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2015 Pro Circuit Rulebook - English

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14 ITF Men's Circuit Tournament, the Acceptance List will be corrected at the earliest opportunity in accordance with the System of Merit. E. DOUBLES ENTRY 1. Entry Deadline All doubles team entries must be in writing and received by the ITF Supervisor by 12:00 Noon Local Time on the day before the Main Draw in singles is scheduled to commence. The Doubles Sign-In Record must be posted at a reasonable time prior to the announced sign-in deadline. One member of a doubles team may sign in for the team. The ITF Supervisor reserves the right to accept timely telephone entries. Players who fail to sign- in shall not be included in the Doubles Draw. 2. Substitution of Doubles Teams If substitutes are required, Alternates shall be selected. The sign-in for doubles Alternates shall follow the same principles as the sign-in for singles Lucky Losers. One member of a team may sign in for the team. 3. Sign-in Requirements for Substitutes a. Alternates must be present and sign-in with the ITF Supervisor at least a half hour before the scheduled start of play, which may occur over several days, in order to maintain their priority among other Alternates. If the eligible Alternate is not available to play, he shall be placed at the bottom of the Alternate priority list for that day. b. Alternates must be ready to play in proper tennis attire within a total time of five (5) minutes after the announcement of a vacancy. Matches must commence without delay after the selection of the Alternate. F. SYSTEMS OF MERIT FOR SINGLES 1. Method A Entered players with an approved singles computer ranking, including a protected ranking, shall be selected in accordance with their positions on the approved computer ranking list available on the Entry Deadline and dated twenty-one (21) days prior to the Monday of the tournament week. 2. Method B Entered players without an approved singles computer ranking but with a current top 500 National Ranking will be drawn at the ITF Office at the Entry Deadline. These players will be sorted into groups of the same nationalities and ranked within those groups. Ties between players within those groups will be randomly drawn.

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