Pre-Match Withdrawal

A withdrawal occurs when a player decides not to play all matches in an event. A withdrawal occurs only before (or during the warm-up for) a player’s first match in an event. If the Withdrawal occurs before entries close, the Withdrawal may be for any reason.

A withdrawal takes place in the event of injury, illness, personal emergency, or another bona fide reason. The Referee shall record the opponent as receiving a withdrawal, and the Referee shall write the reason for the withdrawal on the draw.

The following codes are used by the TDM system to record withdrawals.

• Illness………………….Wd(ill);
• Injury…………………. WD (inj);
• Emergency………….. Wd (em);
• Tournament administrative error )….Wd (tae) (e.g., tournament entered player in the wrong event);
• Double withdrawal….Wd/Wd.

To withdraw a player from a tournament once registered, the Tournament Director can either not select that that player in Selections or can manually withdraw the player.

Note: A player can withdraw themselves from the tournament prior to the registration close date. If the registration close date has passed, they can request a withdrawal and the TD will receive an email for the withdrawal request.

Withdrawing a player prior to player selection will be done within the Serve Tennis Admin Page, the player may also withdraw themselves from their USTA Profile.

Withdrawing a player can take place at many stages – we have provided the steps below based on a number of scenarios:

1. Withdrawal before the player selections is completed.
2. Withdrawing a player after player Selection but before play has started.
3. Withdrawing on the day and match has started.