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be submitted to the ATP Appeals Tribunal, which consideration is limited to the fine only. 

## 7) Late Withdrawals / Substitutions 

a) Number 1 player withdraws after the deadline, 28 December 2020. 

i) The team remains in the competition as long as there is a minimum of three (3) ATP Ranked players on the team, two of which must have an ATP Ranking (Singles), unless otherwise approved by ATP or, an Alter - nate is inserted as approved by ATP. 

b) A top 2 singles player withdraws prior to 12 Noon local time in Melbourne, the day prior to the start of the competition. 

i) The next highest ranked player from that country may be added to the team. 

c) One of the positions (players 3-5) withdraws prior to 12 Noon local time in Melbourne, the day prior to the start of competition. 

i) The next player from that country with the highest ATP Ranking (Singles or Doubles) may be added to the team. 

d) All substitutions are subject to ATP approval. 

e) If through the withdrawal of the number 1 player or the numbers 1 and 2 players between the deadline (28 December 2020) and 12 Noon local time in Melbourne, the day prior to the start of competition, a team may be withdrawn and replaced by an alternate team if they do not have at least one member of the team ranked 250 or better in singles. 

## 8) Alternate Team Selection 

a) The Alternate Team will be the first team out of the final selection. 

b) If needed, the individual players may be granted a release from any other ATP Tour event they are entered during the period of the ATP Cup Compe - tition, pending ATP approval, following consultation with the ATP Tour event during the week of ATP Cup, or from any ATP Challenger Tour event. 

c) The Alternate Team may be selected for participation until 12 Noon local time in Melbourne, the day prior to the starrt of competition. 

## 9) Withdrawals after Start of the Competition 

a) Any team that through withdrawals of team members has only two (2) players remaining may continue in the competition as long as both players have, at a minimum, one player with a FedEx ATP Ranking and one player with a FedEx ATP Doubles Ranking, unless approved by ATP. These two players must play singles and doubles. 

b) If a team has only one (1) eligible player, the team loses by Walkover and no matches will be played. No points are awarded for Walkovers. 

c) A team may add an alternate player after the competition has begun as long as the player is not violating ATP rules for “No Play after Withdrawal” or “One Tournament per Week”, or as approved by ATP. In no case may a player compete in two events offering FedEx ATP Ranking points which are held in the same ranking week. 

## D. Competition Format 

## 1) Round Robin – The Groups 

## The Draw-Teams 1-12 

a) The draw for the placement of teams 1-12 shall take place, at a day/time to be determined, following the 28 December 2020 deadline. 

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b) The teams shall be positioned from 1 to 12 in accordance with the ATP Rank - ing (Singles) as of 28 December 2020, of the number 1 player of each team accepted at the 28 December 2020 deadline. 

c) The top four (4) teams shall be placed in separate groups. 

d) The next four (4) teams in rank order (5-8) shall be drawn at random into the four (4) groups. 

e) The final four (4) teams (9-12) selected at the first deadline shall be drawn at random for each of the four (4) groups. 

f) A team included in the draw by a player’s Protected Ranking will be drawn with the 9-12 group. 

## 2) Daily Order of Play - The Tie 

a) A tie consists of two (2) singles matches and one (1) doubles match. 

b) Each team Captain shall submit to the ATP Supervisor, in writing, the name of the two (2) singles players and the doubles team selected to compete in the Tie. The singles players shall be the top two (2) ranked players (including protected ranking) as of the date of the entry deadline, unless there is a med - ically supported substitution. 

c) The deadline to submit the names of the competing players (singles/doubles) is 3:00pm local time, the day prior to the scheduled Tie. 

d) For each Tie, the highest-positioned (hereafter, number one) singles player named from each team shall compete against each other and the second po - sitioned (hereafter, number two) singles player named from each team shall compete against each other. The order of positions in each team shall be based upon the most recent FedEx ATP Ranking as of the Monday prior to the start of the competition. The order of matches shall be as follows: 

i) Number 2 Singles followed by 

ii) Number 1 Singles followed by 

iii) Doubles 

Note:  “Not Before” times may be assigned to the Number 1 singles match and the Doubles match as determined by the organizers in consultation with the ATP Supervisor. 

e) Upon the completion of the doubles match, the winner of the tie shall be the team that wins at least two (2) of the three (3) matches. 

f) The doubles match must be played regardless of the results of the two sin - gles matches.* 

*For the Finals, if the tie is decided following the 2nd singles match then the doubles match will not be played. 

## 3) Determination of Semi-Final Teams 

## Group Winners 

a) Number of ties won 

b) Number of Ties Played Comment : 2-1 win-loss beats 2-0 win-loss. A 1-2 win-loss beats a 1-1 or 1-0 record. A team winning by walkover shall have the tie count in its results as a tie played. The team causing the walkover shall not have the tie counted as a tie played. 

c) Head-to-Head results if only two (2) teams are tied. 

d) In a tie between three (3) teams, the following shall apply: 

i) If three (3) teams have the same number of wins, then the team having played fewer total matches (singles & doubles) will be eliminated and the 

