Tournament Directors

EXCITING NEWS!

We now have a new USTA NorCal website—visit ustanorcal.com to explore the refreshed site. Most information will move there in the future as we reorganize this site. Feel free to look around, and if you have any questions, reach out to us at marketing@norcal.usta.com. We’d love to hear from you!

Welcome to the USTA NorCal Tournament resource center. This resource center provides support for member organizations to apply for tournaments, understand the requirements to run USTA NorCal sanctioned tournaments and locate up-to-date training and useful information to host a top-quality tournament.

2026 Approved Tournament Calendars

1. 2026 NorCal Adult Tournaments
2. 2026 NorCal Junior Tournaments

2026 Tournament Sanctioning Process

Thank you for considering hosting an Adult or Junior sanctioned tournament in 2026. To help you as a potential applicant for a USTA NorCal tournament, we have prepared a set of informational documents. It is important that you review all of the relevant sanctioning materials before applying for a tournament. The documents are as follows:

Adults & Juniors 

1. Timeline for Applying for a 2026 NorCal Adult & Junior Sanctioned Tournament
2. 2026 Tournament Sanction Agreement
3. 2026 NorCal Sanction Application Form
4. 2026 NorCal Sanction Decision Appeal Form
5. NorCal Tournament Sanction Regulations
6. NorCal Tournament Site Permission Letter

Adults Only

1. USTA Adult & Family Tournament Regulations
2. NorCal Adult Tournament Regulations
3. Apply to host the NorCal Qualifier

Juniors Only

1. 2026 NorCal Junior Sanction Date Blocks
2. 2026 NorCal Sanction Instructions for Junior Tournaments
3. 2026 NorCal Junior Tournament Descriptions
4. 2026 NorCal Schedule and Court Requirement for Junior Tournaments

Applicants are required to complete the 2026 Tournament Sanction Agreement (one per year), complete the 2026 NorCal Sanction Application Form and submit site permission letter(s) by the end of August 15, 2025, the deadline for the primary sanction period. Only those sanction applications that are approved will be required to fill out the online Serve Tennis Sanction Form. Please submit one NorCal Sanction Application Form for each tournament bid.

2025 Approved Tournament Calendars and Forms

1. 2025 NorCal Adult Approved Tournament Calendar
2. 2025 NorCal Junior Approved Tournament Calendar
3. 2025 NorCal Tournament Sanction Decision Appeal Form
4. 2025 NorCal Sanction Application Form

2025 Tournament Sanctioning Process

Thank you for considering hosting an Adult or Junior sanctioned tournament in 2025. To help you as a potential applicant for a USTA NorCal tournament, we have prepared a set of informational documents. It is important that you review all of the relevant sanctioning materials before applying for a tournament. The documents are as follows:
 

Adults & Juniors 

1. Timeline for Applying for a 2025 NorCal Adult & Junior Sanctioned Tournament
2. 2025 Tournament Sanction Agreement
3. NorCal Tournament Sanction Regulations
4. NorCal Tournament Site Permission Letter

Juniors Only

1. 2025 NorCal Junior Sanction Date Blocks
2. 2025 NorCal Sanction Instructions for Junior Tournaments
3. 2025 NorCal Junior Tournament Descriptions
4. 2025 NorCal SAT and ACT Avoidance Policy for Junior Tournaments
5. 2025 NorCal Schedule and Court Requirement for Junior Tournaments

Applicants are required to complete the 2025 Tournament Sanction Agreement (one per year), complete the 2025 NorCal Sanction Application Form and submit site permission letter(s) by the deadline. Only those sanction applications that are approved will be required to fill out the online Serve Tennis Sanction Form. Please submit one NorCal Sanction Application Form for each tournament bid.

2025 Tournament Sanction Applications Deadlines:

USTA NorCal will accept applications on an ongoing basis. Bi-monthly deadlines for these applications received after the primary sanction deadline will be January 1, March 1, May 1, July 1, September 1, and November 1.

Should you have any questions regarding the sanctioning process please email tournamentsanctions@norcal.usta.com. You may also contact Joanna Broda-Schunck for Adult Tournaments at 510-263-0443 or Tommy Tu for Junior Tournaments at 510-263-0447.

Adult Tournaments

USTA NorCal Adult Tournament Regulations (As of 2/19/2025)

USTA NorCal Adult Tournament Formats & Levels (As of 1/1/2025)

USTA Adult & Family Tournament Regulations (2024)

Adult Open and Senior Tournament Seeding Rules and Coordinators

NorCal Adult Leagues Calendar

WTN Tournament Incentives

Junior Tournaments

NorCal Junior Tournament Regulations (as of 6/19/2025)

NorCal Junior Tournament Descriptions

NorCal Junior Tournament Sanctioning Instructions 

Junior Circuit Events

NorCal Junior Circuit Regulations (as of 1/1/2024)

2021 Net Generation Pathway Regulations

Running USTA Junior Circuit Tennis (Sanctioning is not required for Junior Circuits)

USTA Junior Circuit Manual

Officials & Sportsmanship

2025 Friend at Court - Handbook of Tennis Rules and Regulations

Sportsmanship Point Penalty Suspension System

USTA NorCal Sportsmanship Grievance Procedures (June 2025)

How to Enter Suspension Points in Serve Tennis

NorCal Statement on Racial Slurs & Harassment

Additional Resources

NorCal Tournament Site Permission Letter

Online Help Center for Safe Play

Serve Tennis Resources

New Tournament Features - Take a look at what's new with Tournaments!

Tournament Webinars - Upcoming and past webinars focused on the functionality of the Serve Tennis Tournament module.

Serve Tennis Feedback - Vote on the features important to you, or submit new ideas.

Tournament Help Center - Online Help Center for Serve Tennis for Tournaments

“Did You Know?” - Webinar Series - Introducing a new webinar series by USTA NorCal to cover Junior Competition topics.

• Session #1: Learn More About NorCal Junior Tournaments
  January 19: Recording; Presentation Slides

Contact Information

For questions regarding:

Sanctioning Process: tournamentsanctions@norcal.usta.com

Adult Tournaments: Joanna Broda-Schunck, 510-263-0443

Junior Tournaments (Level 3-7): Tommy Tu, 510-263-0447

Junior Circuit (Orange, Green, & Yellow Ball): Chris Samuel, 510-263-0463 

Officials/Court Monitors, Sportsmanship: Vinod Herur, 510-748-7342 

Serve Tennis Assistance: customercare@usta.com, 1-800-990-8782

Urgent Help Desk for Tournament Directors - dedicated phone number 888-494-8782 or email urgenthelp@usta.com