## VII. THE COMPETITION 

hour. During this one hour period all lists will be held awaiting a final cut-off for the affected event. If no substitution is made within this defined time period, then the next player on the acceptance list shall be moved into the main draw. 

b) The tournament shall pay prize money equal to that paid first-round losers to each player who would have been a direct acceptance if not for the late substitution. This payment shall not apply in the case where the player gained entry into a main draw singles, at any event, by other means. 

* For purposes of determining if the substitute player qualifies as a 1 or 2 seed, all players including Wild Cards, shall be ranked in order using the most recent FedEx ATP Rankings. To be eligible for the emergency substitution, the tourna - ment must have declared their Wild Cards to the ATP prior to the withdrawal of the player that qualified them for the emergency substitution. 

CASE: Which FedEx ATP Ranking is used to determine the emer - gency substitution rule? 

DECISION: The most recent FedEx ATP Rankings is used to deter - mine the seeding of the withdrawing players as well as the seeding of the substitute player. 

CASE: If a Wild Card player will become one of the tournament’s top two seeds, can a tournament switch the Wild Card to a substi- tute player if the Wild Card was announced? 

DECISION:  No, once the Wild Card has been announced, such player is not eligible to become a substitute player. 

## B.Main Draw Doubles 

## 1) ATP Tour Tournaments 

a) Advance Entry. 12 Noon, Eastern Time, USA, fourteen (14) days prior to the Monday of the tournament week (or the first tournament week in the case of tournaments scheduled for more than one (1) week). A team on the alternate list for the doubles main draw may withdraw at any time prior to such time that they are moved into the main draw as a direct acceptance because of withdrawals of other teams. 

b) Withdrawal Deadline. The deadline for a team to withdraw from the ad - vanced entry list closes at 12 Noon, Eastern Time, USA, on the Friday prior to the tournament week. 

c) On-site Entry.  The period for online on-site entries opens at 12:01 am, East - ern Time, USA on the Friday prior to the tournament week and closes at 5:00 pm Eastern Time, USA on the Friday prior to the tournament week. The online sign-in is blind and no preliminary lists will be produced. Players entering multiple events in the same week must do so with the same partner and shall designate tournaments by priority. The number of places available through the on-site entry is specified in the Composition of Draws (7.08.B) plus any spots made available through withdrawals occurring after 12 Noon Eastern Time, USA, on the Friday before the event week. 

d) Limit to On-site Entry. A team is allowed entry through the on-site entry method a maximum of two (2) times per year in events where they would have been accepted, using their doubles ranking, on the original list in that event through the Advance Entry system, if they had entered. 

Case: A player pulls out of doubles and the partner signs on-site with another doubles player (doubles/doubles, having a higher rank - 

## VII. THE COMPETITION 

ing than the advanced entry original cut). Since the new team would have been in the main draw had they entered in advance, does this count as 1 of the 2 allowed on-site entries? 

Decision:  No. In this situation the new team could not have entered through the advance entry method and therefore the on-site entry was their only option, this will not count as 1 of the 2 allowed. (Tour Policy) 

## 2) ATP Challenger Tour Tournaments 

The entry/withdrawal deadline for doubles shall be 12 Noon local time on the Saturday prior to the first day of the tournament unless otherwise authorized by ATP. 

3) The doubles sign-in record shall be available for player sign-in at a reasonable time prior to the sign-in deadline. 

## C. Qualifying Doubles 

## 1) ATP Tour 500 

The size of the draw is four (4) with two (2) seeds. The composition of the dou - bles qualifying draw will be the first three (3) teams from the on-site entry list who were not accepted in the main draw and have declared availability to participate in the qualifying event plus one (1) wild card team. All matches will be played as two tie-break sets, no-ad scoring with a match tie-break at one set all. Qualifying matches are to be held on the Saturday / Sunday prior to the start of main draw, as determined by the Supervisor and Tour Manager. Teams shall receive hospital - ity. Rooms for doubles qualifying players shall be available beginning on Saturday and continue through the night of their last match. 

Points.  The qualifying team shall receive 45 ranking points. The team losing in the final round of qualifying shall receive 25 ranking points*. 

*Teams receiving a first round Bye and subsequently losing in the final round receive no points. 

## 2) ATP Challenger Tour Tournaments 

There is no doubles qualifying at ATP Challenger tour events. 

## D.Entry Deadline Extensions 

ATP may extend the deadline for entries and/or withdrawals when unforeseen cir - cumstances arise. 

## 7.04 Entry/Withdrawal Method 

A player may enter a Grand Slam, ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour tournament through a written entry form or other alternatives available to ATP player members. For entry into an ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour main draw or qualifying singles and doubles, the player must be an ATP Player Member or an ATP Registered Player. Wild Cards are exempt from this provision. 

## A.Main Draw - Singles 

1) No player shall be considered entered or withdrawn from an *ATP Tour Masters 1000, ATP Tour 500**, ATP Tour 250 or ATP Challenger Tour tournament unless 

