Region 3 Men’s President’s Cup Rules

Making the team:

  1. Region 3 individuals must play in a minimum of two Region 3 PCQ tournaments to qualify. There are six tournaments to choose from. One must be a northern tournament (PA States, Philly Open or DE States) and one must be a southern tournament (Mid-Atlantic, MD States, Charlottesville)
  2. Rankings will be based on the best 3 results.
  3. Results from other regions will not count, nor will results with a non-region 3 partner, even if played in region.
  4. The top 10 ranked players will be offered a spot on the President’s Cup team. Number 9 & 10 may be subs.
  5. If any of the top 10 players cannot play, the next individual in line will be asked to play. If that person cannot play the next person will be asked and so on. This person may be a sub.
  6. Two committee picks will fill out the last two spotswho may be subs.
  7. There is no guarantee that a sub will get to play in the President’s Cup.

Regional PCQ Tournaments:

  1. The top 9 seeds will be drawn and placed, with the potential addition of 7 more. The tournament director may finish the rest of the draw keeping in mind “local knowledge”
  2. Draws will flip for 1 & 2, flip for 3 & 4 then 4 plays 5 in quarters..flip 6, 7, and 8, finally 9 plays 8 in 16’s..
  3. Seedings will be done on apoints basis, with committee discretion available for unique circumstances…For the National tournaments..National rankings will be utilized APTA will be seeding the draw..and regional rankings will be secondary.
    a. For Regional tournaments, players with National Rankings and fromoutside our region will
    utilize the National Ranking formula (See Below)
  4. A week to week points ranking will be on the APTA website
  5. For all other issues the Regional committee or President will make decisions deemed in the best interest of fairness, objectivity, and evening the playing field for all competitors, while still trying to field the best Region III President’s Cup team.

National Ranking Tournaments:

  1. Seeding will be done according to APTA rules based on National Ranking points.

Region 3 Men’s Committee

Regional Men’s Chair: / Scott Freund ()
Regional Committee: / Scott Freund, Bruce Redpath, Thomas X Croker IV
Region 3 Chair: / Simon Peppiatt

Tournament Draws Committee: Scott Freund, Bruce Redpath and Thomas Croker

Tournament Issues (Day of)

If an issue comes up the DAY of any event, the Men’s Chair and committee of two others, ideally two of the members above and the day’s tournament director, will make a decision.

National Ranking Points Formula
(For Seeding Purposes Only)

These points will be added to players in lieu of Regional points.

Example: A TEAM ranked in the top 20 nationally would receive 300 points, and seeded accordingly within the regional seeding of the tournament.

Top 10 Player: / 200 Points
Top 20 Player: / 150 Points
Top 30 Player: / 100 Points
Top 40 Player: / 75 Points

Presidents Cup Team Calculations

Weighting of Tournaments

3 Points per player ranked Top 8

2 Points per player ranked 9 – 16

1 Point per player ranked 17-28

2.9 Weighting / 50+ Points
2.6 Weighting / 40-49 Points
2.3 Weighting / 30-39 Points
2.0 Weighting / 20-29 Points
1.7 Weighting / 0-19 Points
Place / Points
1st / 25
2nd / 20
3rd / 16
4th / 16
5th / 12
6th / 11
7th / 10
8th / 10
9th / 8
10th / 7
11th / 6.5
12th / 6.5
13th / 6
14th / 6
15th / 6
16th / 6
17th / 5
18th / 4
19th / 3
20th / 3
21st / 2
22nd / 2
23rd / 2
24th / 2
25th / 1
26th / 0.5