## VII. THE COMPETITION 

ranking) and then accept a wild card into the same tournament? 

Decision: Yes, provided the withdrawal is prior to the withdrawal deadline, a player may withdraw from a tournament and then accept a wild card into the same tournament. For doubles, the wild card must be with his original partner. He cannot accept a wild card nor play in any other tournament or event in the same week as the tournament he withdrew from. (Tour Policy) 

Case:  A player accepted in an ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour main draw or ATP Tour Qualifying list using a PR withdraws prior to the withdrawal deadline and accepts a WC into the same event. Does this tournament count towards the total tournaments at which the player can use his PR? 

Decision:  No, this tournament will not count towards the player’s total of tournaments. 

Case: A player withdraws from an ATP Tour tournament prior to the Friday, 12 noon deadline with injury. He is allowed to play doubles in the same event provided he is determined to be physically capa- ble to compete. Since he is coming on-site to play doubles, does he have to do promotional activity? 

Decision:  No, however, he is required to complete his Stars re- quirements if requested by ATP staff. 

Case: May a player withdraw BDA from the main draw alternate list of an ATP Tour or Challenger event and play the Qualifying of the same event? 

Decision: Yes, unless he would have moved into the main draw of that event, had he not withdrawn. A player may not turn down this main draw position to play the qualifying of that event. He may, however, play the Qualifying of a different event. 

## Challenger Cancels, Where can I Play? 

Case: A player enters and is main draw of a Challenger on the original Acceptance List. The Challenger cancels. The deadline has now passed for entering another Challenger or 250 tournament during the same week. What are the player’s options for competing that week? 

Decision: The player may sign in as an Alternate at any ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour qualifying event the same week. Or he may accept, if offered, a Wild Card at any Challenger or ATP Tour event. He may not be inserted directly into the draw or placed on another Acceptance List. 

## Options if Tournament Changes Surface after the Entry Dead- line 

Case: Can a player withdraw from the main draw and play else- where during the same week if a tournament changes its surface after the Acceptance List has come out? 

Decision: The player may sign in for Qualifying at any event that week or he may accept, if offered, a Wild Card at any Challenger or ATP Tour event. He may not be inserted directly into the draw or placed on another Acceptance List. 

## VII. THE COMPETITION 

Case: A doubles team enters 4 Challenger tournaments in the same week through phone or email. The team is accepted and appears on two draws at the same time as well as the alternate lists of the other 2 tournaments. Is the team allowed to withdraw from one of the events it is accepted into and play at the other one? 

Decision:  No. The team is in violation of the One Tournament Per Week and No Play After Withdrawal rules and will be withdrawn from all tournaments that week. 

Case: A player moves from the Alternate list into a Challenger Sin- gles Main Draw at the 12 noon deadline on Friday before the event and later appears in the draw. Not knowing that he is in the main draw of a tournament already, the player requests and receives a Main Draw wild card at another Challenger tournament the same week and appears in the draw. Is the player allowed to withdraw from one of the events and compete at the other one? 

Decision:  No. The player is in violation of the One Tournament Per Week and No Play After Withdrawal rules and will be withdrawn from both tournaments that week. 

E.(See Challenger Addendum, page 401). Withdrawals from the qualifying competi - tion at ATP Tour tournaments will be without penalty if one of the following occurs: 

1) Player is accepted into the main draw of ATP Tour Masters 1000, ATP Tour 500 or ATP Tour 250 tournament, or in the case of an ATP Challenger Tour qualifying withdrawal, the main draw of another ATP Challenger Tour singles event. 

2) Player is still competing in an ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour, or ITF Men’s WTT tournament at any time on the day prior to the commencement of qualifying. 

3) The first two (2) withdrawals are excused, thereafter, each withdrawal is subject to a fine in accordance with article 8.03 B., Fines. 

## 7.06 One Tournament Per Week and Exception 

## A.Regulation: 

A player may only enter and compete in one Grand Slam, ATP Tour, ATP Challenger Tour or special event during that tournament week. Once a player enters and is accepted into the main draw of singles, doubles, or the qualifying competition, he is committed to that tournament for the week, unless released by the Senior Vice Presi - dent - Rules & Competition or Supervisor. A player who loses in the singles qualifying competition may enter the doubles event of any tournament. 

Case:  May a team who enters and loses doubles qualifying at an ATP 500 event on Saturday enter doubles in a Challenger for the same week. 

Decision:  No. This would violate the provisions of the One Tourna - ment Per Week rule. 

## B.Exception: 

A player who has lost in a tournament may enter the qualifying for a tournament scheduled for t he next week*. The Supervisor may authorize a player who is still competing in the main draw of a tournament in singles and/or doubles to enter the 

