. An entered player may be signed- in for the Qualifying Draw by the ITF Supervisor/Referee of an ITF Sanctioned Tournament, Challenger or ATP World Tour Tournament in the previous week if such player has competed and lost on the last two days preceding the Qualifying competition. This player must be able to be on-site and play his first round match by the end of the first round of Qualifying. On- site Alternates may sign-in for the Qualifying Draw of one tournament only. Players on the Qualifying Acceptance List can preserve their eligibility for unused Special Exempt places or known Main Draw vacancies (following withdrawals after the Freeze Deadline) by personally contacting and

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