USTA Southwest Mixed 55 & OverLeague Invitational

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Feb. 14-16, 2025
Tempe, AZ - Kiwanis Tennis Center

We'll be mixing it up on the courts in Tempe, Arizona in mid February 2025 for our USTA Southwest 55 & Over Mixed League Invitational.

We piloted this new League Championships event in 2023, and it's been a rousing success the last two years! 

Co-ed mixed squads from across the entire Southwest will be putting their serve and volleying skills to the test over the course of two days (Feb. 14-16), all for the right to call themselves Southwest Section league champions. With a team victory at this event, division winners will also receive a coveted spot into the USTA National 55 & Over League Invitational, held in Spring 2025. 

We'll have multiple teams from across the Southwest in a variety of skill levels (6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0) participating. 

The registration deadline for this event is Jan. 30, 2025

PLAYING SITE: Kiwanis Tennis Center
 6111 S All America Way, Tempe, AZ 85283

This 15-court public tennis center in Tempe has been a consistent host to local, section events, because of its prime location and quality courts.

HOTEL INFORMATION

There will be no event or host hotel for this year’s 55 & Over USTA Southwest League Invitational.  This is peak season in the Phoenix metro area, and many properties are not allowing room blocks. Please make your own arrangements. 

VIRTUAL CAPTAIN’S MEETING
USTA Southwest will hold a virtual (online) captain’s meeting for this event on Monday Feb. 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM AZ TIME to go over event protocols and procedures. Section League Coordinator (SLC) will send out the event link to qualified captain’s a week prior to the virtual meeting.

Some event items the SLC will go over in detail in the meeting will be: 

-Court Location & Schedule
-Court Rules, Sportsmanship and Yearly League Section Regulations
- Player Amenities and Prizes
- Photo Information
- Other General Event Information/Questions

TEAM LINE-UP SHEETS: Completed cards must be turned into the Tournament Desk by the team captain at the playing location 30 minutes prior to when the match is scheduled to start.  All team members on the line-up card must be present at the facility before courts and balls will be assigned. A match could start as early as 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time, so it is very important that your team is present and ready to play when the captain turns in the team line-up card.  All players must be prepared to present photo identification to the tournament desk staff prior to going on court.

Tournament Rules- Please review the enclosed tournament rules.  Please keep in mind:

· When you are assigned a court please make sure you are playing the right team and position.

· NO COACHING

· The 5-minute warm-up rule will be strictly enforced

· All Tie Breaks will utilize the Coman Rotation.

· Match format will consist of a Coman 10-point Match Tiebreak in lieu of the third set.

· All courts should report their score immediately after their individual matches before watching their team, a winner and an opponent come to the desk to report the score together.

· When the team match is completed the captain from each team must go to the Tournament Desk, wearing their masks, to turn in scores and SIGN the scorecard.

AWARDS– Champions and Finalists awards will be given out as play ends on Sunday or after completion of each division’s matches. The USTA Southwest Section, will provide up to 12 awards for each Champion and Finalist team. Additional awards may be purchased at the team’s expense.


PLAYER LUNCH - A player lunch will be provided on Saturday, February 15, 2025. 

PLAYER ELIGIBILITY

For Players Advancing From a Local League

All players, of any rating type (C or S) are required to play two matches in their local league season to be eligible to compete at the section Invitational, 1 default awarded may be counted as a match played.

There will be no individual player waivers accepted.

MATCH SCHEDULE
A final match schedule will be posted on TennisLink at least a week prior to the invitational event. Keep in mind, a schedule is always tentative and subject to change based on withdrawals, weather, etc. 


Some matches will start on Friday afternoon with most of the matches scheduled for Saturday and Sunday morning. We will make every effort to publish the schedule with plenty of planning time for players.