Want to serve up like a real professional at an ATP tournament? This is now again possible as part of the Generali Open Kitzbühel. Together with the Hobby Tennis Tour, Kitzbühel will host the world’s largest amateur tournament from 30 July to 1 August 2018.
For the approximately 1000 hobby players, it’s not just about the honour of being part of the world’s biggest Tie Break Shoot Outs. In addition to the experience of leaving your mark on Kitzbüheler Boden, you can also win spectacular prizes. At major ATP and WTA tournaments, the winners are often presented with a new vehicle – this is different in Kitzbühel: the winner of the amateur tournament can look forward to a new Peugeot 2008 GT Line SUV. However, all participants will also be entered into a draw for other prizes worth seeing.
But amateurs in Kitzbühel can also feel like the ATP stars outside the court. An own Players Party is also part of it.
Last year the Upper Austrian hobby player Thomas Glasner from UTV Summerau crowned himself the hobby king among 200 participants and I secured a Peugeot 208 Roland Garros Edition.
A special rating system is used to enable as many amateur players of different levels as possible to participate. This gives weaker players a point advantage corresponding to their level of play. The matches of the amateur tournament are played on the surrounding tennis courts around Kitzbühel. The final will take place on Kitzbüheler Sand, the prize-giving ceremony before the individual tournament at the Center Court. Eligible are all amateur players, men and women from the age of 17.
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General information
A match tiebreak tournament is played in the handicap system.16 years of age at the end of the tournament (Monday, July 16, 2018)- All hobby and recreational tennis players who hold a valid ITN license on May 8, 2018 are eligible to participate. Players with an ITN value less than 2.5 or players with a current or former ATP or WTA ranking are not eligible, regardless of whether their current ITN value is 2.5 or higher.For participants from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxenburg, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Great Britain, Sweden or the United States of America, the German Tennis Federation’s performance class comparison table, as of February 15, 2015, applies.- The closing date for the tournament is Monday, July 16, 2018 at 8 p.m. – The organizer reserves the right to organize and handle the tournament in bad weather. Whether the tournament takes place in the hall or has to be played at a later date depends on the number of participants and the extent of the bad weather.- The organizer assumes no liability in injury and theft matters for all tournament participants at four different venues, although it is exclusively reserved to the organizer, where he schedules the matches of the individual participants.
A match tie-break tournament is played (up to 10 points, 2 points difference), whereby a special handicap system is used for all participants. The difference between the ITN values of the two participants in the knockout grid results in a points advantage from the following table:
ITN difference points advantage0 – 0.499 0 points 0.5 – 0.999 1 point 1 – 1.499 2 points 1.5 – 2.499 3 points 2.5 – 2.999 4 points 3 – 3.499 5 points 3.5 – 3.999 6 points 4 or more 7 points
The ITN value of the player at the end of the tournament is used to measure the lead. The serve/rebound or the choice of side will be drawn by the two players at the beginning of the game.
Example 1? Player A: ITN = 4,641? Player B: ITN = 5,230? Difference ITN = 0.589? Player B starts with an advantage of one point? The game starts at 0:1
Example 2- Player A: ITN = 6,912- Player B: ITN = 6,734- Difference ITN = 0,178- No player gets a lead- The game starts at 0:0
Example 3- Player A: ITN = 7,019- Player B: ITN = 3,782- Difference ITN = 3,237- Player A starts with a lead of five points- The game starts at 5:0
Kitzbühel
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