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13 ITF Beach Tennis Tour Rules and Regulations 2016 the team shall be placed in the final position of the withdrawn player. For avoidance of doubt, if both players in the new team had been previously accepted, the position of the player from the lowest ranking team shall be used. The new entry must be submitted at the same time as the withdrawal. With this exception, players may not change partners after the doubles entry deadline. In no case shall any player change partners after the draw has been made unless the draw is remade due to the withdrawal of seeded teams. 5. 5. 5. 5. One Tournament One Tournament One Tournament One Tournament Once a player is committed to an ITF Beach Tennis Tour tournament he/she may not enter or compete in any other tournament that during the same time period except as stated in Article II: Player Entry Offences, Item 2. One Tournament in the Code of Conduct. A player may apply for entry into one or more Tour tournaments for the same time period, but he/she must withdraw from all except one (1) tournament before the withdrawal deadline for those tournaments. Players found to have been accepted into more than one tournament in the same time period shall not be permitted to compete in any tournament. Players found to have competed in two tournaments in the same time period should be immediately defaulted forfeiting all prize money and computer points (where applicable). It is the player's responsibility to manage his/her entries. 6. 6. 6. 6. Player Sign Player Sign Player Sign Player Sign- -- -in / Registrat in / Registrat in / Registrat in / Registration ion ion ion All doubles teams must sign-in with the Referee, for both Qualifying and Main Draw, by the time stated on the factsheet. One member of a doubles team may sign-in for the team. Sign-in by telephone is accepted. 7. 7. 7. 7. Administrative Error on Acceptance Lists Administrative Error on Acceptance Lists Administrative Error on Acceptance Lists Administrative Error on Acceptance Lists If an administrative error occurs after the entry deadline but before the sign in, all accepted players will be allowed to sign in and a preliminary match shall be played in accordance with the following procedure, unless otherwise decided by the ITF. If too many doubles pairs are accepted into the tournament (i.e. on a tournament acceptance list) who then arrive on-site and sign-in to play the event, the last two doubles pairs on the acceptance list based on the correct updated acceptance list (excluding wild cards and qualifiers where applicable) will play for one (1) spot in the appropriate draw. Where more than one (1) doubles pair is accepted in error, a preliminary match will be played, between the required number of the last doubles pairs on the acceptance list, for each available place. In such cases, the highest ranking pairs from the last accepted pairs will compete against the lowest ranking pairs. The matches will be drawn at random. The loser of the preliminary match will receive 1 st round prize money if applicable and 1 st round ITF Beach Tennis Ranking points.

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