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## VII. THE COMPETITION 

qualifying for the next week’s ATP Tour and ATP Challenger Tour tournaments provid - ed that no special scheduling by either tournament shall be required. In the event of a conflict, he shall be withdrawn from such qualifying so as to compete in the singles and/or doubles of the main draw tournament in which he is competing. In addition, if the player does not appear for play as scheduled, there shall be an automatic fine. 

*This does not apply to events in the same week as a Grand Slam qualifying event. Players accepted into the qualifying of a Grand Slam event will not be allowed to compete in any ATP Tour or ATP Challenger event (qualifying or main draw) held in the same week. 

## 7.07 Play-Up Regulation (ATP Challenger Tour Tournaments) 

## A.Restrictions - Challengers 80-125 

1) Players positioned 1-10 in the FedEx ATP Rankings twenty-one (21) days prior to the first Monday of the ATP Challenger Tour tournament are prohibited from entering, accepting a wild card and/or competing in an ATP Challenger Tour tour - nament. Players who would have been, had they and all other players entered, a direct acceptance on the original acceptance list for a Grand Slam are prohibited from entering, accepting a wild card and/or competing in an ATP Challenger Tour tournament in the first week of the Grand Slam tournament. 

2) Players positioned 11-50 in the FedEx ATP Rankings twenty-one (21) days prior to the first Monday of the ATP Challenger Tour tournament are prohibited from entering but may receive an ATP-approved wild card in order to compete in the Challenger tournament. The Challenger Supervisor will make wild card determi - nations consistent with the limitations outlined below. Players positioned 11-50 are also prohibited from entering, accepting a wild card or competing in an ATP Challenger Tour 80 tournament. 

3) ATP Challenger Tour tournaments scheduled the same week as an ATP Tour tournament may offer wild cards to players positioned 11-50 in the FedEx ATP Rankings who have received approval from the ATP on-site Supervisor according to the following breakdown: 

## 4) (See Challenger Addendum, page 402) . 

ATP Challenger Tour tournaments not scheduled in the same week as ATP Tour tournaments, or scheduled during the 2nd week of a Grand Slam, ATP Tour Mas - ters 1000 Miami and Indian Wells, may offer wild cards to players positioned 11- 50 in the FedEx ATP Rankings who have received approval from the ATP on-site Supervisor according to the following breakdown: 

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## VII. THE COMPETITION 

NOTE: These restrictions apply only to singles  draws. 

## B. Restrictions - Challenger 50 

Players positioned 1-150 in the FedEx ATP Rankings twenty-one (21) days prior to the first Monday of the ATP Challenger Tour tournament are prohibited from entering Challenger 50 events. ATP Challenger 50 tournaments may offer an ATP-approved wild card to players ranked 51-150 in the FedEx ATP Rankings at the entry deadline who have received approval from the ATP on-site Supervisor according to the follow - ing breakdown: 

## 7.08 The Draw 

## A.Minimum Draw Size (See ATP Addendum, page 386) 

1) The singles draw size for ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments shall be: 

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51-100 1 wild card limited to a player of the same nationality as the event 

101-150 1 wild card - no nationality restriction 

Case:  A player ranked between 11-50 asks for a wild card into an ATP Challenger 90 and is denied by the tournament. The player then signs in for the qualifying. Is he allowed to play qualifying? 

Decision: He is allowed to play only if the tournament grants him a wild card into the qualifying. The WC, however, will not count against the maximum allowed number of 11-50 players for the tournament. 

Case: A player ranked 11-50 at the time of the entry deadline asks for a wild card into an ATP Challenger 90 and is denied by the tournament. The players ranking then drops below 50 and he signs in for the qualifying. Is he allowed to play qualifying? 

Decision: Yes. Since his ranking dropped below 50, he is allowed to sign in and play qualifying and does not need a wild card. 

Case:  May a player who was ranked in the 11-50 range at the time of the entry deadline into an ATP Challenger 80 event, but whose ranking falls below this at the time of the qualifying sign-in, be accepted into the event as a main draw or qualifying wild card or sign-in for the qualifying event? 

Decision:  No. The rule under 7.07 A 2) states that these players are prohibited from entering, accepting a wild card or competing in an ATP Challenger 80 tournament. 

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