i. Advance Entry 

(a) Acceptance at each Tournament is determined by the highest combined WTA Doubles Rankings, which may include Doubles Special Rankings, of the players on each team as of the Doubles Advance Entry Deadline for that Tournament. For players who only have a WTA Singles Ranking or Singles Special Ranking, the WTA will assign a Doubles Ranking of one (1) plus the ranking of the lowest player on the WTA Doubles Rankings applicable to acceptance. 

(b) Prior to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day prior to the Qualifying Sign-In Deadline (the “Freeze Deadline”), a team may withdraw from the advance entry list or Advance Entry Alternate List via PlayerZone without penalty. If a withdrawing team has been accepted into the doubles Main Draw of the Tournament at the time of withdrawal, it must indicate the withdrawing player upon withdrawal, and: 

(i) the withdrawing player may not: (i) re-enter that Tournament (except by Wild Card); and (ii) enter or accept a Wild Card into the doubles draw of another WTA Tournament in the same week unless she has been accepted into the singles draw of that other WTA Tournament via Wild Card; and 

(ii) the non-withdrawing player may re-pair with another partner before the Freeze Deadline, re-enter that Tournament or enter another Tournament on site with another partner, or accept a Wild Card into the doubles draw of another WTA Tournament in the same week. 

The WTA automatically will withdraw a team from the advance entry list or Advance Entry Alternate List if one player on that team is accepted via Wild Card into either the singles Main Draw or Qualifying at another WTA Tournament in the same week. The team may enter the doubles draw on-site at the Tournament at which one or both of its players have been accepted via Wild Card into the singles Main Draw or Qualifying. 

(c) If a player withdraws from the Advance Entry List, her non- withdrawing partner may re-pair with another partner until the Freeze Deadline (see sub-Section (b) above). The new partner cannot already be accepted into the doubles draw and if she is on the Advance Entry Alternate List, then she must withdraw before the newly re-paired team can enter. The newly re-paired team must have a higher combined WTA Doubles Ranking as 

