Only athletes who comply with the Deaflympics Regulations are entitled to take part in the Deaflympics Tennis competitions.
8.5.1. Organisation of the Draw
The ICSD TD Tennis organizes the draw for the competition. If the ICSD TD Tennis has given his permission, the local competition director may organize the draw.
8.5.2. Time of the Draw
The draw for Singles takes part one (1) day before the beginning of the Singles tournament. The draw for Doubles or Mixed Doubles takes part at one (1) hour after the registration deadline for the Doubles or Mixed Doubles.
8.5.3. Statement of the Play Strength
Decisively for the statement of the play strength the valid orders of the tournament participants in the Tennis Rankings for every competition in Singles as well as in Doubles. The Tennis Ranking system will be provided by ICSD Technical Director Tennis and is published regularly after every tennis competition (see also the ICSD Tennis Ranking Guideline).
If new tournament participants have lined up, nevertheless who have taken part with no international competition before, their play strength on demonstrable presentation of the participant federation is to be decided by the ICSD Technical Director Tennis together with the representatives of the participated federations during the draw.
8.5.4. Changing of the Draw
If the draw corresponds to these regulations and the ICSD Regulations, it may not be repeated, but can be changed only by withdrawal of the seeded players but not at withdrawal of non-seeded players.
If the draw has finished and a nation has then withdrawn the competition the draw will not be changed! In this case at the beginning of the competition the match with the direct opponent will be set as lost match with 0:6, 0:6 for the first match, in which he was drawn in. The opponent of this withdrawn player comes into the next round automatically.
8.5.5. Needed Accessories for the Draw
Following accessories must be available for the draw:
- Pots
- 4 Quarter-pots with lid
- 2 Draw pots without lid
- Chips
- 64 draw chips, numbered, in white color for players and byes, depending on the number of the participants of each competition
- At least 8 mark chips, not numbered, in red color for marking of the Quarter-pots
- exactly 4 chips, numbered, in blue color for drawing of the Quarter-pots
The pots should be bowls and must be numbered.
If they do not exist, nevertheless, for certain reasons, they can be exceptionally from thick paper (200 gram per m²) and 2.5 x 2.5 cm of format own.
For the draw following lists and plans have to be available:
- Registration lists of signed nations
- Participant list
- Actual Ranking list
- Seeding list
- Draw plan
The lists and the draw plan must be available in paper form.
In addition the participant list, seeding list and the draw plan should to be used electronically in an office document (best of all: Excel). If these are filled in electronically way during the draw, they have to be projected with a projector to the white wall.
8.5.6. Explanation of the Pots
8.5.6.1. Disposition of the Pots
For every quarter there is a so called Quarter-pot. The disposition of the pots is fixed as follows:
In upper half of the draw plan:
the upper quarter field: first (1st). Quarter-pot
the lower quarter field: second (2nd). Quarter-pot
In lower half of the draw plan:
the upper quarter field: third (3rd). Quarter-pot
the lower quarter field: fourth (4th). Quarter-pot
8.5.6.2. Pot Brands
The brands describe that a Quarter-pot has more draw chip than the other pots. With it you receive a sure overview in which other Quarter-pots a draw chip has to be still thrown. In addition, it should be made sure with the fact that at the end of the draw all Quarter-pots can be steadily covered and no brands are available any more.
8.5.6.3. Closing of the Pots
The closing of the Quarter-pots is necessary to prevent that by mistake additional players of the same nation are thrown in a pot.
8.5.7. Participant List
8.5.7.1. Condition for Filling in the Participant List
With the help of the registration lists, filled in by the participant nations for the Summer Deaflympics which are recommended by the ICSD the participant list is to be put up and the players listed in are numbered.
8.5.7.2. Ordering of the Listing
Nations with most participated players will be listed from top to down into the participant list. After it nations with number lower in each case around participant players will be followed.
Nations with each number of the participant players will be listed in alphabetical order of the international nation signs (with three letter Olympic code).
This order is to be hold strictly!
These players are to be put into the list of participants with running number. Therefore these players get their fix number for the draw.
This list is to be created by the upper referee and is guilty till the end of the draw.
8.5.7.3. Byes
The Difference between the number of the participant field and the number of the players from the participant list is the number of the byes. These byes will be put into the list of participants after the last listed player and will get their number.
8.5.8. Seeding List
With help of the actual ICSD Tennis Rankings the best players depending of the participant list and the actual participating field will be put into the seeding list.
For Singles competition the Singles Rankings will be used for creating of the seeding list.
For Doubles competition the Doubles Rankings will be used for creating of the seeding list and the points of the Doubles partners will be added.
For Mixed Doubles competition the Doubles Rankings of the Women and Men will be used for creating of the seeding list and the points of the Mixed Doubles partners will be added.
The seeding list has to be more than half of the seeded players so that in case of withdrawal of seeded players next players can be moved up into the free seeded places.
The seeding list is to be created by the upper referee and is guilty till to the end of the tournament.
8.5.9. Realization of the Draw
8.5.9.1. Drawing for the Seeding List
From the seeding list the seeded players will be drawn in the positions of the draw plan. The number of the seeded players is as follows:
| 8-Field | 2 |
| 16-Field | 4 |
| 32-Field | 8 |
| 48-Field | 16 |
| 56-Field | 16 |
| 64-Field | 16 |
The seeded players will be put into the drawn plan in following order (For a Field with 24 participants the draw plan with 32 participants is to be used; for Fields with 48 or 56 participants the draw plan with 64 participants is to be used): Lines in the draw plan:
| Seeded | 16-Field | 32-Field | 48-, 56-, 64-Field |
| No. 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| No. 2 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
| No. 3 & 4 | 5, 12 | 9, 24 | 17, 48 |
| No. 5 & 6 | | 8, 16 | 16, 32 |
| No. 7 & 8 | | 17, 25 | 33, 49 |
| No. 9 & 10 | | | 9, 25 |
| No. 11 & 12 | | | 40, 56 |
| No. 13 & 14 | | | 8, 24 |
| No. 15 & 16 | | | 41, 57 |
For the pairs No. 3 and 4, No. 5 and 6, No. 7 and 8, No. 9 and 10, No. 11 and 12, No. 13 and 14, No. 15 and 16 the drawn names of the seeded players will be ranged in the given order into the lines.
It is to be followed strictly:
If there are only two players of one nation and both are seeded, these players may not be drawn in the same half of the drawn plan!
Example:
If player is seeded as number 2, he comes into the lower half automatically and put into the draw plan. If the second player of the same nation is seeded as number 4 he will set into the upper half and put into the draw plan. The number 3 of the other nation from the seeding list will be then put into the lower half automatically.
After the draw of the seeded player these players will be noticed in the seeding list with the pot number.
8.5.9.2. Byes
8.5.9.2.1. Byes for Seeded Players
The byes will be assigned to the seeded player in the order of the seeding list, immediately put down on the draw plan, afterwards thrown in the suitable "Quarter” pots and last these pots are marked.
Then it is to be checked whether all Quarter-pots contain in each case a brand. If this is the case, these brands are to be removed in her suitable number again. The still left-over brands remain on her places.
8.5.9.2.2. Remaining Byes for Other Non-Seeded Players
This following ordering is guilty only, if remaining byes from 9.2.9.2.1. are left-over.
These remaining byes are used immediately in the suitable segments of the draw plan. With odd number of the byes lower half receives a bye more. The byes come in upper half on lines with straight numbers from above down read, in lower half on lines with odd numbers from below upwards read. Accordingly the Quarter-pots with these byes are filled in.
Example:
13 byes, 8 seeded players: At first the 8 seeded players get a bye. From the remaining 5 byes two go to the upper half namely steadily split, i.e. a bye will be drawn into the 1st quarter and a bye in the 2nd quarter and also in suitable Quarter-pots. 3 byes go to lower half (= 4 eighths), therefore, it is to be drawn which eighth receives no bye. Accordingly this Quarter-pot gets no bye.
Now it is to be checked once more whether all Quarter-pots contain in each case a brand. If this is the case, these brands are to be removed in her suitable number again.
8.5.9.3. Drawing of Players into the Pots Step by Step
The draw occurs, while in the draw plan:
- first the seeded players from 9.2.9.1. are inserted,
- then the necessary byes are determined and put down with help in 9.2.9.2.,
- at last the non-seeded player from above to down are to be put into the free lines of the draw plan.
From here it is carried out in this whole chapter 9.2.9.3. each nation in the prescribed order from the participant list, until all players of this nation have been thrown in the Quarter-pots!
8.5.9.3.1. Seeded Player
If there are seeded players of the nation, they have to thrown directly into the assigned Quarter-pots in accordance with the seeding list (from the column “pot number”). Besides, it is to be noticed strictly as follow:
- If the seeded player is thrown in a marked Quarter-pot, so an additional brand is to be put to this pot and this pot is to be closed.
- If the seeded player is thrown in a not marked Quarter-pot, so this pot is to be closed and this Quarter-pot is to be marked.
If all Quarter-pots contain in each case a brand after the draw of the seeded players of a nation, these brands are to be removed in her suitable number immediately again. The still left-over brands remain on her places.
8.5.9.3.2. Non-Seeded Player
If the seeded players of a nation are thrown ready in the Quarter-pots, the non-seeded players of this nation will be thrown in the remaining open Quarter-pots. On this occasion, it is to be paid attention to the fact that the non-seeded players must be drawn always and immediately in the not marked pots.
- If only a not marked, open Quarter-pot exists, the drawn player is to be thrown directly in this Quarter-pot and the brand is to put at this Quarter-pot. Now this Quarter-pot is to be closed.
- If more than one not marked Quarter-pot is open, so one of the opened Quarter-pots is to be drawn and the player is then to be thrown in this drawn pot. Besides, the brand is to be put at this pot. Now this Quarter-pot is to be closed.
Important:
If the number of the players which will be drawn, is smaller than the number of the opened Quarter-pots, these players of this nation is always to be drawn in the opposite half of the half, in which another player of this nation has been drawn already.
But, if two Quarter-pots are closed in different halves, the drawn player can be thrown in the drawn opened Quarter-pot (see #2).
8.5.9.3.3. Finishing of the Draw of Each Nation
If all players of one nation are thrown in the Quarter-pots, so all closed pots are to be opened again for the players of the next.
If all Quarter-pots have each one brand, these brands are to be removed in its respective order again. The still left-over brands remain on their places.
Example:
The Quarter-pots 1, 2 and 4 have in each case 1 brand, the Quarter-pot 3 has against it 2 brands. The respective brands per pot will be removed, only a brand remains at the pot 3.
8.5.9.4. Finishing of the Player Draws into the Pots
At the end of the draw all Quarter-pots may have no brands anymore. If there is a brand at one or more pots the draw have to be renewed completely! Besides this the ordering of the participant list, the seeding list as well as the drawn seeded player remains unchanged!
8.5.9.5. Drawn of Players from the Pots and Putting into the Draw Plan
If all Quarter-pots are filled in completely with all players and byes, with beginning of the 1st Quarter-pot all players are to be drawn into the draw plan from top to down. If the drawn numbers from the Quarter-pots has the same number of the seeded player or the byes so these numbers are to be marked with a "" sign.
8.5.10. Signature and Publishing of the Draw Plan
The draw plan should be signed by the ICSD TD Tennis and/or by the referee directly after finishing the draw. Then the draw will be published to the public.
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