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ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2015
a) Composition of Draws
I. Qualifying
Draw Size 8 16 24 32 48 64 128
Wild Cards 1 2 4 6 7 8 16
Direct Acceptances 7 14 20 26 41 56 112
II. Main Draw
Draw Size 16 24 32 48 64 128
Wild Cards 2 2 4 6 8 16
Qualifiers 2 2 4 6 8 16
Direct Acceptances 12 20 24 36 48 96
III. If there are sixteen (16) or fewer entered teams, a Qualifying event must not be
played.
IV. ITF reserves the right to alter the composition of Draws for World and Regional
Championships to ensure an international distribution of nations represented.
b) Seeds
I. Number of Seeds
The Number of Seeds shall be as follows:
i. Qualifying
Each section of the draw shall have no more than two (2) seeded teams.
ii. Main Draw
128 draw: 32 seeds
64 draw: 16 seeds
48 draw: 16 seeds
32 draw: 8 seeds
24 draw: 8 seeds
16 draw: 4 seeds
There is to be only one seeding list, and seeding will not be official until the final
draw is made.
II. Selection of Seeds
Seeding shall be based on the latest combined ITF Beach Tennis Ranking of each
team available at the time of the draw. Ties shall be drawn randomly. Teams
without a combined computer ranking shall not be seeded.
c) Making the Draw
I. Qualifying
i. Sections and Seeds
The qualifying draw shall be made in sections and the winner of each section
shall be given a place in the main draw. If two (2) qualifiers are required,
there shall be two (2) sections; four (4) qualifiers required, four (4) sections;
