Best Practices for Players

A key element of tournament participation is use of the Internet — for both players and tournaments.  It streamlines tournament administration, minimizes mailings and telephone calls, eliminates errors and promotes uniformity (and, thus, less confusion). 

If tournaments you play in don't accept online registration, encourage them to do so.  Click here to view the (extensive) standards for conducting national tournaments that are also recommended for district and sectional tournaments.

General Practices for Players

• Keep your USTA membership and your address, telephone and email information current.  Click here to do that.

• "Bookmark" (i.e. save as a "favorite") supersenior.info and use us for all your tournament information needs. (Use the "Add us to your Favorites" function on the left menu.) and consider making us your home page (Use the "Make us your start page" function on the left menu).
• Keep a record of the USTA Numbers of your regular tournament partners.

Before a Tournament

• Use TennisLink to register for tournaments.  Be assured that Internet security for credit card processing is ultra secure (much more so than handing a credit card to a waiter in a restaurant).
• When registering, enter your partner's USTA number along with your own email address and telephone numbers.
• Review the provisional seeds 1-3 days before the entry deadline and report oversights to the Tournament Director.
• Get your initial starting times from the draw sheets published on the Internet.

Using Online Draw Sheets During a Tournament

• Re-check scheduled times for changes resulting from rain delays.
• Find the time of your initial consolation matches.

After a Tournament

• Don't bother to keep a record of your tournament results.  The USTA does it for us! 
• Click here to access the most current standings and choose the appropriate division.  Click on your name to view your entire tournament record for the last twelve months. 
• The default display is for "eligible" players (those who've played in the requisite number of nationals); use the Show dropdown (towards the upper left of the screen) to display ineligible players.

In Summary

• The demands on tournament administrators are many.  We can help through increased self-reliance by following these practices.