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FACT SHEET
MALDIVES TENNIS CHALLENGE 2022
Male’, Republic of Maldives, 15th to 21st November 2022
Dates Organizer
The Championships will be held in Male’, Tennis Association of Maldives (TAM)
Maldives, from 15th to 21st November 2022
Invited Nations Accommodation
Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Thailand, Oman, India, To be provided by the organizer to all invited
Malaysia and Singapore. players. Details to be provided.
Tournament Venue Airport & airport pickup
NATIONAL TENNIS CENTRE Velana International Airport
Boduthakurufaanu Magu, Maafannu, Male’, Airport Main Rd, 22000
Maldives Please send all travel details to
Tel: +960 331 7018 zain@tennis.mv and
Fax: +960 331 0325 ifshad@tennis.mv
Court Surface Ball Type
4 Hard Courts with lights Wilson US Open
Tournament Total Price Money Tournament Director Tournament Refree
USD 10,800.00 Mr. Kumar Adhikari Mr. Dharaka Ellawala
Pre-tournament contact Visa Requirements
Mr. Ahmed Ifshad On arrival visa will be granted.
Email: admin@tennis.mv
Tel: +9607937018

Waiver of Claims
All players entering the Maldives Tennis Challenge 2022, as a condition of their entry, must sign
a waiver of claims. Thereby agreeing that no claims can be brought against the tournament
organiser (Tennis Association of Maldives), with respect to any injuries (however caused), or any
losses incurred, while travelling to and from, or participating in the championships. It is
therefore recommended that all players have adequate medical insurance cover, which cannot
be provided by TAM.
Entry Submission and Deadline
Please send all entries by email to:
Ahmed Ifshad: ifshad@tennis.mv
Copy to Mohamed Zain Nasih: zain@tennis.mv

Entries will only be accepted on the official Entry Form

The deadline for entries is Friday, 30th September 2022; 1800 hours Maldives time, after which,
no entries will be accepted.
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MALDIVES TENNIS CHELLENGE 2022

TOURNAMENT RULES

Dates, Venue and Times

1. The Championships will be held from 15th to 21st November 2022.

2. The Championships will be held at the National Tennis Centre.

3. The matches of the Championships will be played on the following hours:

• 07:00 – 23:00hrs

Scheduling of Matches
1. The organizing committee reserves the rights to schedule the matches of the Championship.

2. The match schedule for the following day of play will be posted on the Tournament notice
board at the National Tennis Centre, latest, by 21:00hrs of the previous day.

3. All players are expected to check their match time and report to their match on time.

4. If a player/pair fails to report to their match on the scheduled time, the match will be awarded
to player/pair who reported on time, after giving a 5-minute period.

5. If both players/pairs fail to report to a match on time, then both players/pairs will forfeit the
match.

Re-scheduling matches
Requests to reschedule a match will not be entertained.

Recovery time in between matches

If a player has to play two or more scheduled matches a day, the Tournament Refree, shall
provide recovery times in between matches, according to the following schedule:

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Duration of Previous Scheduled Match Eligible Break Time

More than 3 hours 2.5 hours

Between 2- 3 hours 1.5 hours

Between 1- 2 hours 1 hour

Less than 1 hours 30 minutes

Umpiring and Disciplinary Action

1. The Tournament Organizing Committee will arrange umpires for the matches as per published
Schedule 1.

2. All players are expected to respect the umpire assigned for the match by the Tournament
Organizing Committee and the decision of the umpire is final.

3. The ITF point penalty will be applied during the match to player’s showing dis-respect to the
umpire and lines persons. Depending on the nature of offence, the Tournament Disciplinary
Committee may choose to take additional disciplinary action.

Tournament Director
Mr.Kumar Adhikari

Tournament Referee
Mr. Dharaka Ellawala

Tournament Organizing Committee & Officials

1. Mohamed Ameen, Vice President, TAM

2. Yusuf Riza, General Secretary, TAM

3. Hassan Shaam, Technical Director

4. Kumar Adhikari, Tournament Director

5. Dharaka Ellawala, Tournament Referee

6. Ahmed Ifshad, Administrator, TAM

7. Ivo Fonseca, Coach, TAM

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Tournament Disciplinary Committee

1. Dharaka Ellawala, Tournament Referee

2. Ignaz Mansoor, TAM

3. Ibrahim Khalid, TAM

4. Hassan Shaam, Technical Director, TAM

5. Mohamed Fazeeh, TAM

Doubles Draw
Doubles pairs will consist of a player from the host country and a foreign player. Doubles
pairing will be decided by a toss. The doubles will be played on a knock-out format.

Waiver of Claims
All players entering the Maldives Tennis Challenge 2022, as a condition of their entry, must
sign a waiver of claims. Thereby agreeing that no claims can be brought against the tournament
organiser (Tennis Association of Maldives), with respect to any injuries (however caused), or
any losses incurred, while travelling to and from, or participating in the championships. It is
therefore recommended that all players have adequate medical insurance cover, which cannot
be provided by TAM.

General
1. No players/ parents/ coaches and spectators are allowed to stay on the playing area once the
match is commenced.

2. Access to the playing area is only allowed for the officials of the tournament organizing
committee, players with scheduled matches for the day and the umpires assigned by the
Tournament Refree for the matches.

1. In the event of a medical break taken by a player, physio will be provided.

2. No players/ parents/ coaches and spectators are allowed to communicate with the player(s),
once the match is commenced. These include giving any instructions to players during the
course of the match or applaud while a point is being played.

3. Coaches and parents failing to honor this rule may be advised by the Umpire or Tournament
Refree. Umpires and the Tournament Referee/ Director have the right to instruct parents and
coaches to leave the tournament venue for the match in the event of repeated noncompliance
to this rule.

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4. Any complaints against any tournament officials or umpires may be brought to the attention
of the organizing committee, through the Tournament Referee/ Director.

5. If the matches scheduled are disrupted due to any unforeseen event, the Tournament Referee/
Director in consultation with the Organizing Committee have the right to revise the format of
play until the normal schedule is reached.

6. The general rules, pertaining to the type of balls, court size, match length, age eligibility cut
off dates etc. to be applied for the various categories of play in the tournament draw are
included in Schedule 1.

Extraordinary Circumstances
Notwithstanding any clause in this Rules Book, Tournament Referee/ Director in consultation
with the Tournament Organizing Committee, reserve the right to amend the rules, where an
unforeseen situation/circumstance not covered in the Rules arise.

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SCHEDULE1

Court
Age Group Age Eligibility Balls Match Length Draw Umpires
Size
-Standard set
Normal
12 and Under Born after 1st - No advantage rule.
Tennis Full court Round Robin All matches
Boys Singles January 2010 - best of three sets, if 1 set all,
Balls
super tie-break
-Standard set
Normal - best of three sets, if 1 set all,
12 and Under Born after 1st
Tennis Full court super tie-break Knock Out All matches
Boys Doubles January 2010
Balls

-Standard set
Normal - No advantage rule
12 and Under Born after 1st
Tennis Full court - best of three sets, if 1 set all, Round Robin All matches
Girls Singles January 2010
Balls super tie-break

-Standard set
Normal - best of three sets, if 1 set all,
12 and Under Born after 1st
Tennis Full court super tie-break Knock Out All matches
Girls Doubles January 2010
Balls

-Standard set
Normal - No advantage rule
14 and Under Boys Born after 1st
Tennis Full court - best of three sets, if 1 set all, Round Robin All matches
Singles January 2008
Balls super tie-break
-Standard set
Normal - best of three sets, if 1 set all,
14 and Under Boys Born after 1st
Tennis Full court super tie-break Knock Out All matches
Doubles January 2008
Balls

-Standard set
Normal - No advantage rule
14 and Under Girls Born after 1st
Tennis Full court - best of three sets, if 1 set all, Round Robin All matches
Singles January 2008
Balls super tie-break

-Standard set
Normal
14 and Under Girls Born after 1st - best of three sets, if 1 set all,
Tennis Full court Knock Out All matches
Doubles January 2008 super tie-break
Balls

-Standard set
Born be-tween - Advantage rule
Normal
Junior Open Boys 1st January 2001 - best of three sets,
Tennis Full court Round Robin All matches
Singles & 31st - if 1 set all and if final set 6-6,
Balls
December 2011 standard tie-break

-Standard set
Born be-tween - Best of three sets, if 1 set all,
Normal
Junior Open Boys 1st January 2001 super tie-break
Tennis Full court Knock Out All matches
Doubles & 31st
Balls
December 2011

Born between -Standard set

Normal
Junior Open Girls 1st January 2001
Tennis Full court - best of three sets , Round Robin All matches
Singles & 31st December - if 1 set all and if final set 6-6,
Balls
2008 standard tie-break

Born be-tween
Normal -Standard set
Junior Open Girls 1st January 2001
Tennis Full court - Best of three sets, if 1 set all, Knock Out All matches
Doubles & 31st
Balls super tie-break
December 2011

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