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2015 Pro Circuit Rulebook - English

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63 ITF Women's Circuit ii. Placement of Seeds in the Main Draw a. Place Seed 1 on line 1 and Seed 2 on line 16 (16 draw) or line 32 (32 draw). b. To determine the placement of the remaining seeds, draw in pairs of two (Seeds 3 and 4) and a group of four (Seeds 5-8) from top to bottom as follows: 16 Draw (4 Seeds) 32 Draw (8 Seeds) Line Seeds 3 & 4 First drawn (top half) 5 9 Second drawn (bottom half) 12 24 Seeds 5, 6, 7 & 8 Drawn from top to bottom 8 16 17 25 iii. Byes in Qualifying If there are byes they shall be given to the seeds in descending order and thereafter byes are drawn for placement in the draw so as to be distributed equally in the sections of the draw. iv. Remaining Players The remaining players (including Qualifiers, Lucky Losers etc.) are drawn by lot to fill the vacancies starting at the top of the draw. If the Qualifying competition is not completed at the time of the draw, then the places for Qualifiers are designated as "Qualifier". Successful Qualifiers at the conclusion of the last round of Qualifying will be randomly drawn to determine in which places they are to be entered in the draw. The Lucky Losers shall be drawn together with the Qualifiers. 13. WITHDRAWAL AFTER THE DRAW 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 be filled by the next player on the Acceptance List if prior to the commencement of the Qualifying event or by the eligible Lucky Loser if after the commencement of the Qualifying event. 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/Alternates. The same principles shall be followed for the Qualifying Draws.

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