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32 substitution. Doubles Main Draw matches shall not commence until all Doubles Qualifying matches are completed. b. Size of Draw Unless otherwise approved by the GSB, the draw shall be for 64 teams. Qualifying teams will reduce the number of directly accepted Doubles Main Draw teams. c. Wild Cards The maximum number of doubles Wild Cards for a 64 team draw shall be seven (7). A Grand Slam Tournament may not enter players as a Wild Card team without the consent of both players. A Wild Card may be offered to any team that is not a Direct Acceptance on the original entry list after entries have closed. A Wild Card may be offered to one player on an entered team if it is conditional on his playing with another player. Wild Cards must be named at the time the draw is made. d. Seeds i. The draw shall be seeded and the number of seeds shall be sixteen (16). ii. Each Grand Slam Tournament shall be the final authority for the selection and resolution of ties with respect to seeds. Such selection and resolution shall be consistent with the computer ranking list dated approximately seven (7) days prior to the event. iii. If, prior to the draw being finalised, it is determined that one- fourth (ΒΌ) or more of the seeded pairs are unable to play, the entire draw may be remade. Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seeded team prior to the release of the Order of Play for the first day of Main Draw shall be filled as follows: - If the withdrawal is among seeds 1 to 4, the 5 th seed is moved into then open position, and the 5 th position shall be filled by the next highest ranked team eligible to be seeded. - If the withdrawal is among seeds 5 to 16 it shall be filled by the next highest ranked team eligible to be seeded. The position vacated by that next highest ranked team shall then be filled by the next team on the original entry list if prior to the commencement of the Qualifying competition or by the eligible Lucky Loser if after the commencement of the Qualifying competition. Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed which occurs after the release of the Order of Play for the first day of the Main Draw shall be filled by eligible Alternates/Lucky Losers.

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