This thread will be the thread where roleplays and results will be posted for the four outdoor hard court tournaments of the season. In order, these tournaments are:
- Cenian Open (Grand Slam) hosted in Cenial, Ceni
- Mendez Bay Open (Tier 2) hosted in Mendez Bay, Northwest Kalactin
- Steinigestrasse Open (Tier 1) hosted in Steinigestrasse, Gergary
- Electrum Slam (Grand Slam) hosted in Centralis, Electrum
Scorination Details
All NSTT tournaments will be scorinated on xkoranate with advantage sets. Grand slam singles tournaments will be best of five sets, all other tournaments, including grand slam doubles tournaments will be best of three sets. The logarithm points will be used, so that the vast inequalities in total points don't mean predictable matches. To determine the seeding and points of doubles pairings, the average of the sum of the doubles players logarithmic rankings will be used. Draws for both the singles and doubles competition will follow the normal procedures undertaken by the ITF.
All roleplays are scored, with quality over quantity emphasized. Multiple roleplays submitted on the same day will be counted as one larger whole. All players without a ranking will have a skill level equal to the lowest main draw player's logarithmic points.
Where there are more entrants than available places, a knock-out qualification round is played.
At the conclusion of each tournament, rankings are updated to reflect the new points earned by players. These points last one year/season.
Links
NSTT Outdoor hard court season 7 sign-up thread
NSTT Season 7 tournament timeline and rankings
NSTT Discussion/OOC thread
NSTT Discord server
Timeline (all times in UTC)
24 Dec - Sign-ups open for Cenian Open and Mendez Bay Open
0200 3 Jan - Sign-ups close for Cenian Open
5 Jan - 14 Jan - Cenian Open (cutoffs 0200 - 0400 UTC)
0430 14 Jan - Sign-ups close for Mendez Bay Open
17 Jan - 23 Jan - Mendez Bay Open (cutoffs 0400 UTC)
Mid-season break
6 Feb - Sign-ups open for Steinigestrasse Open and Electrum Slam
1400 20 Feb - Sign-ups close for Steinigestrasse Open
22 Feb - 1 Mar - Steinigestrasse Open (cutoffs 1400 - 1600 UTC)
0800 3 Mar - SIgn-ups close for Electrum Slam
5 Mar - 15 Mar - Electrum Slam (cutoffs 0800 UTC)