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## VII. THE COMPETITION 

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## 7.17 Qualifying Placement 

## A.Singles 

1) There will be one section, having two (2) seeds, for each qualifying position in the main draw. The first seed shall be placed at the top of the first section. The second seed shall be placed at the top of the second section and so on until all sections have one (1) seed on the top line of each section. The remaining seeds shall be placed together and drawn with the first drawn placed on the last line of the first section, second drawn placed on the last line of the second section and continued in this manner until each of the sections have two seeds. 

2) The names of the remaining players shall be drawn and placed in the vacant spaces not occupied by the seeds or byes beginning at the top of the draw. 

## B.Doubles 

Two teams shall be seeded in a four-draw event with the seeds being placed on lines 1 and 4. 

## 7.18 Byes - Assignment and Placement 

## A.Singles Main Draw 

1) If there is a 32 main draw, no byes shall be awarded unless there are an insuffi - cient number of direct acceptances. 

2) If there is a 28 main draw, the top four (4) seeds shall be awarded a bye. 

3) If there is a 48 or 96 main draw, each seed shall be awarded a bye. (See ATP Addendum, page 386) 

4) If there is a 56 main draw, the top eight (8) seeds shall be awarded a bye. (See ATP Addendum, page 387) 

## VII. THE COMPETITION 

5) Any player who received a “bye” and loses in the second round shall receive second round loser’s prize money but only first round loser’s points for the FedEx ATP Rankings, if applicable. 

## B.Doubles Main Draw 

1) If there is a 16 or 32 main draw, no byes shall be awarded. 

2) If there is a 24 main draw, each seeded team shall be awarded a bye. 

3) Any team that received a “bye” and loses in the second round shall receive sec - ond round loser’s prize money but only first round loser’s points for the FedEx ATP Doubles Rankings, if applicable. 

## C.Qualifying Draw 

If there are not enough competitors to fill the qualifying draw, then after the seeds are placed in the draw, the required number of byes shall be awarded as follows: 

1) Priority shall be to the highest seeds. 

2) Remaining byes shall be drawn by groups of two (2) going into one (1) section (e.g., if there are 10 byes, eight go to seeds and the remaining two are drawn into one section; if there are 11 byes, nine and 10 are drawn into one section and the 11th is randomly drawn into one of the other three (for a 32 draw qualifying competition) remaining qualifying sections). 

## 7.19 Remake of Draw 

## A.Singles 

If two (2) or more of the top eight (8) seeds withdraw more than twenty-four (24) hours before the start of the singles tournament, the tournament may choose either to remake the draw or let the draw stand. If a wild card withdraws after the original draw and the draw is to be remade, the vacancy created may be filled at the tourna - ment’s option by a substitute wild card. If the tournament elects not to use a substitute wild card, the vacancy shall be treated as any other vacancy. 

## B.Doubles 

Prior to the draw being finalized (not sooner than when it is published but not later than when the first ball of the doubles tournament is struck as determined by the Supervisor), use the following procedure: If one-fourth or more of the seeded teams withdraw, or a minimum of two (2) seeded teams in a 16-team draw withdraw, the Tournament Director has the option to have the draw remade if approved by the Supervisor. If the draw is remade, the original pairings may not be changed except where vacancies occur. 

Case:  A draw has to be remade. How is the remake of the draw done? 

Decision:  There are 2 methods for remaking a draw: (1) Retaining the original order of the chips drawn and (2) Starting from the begin - ning and redrawing the chips. 

Retaining the original order of the chips drawn is the preferred meth - od and is used in all cases except when the cause of the remake 

