QUALIFIERS TO 2024 NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

The two singles finalists and the doubles champion from each of the 13 ITA regions will qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships. For more information on the 2024 NCAA Individual Championships pathway, please click here to visit the ITA Coaches Hub.

Entry Fees & Participant Gifts

The entry fees for all regional championships in 2024 will be $75 per singles player and $70 per doubles team. The ITA will provide participant gifts for all qualifying and main draw participants.

Entry and Selection Deadlines

Week 1 tournaments (tournaments beginning Oct 9, 10, and 11):

• Entry deadline not before September 18 and no later than September 29

• Selections made the day after entry deadline and no later than September 30

• WTN for selections, seeding, and alternate lists (where applicable) will be as of September 18

Week 2 tournaments (tournaments beginning Oct 15, 16, and 17):

• Entry deadline not before September 25 and no later than October 6 

• Selections made the day after entry deadline and no later than October 7

• WTN for selections, seeding, and alternate lists (where applicable) will be as of September 25

ITA Player Waiver

All participants must submit an ITA waiver before they are permitted to practice or compete in the regional championships. Click here to complete the player waiver.

Event Sanction and Results Entry

All tournaments are sanctioned within the host site's team ClubSpark workspace. Results will be entered by the host site daily throughout the event. The tournament page, draws, and results are publically viewable through the ITA's system. A link to your Regional tournament's page can be found by clicking here.

Out of Region Requests

Beginning with the 2024 ITA Regional Championships, participating teams are no longer allowed to petition to play in a different Regional Championship other than their assigned region, regardless of reason.  Click here for a full listing of each region's teams.

Minimum Participants per School

Two singles players & one doubles team per school are guaranteed entry into the tournament, with a minimum of one singles player and one doubles team guaranteed entry into the main draw.

Draw Sizes

As of 2024, the draw size requirements are as follows:
- Singles Qualifying- 64 draw with 16 players advancing to the main draw
- Singles Main- 64 draw
- Doubles Main- 64 teams

All singles draws must guarantee two matches while doubles must guarantee one match. 

The Draw

The head referee, the tournament director, and ITA region chair will all participate in the making of the draw, and the ITA will approve the draw before publishing. The draw will be made in accordance with ITA and USTA procedures. When a collegiate draw involves players or doubles teams from the same school, such entries shall be separated as far out as possible, and placed in separate halves, quarters, or eighths as evenly as possible, depending on the number of entries from that school. The same procedure shall be used when a school has multiple seeds. The top two seeded players from a school shall be in separate halves, a third-seeded player in the same half with the second-seeded player, and so on. In cases where the top two players from the same team are not seeded, they must be placed in opposite halves of the draw, wherever possible. (Revised 12/2013)

Seeding

25% of each draw (for a 64 draw, this will be 16 players/doubles teams) shall be seeded. Each draw will be seeded first by Preseason National Rankings, and once PNR has been exhausted, the remainder of each draw shall be seeded by player WTN as of the date specified above, in "Entry and Selection Deadlines".

Format and Scoring

• Singles- All singles draws will be best of 3 full sets with no-ad scoring.
  Consolation matches may be reduced to 2 sets with a match tiebreak in lieu of of a full third set to expedite play.
  ***In the case of inclement weather, the scoring format for all draws may be reduced by the tournament committee, although this should be a last resort. Singles main draw should not be shortened to anything less than two sets with a match tiebreak and singles consolation should be shortened to no less than an 8-game pro set with a tiebreak at 7 games all. 

• Doubles- Doubles will be 8 game pro sets until the semifinals. Beginning in the semifinal rounds, two sets with a match tiebreak will be played.

Schedule of Play & Court Requirements

The total number of days to complete the qualifying and main draws may not exceed six days unless approved by ITA staff.
Schedules may be condensed to five days of play as long as no more than two rounds of singles and doubles are scheduled on a given day and no player is asked to play more than three total matches in a given day (singles and doubles combined, regardless of doubles scoring format).

Host facilities must have access to a minimum of 8 outdoor match courts and 6 indoor backup courts for each day of the event.  

Officiating and Chaired Matches

All main draw semi-finals and finals matches will be chaired (singles and doubles). All other matches will have a minimum of one ITA-certified official per four courts. 

Tournament Ball

Men will use Dunlop ATP Extra Duty and women will use Dunlop Grand Prix Extra Duty. The use of Dunlop balls is required during all ITA Regional Championships. 

Practice Courts

Practice courts will be made available at least one hour before the start of each day's matches and will be provided at no charge. 

Mandatory Coaches Meeting

The host site will schedule a tournament-specific Coaches Meeting prior to the start of the Regional Championship. All coaches are required to attend this meeting

Participant Selection Criteria

• 64 Singles Main (48 players, 16 qualifiers from qualifying draw)

  • • First priority - AQs (1 player per school- highest ranked player submitted by coach - national preseason rankings followed by regional rankings; if no players ranked then coach’s discretion)

    • Second priority - Preseason National Rankings (top 125 only)

    • Third Priority - Returning Players from the prior season’s Regional Ranking (Top 20 only) 

    • Fourth Priority - According to WTN (as of date specified above, in "Entry and Selection Deadlines")

    • 1 Host Site Wild Card

• 64 Singles Qualifying

  • • First Priority - AQs if not already met (2nd singles player per school)

    • Second Priority - Preseason National Rankings (top 125 only)

    • Third Priority - Returning Players from the prior season’s Regional Ranking (Top 20 only)

    • Fourth Priority - According to WTN (as of date specified above, in "Entry and Selection Deadlines")

    • 1 Host Site Wild Card

• 64 Doubles Main

  • • First priority - AQs (1 team per school - highest ranked team submitted by coach - national preseason rankings followed by regional rankings (intact team); if no team ranked then coach’s discretion)

    • Second priority - Preseason National Rankings (top 90 only)

    • Third Priority - Returning Intact Teams from the prior season’s Regional Ranking (Top 10 only) 

    • Fourth Priority - According to combined singles WTN (as of date specified above, in "Entry and Selection Deadlines")

    • 1 Host Site Wild Card

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