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2015 Pro Circuit Rulebook - English

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18 ITF Men's Circuit Protected Ranking shall not be used. K. MAKING THE DRAW 1. Time a. Singles Qualifying Draw - Immediately after player sign-in, which should take place at 6:00pm (18:00 hours) on the day before the start of play of the Qualifying. b. Singles Main Draw - No later than 7:00pm (19:00 hours) on the day before the Main Draw starts. c. Doubles Main Draw - At least one hour prior to the commencement of play. 2. Public Drawing All draws shall be made publicly, i.e., shall be open to be witnessed by interested parties. 3. Seeds All tournaments will have a seeded draw with seeds determined as herein before provided. a. Seeding List There is to be only one seeding list, and seeding will not be official until the final draw is made. b. Withdrawal and Replacement of Seeds Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed shall be filled by the next highest ranked player eligible to be seeded. The position vacated by that next highest ranked player shall then be filled by the next player on the original acceptance list if prior to the commencement of Qualifying or by the eligible Lucky Loser if after the commencement of Qualifying. Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed which occurs after the release of the Order of Play for the first day of Main Draw shall be filled by eligible Lucky Losers. c. Number of Seeds for Main Draws The number of players or doubles teams to be seeded will be as follows: 32 players - 8 seeds 16 teams - 4 seeds d. Procedures for Placing Seeds for Main Draw i. Place Seed 1 on Line 1 and Seed 2 on Line 16 (16 draw) or Line 32 (32 draw)

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