Coming officially in 2023 is the NL Open Tennis Series! This series of open tournaments provide a venue for the best players in the province to come out and earn points for the series championship. Players will accumulate points for each of the series stops, and the player with the most points at the end of the season will be crowned series champion!
Series Tournaments Confirmed for 2023:
- Mount Pearl Open (Mount Pearl) - July 20 - 23, 2023
- Megan Piercey Central Open (Gander) - August 18 - 21, 2023
- Stop #3 - Corner Brook or Grand Falls - Windsor - TBD
2023 Results
No tournaments have taken place yet and tournament schedules have not been finalized.
Rules
- Any player who competes in a series tournament will gain points towards the series championship.
- Points will be tallied after each tournament of the series
- Players will gain series points based on the following table:
- Champion: 100 pts
- Finalist: 70 pts
- Semi-Finalist: 50 pts
- Quarterfinalist: 25 pts
- Round of 16: 10 pts (only used for draws of 32 or larger)
- Round of 32: 5 pts (only used for draws of 64 or larger)
- Main Draw Berth through Qualifying: 5 pts
- Consolation Champion: 10 pts
- Consolation Finalist: 5 pts
- Players must win a match in order to accumulate points
- For example, if a player has a bye to the quarter finals, but loses their first match, they will not accumulate any points for that tournament
- Not all draws are of equal size, therefore the following modifiers will be used depending on the size of the draw:
- Draw of 64: All points multiplied by 1.4
- Draw of 32: All points multiplied by 1.2
- Draw of 16: All points multiplied by 1.0
- Draw of 8: All points multiplied by 0.8
- Draw of 4 or Round Robin of 4 / 5 players: All points multiplied by 0.65
- Two players, or Round Robin of 3: All points multiplied by 0.5
- Prize money to be awarded to winners of Men's and Women's singles and doubles draws, as well as mixed doubles.
- If multiple levels of events are held (junior / age based / etc..) only the open draws will receive prize money from the series. However, individual tournaments may award prize money for other events.
Historical Results
While not officially held in 2022, the idea was born at the Megan Piercey Central Open. You can find the results of the tournaments from what would have been the 2022 series here.