## VII. THE COMPETITION 

## Can I Play Both? 

Case: A player is playing a doubles match on the Friday night before a Saturday start to Qualifying that will not finish before 9 p.m. local time at the following week’s tournament. The next tournament is 2-3 hours traveling time and because the doubles semi-finals is scheduled for Saturday night, it is feasible for the player to drive between the two locations so that he could compete in the qualifying singles and still play the doubles semi-final should he win on Friday night. Can he remain a direct acceptance? 

Decision:  Yes. The Saturday night doubles match (which cannot be a result of special scheduling) makes this possible for the player. Appropriate penalties apply if the player does not appear for his qualifying match or his doubles semi-final match, if he wins Friday night. 

## Players Miss Sign-In 

Case: Players cannot be at the Lucky Loser/Alternate sign-in on time because of circumstances beyond their control. If the Supervi- sor is satisfied that the players were not at fault, may he sign them in? 

Decision:  No. 

## D. Sign-in Protocol. (NEW: See ATP Addendum, page 386) / (See Challenger Ad- dendum, page 401) 

## 7.05 Withdrawal/Late Withdrawal Penalties 

The following shall result when a player withdraws after the deadline from the singles main draw of an ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour tournament: 

A.  A player shall be subject to the sanctions provided in the Player Code of Conduct. 

B.  If the withdrawal is from the singles main draw of an ATP Tour tournament, the player shall be required to fulfill his obligations under the ATP Stars Program. 

C.  If the withdrawal occurs after 12 noon, Eastern Time, USA, on Friday before the tournament week or, in the case of doubles, after the on-site entry deadline, then the withdrawal shall be considered a late withdrawal and shall also result in a late with - drawal fine, unless the injury on-site examination provisions or player promotional activity provisions apply as stated under repeal of penalties. In addition, in the case of a 96-draw tournament, if the withdrawal occurs after the qualifying or main draw is made, whichever comes first, the player shall receive a late withdrawal fine, unless the injury on-site examination or player promotional activity provisions apply. Players included in the draw that fail to appear on-site shall be classified as a late withdrawal. 

## Whom To Fine? 

Case: Player A and player B agree to play doubles together in a tournament, so player B signs the team in to play. On Monday, player A withdraws from singles and consequently from doubles. As player A does not come on-site for promotional activities, he is aware that he will get a withdrawal penalty for singles. What penal- ties apply to the doubles team? 

## VII. THE COMPETITION 

Decision: Player A gets a fine for doubles while player B does not as he is on-site. Even if player B was not on-site, he would not be penalized as he did not cause the withdrawal. 

Note:  If player A and player B were only playing doubles and if player A denies agreeing to play with player B then both players are penalized with a fine unless one of the team accepts responsibility for signing the team in. 

## D.No Play After Withdrawal 

1) (See Challenger Addendum, page 401) . If a player withdraws after the entry/ withdrawal deadline from the singles or doubles event of a Grand Slam, ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour or the qualifying competition of an ATP Tour tournament for any reason, he may not play in any other tournament or special event during that tournament week. 

2) If the withdrawal was for medical reasons then the player may enter and compete in the doubles event of the same tournament provided he is determined by the Supervisor, upon written medical advice, to be physically capable to compete on a professional level of play. 

3) No player may continue playing in an ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour tourna - ment in singles or doubles after giving notice of withdrawal from a tournament scheduled in a future week on account of injury, illness or other medical reason. Players, however, may continue playing in that event if the withdrawal from the future event was for non-medical reasons. 

4) The exception to No Play after Withdrawal is the withdrawal of a team accepted into the main draw of an ATP Tour tournament through the advance entry method due to one or both team members being accepted into the main draw singles of another ATP Tour, ATP Tour Qualifying or ATP Challenger Tour tournament. In this case, both players may enter a doubles competition, together or separately, through the on-site entry method. 

5) A violation of this section shall also be punishable by the provisions set forth in the Code of Conduct. 

Case : A player is a Direct Acceptance in a Grand Slam, Indian Wells or Miami and withdraws. Can he play an ATP Challenger during the 2nd week of that tournament. 

Decision : Yes as long as the withdrawal was prior to the start of qualifying. 

Case : A player is an alternate on an ATP Tour Qualifying list and gets in and is inserted in the draw which is done before the official withdrawal deadline due to the difference in time zones. Is he al - lowed to withdraw once he is in the draw and play somewhere else? 

Decision : When the player gets in the draw, he is automatically withdrawn from any other qualifying event where he was an alter- nate. He will be allowed to withdraw (up until the normal Friday, 12 noon withdrawal deadline) from the event where he got in and not be penalized. However, he will only be allowed to play doubles at the same event. 

Case: May a player withdraw from a tournament where he is a Di - rect Acceptance in singles or doubles (with his regular or protected 

