The Electrum Lawn Tennis Association once again welcomes tennis players of the world to the second version of the he Association of Tennis Professionals has decided to move the event to Electrum. After the first successful tournament, in which Electrum was called on by the ATP to act as a fill in host for Nyucia, this is now the second edition of the tournament (renamed from the Electrum International, but changed to highlight Hamilton), and will appear yearly right before the World Tennis Finals, in a place yet to be determined.
The event will be scheduled in the clay courts of the Hamilton Tennis Club, approximately two hours north of Centralis by plane. Hamilton is a hot and windy place, making it very tough for players to do well. Temperatures are regularly in the high thirties Celsius, and sometimes dipping to above 40. This tournament is a Tier 1 Event.
RP
The RP ranks will be graded from 1-5, then multiplied by an unknown factor, but it is extremely generous. Ranks are cumulative, and will be directly added onto ranking. The cutoff will be 5pm Melbourne time unless otherwise advised. If you need to know when Melbourne's time is, click here. Doubles rankings works in the same way as singles, but they have a different multiplication factor.
Schedule
11 Dec - Qualification Day 1
12 Dec - Qualification Day 2
13 Dec - Qualification Day 3
14 Dec - Playoffs*, see below for details
15 Dec - Singles R48
16 Dec - Singles R32, Doubles R24
17 Dec - Singles R16, Doubles R16
18 Dec - Singles QF, Doubles QF
19 Dec - Singles SF, Doubles SF
20 Dec - Singles F, Doubles F
Qualification
11 Dec - Qualification Day 1 1v4 2v3 (Players listed first in their three-person group have a bye)
12 Dec - Qualification Day 2 4v3 1v2 (Players listed third in their three-person group have a bye)
13 Dec - Qualification Day 3 2v4 3v1 (Players listed second in their three-person group have a bye)
Main Bracket
NOTE: There have been changes with the bracket -- now only the top eight seeds in the singles get a bye, not the top sixteen, to accommodate the last minute players which led to a reshuffling of groups, which will now have a surplus amount of players for which we need to reduce. The qualifier numbers have been redrawn. The doubles are in the same situation, with now only the top four seeds receiving a bye. Apologies for the inconvenience. Please see the playoff details below for more details.
Bracket Methodology
For the main draw, it was drawn in such a way that 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 would always occur. In the singles draw, the next 8 seeds were randomly allocated in a way that two more were placed into each section. Then, qualifiers and other automatic qualifications were added randomly.
Singles Playoffs*
To be held the day after qualification Day 3, 34 singles players needs to be whittled down to 33. The bottom four qualifiers will be placed in a super group, and will play a round robin which will be scorinated all in one go at the cutoff. The top three qualify, the third placer being the lucky loser, replacing the Itanpavia entrant.
Useful Links
ATP Ranks
ATP OOC thread
Hamilton International II Signup Thread