The USTA Middle States Section Junior Competition Committee’s registration for the National Level Boys & Girls Zonal Teams, USTA Boy's & Girl's Intersectional Team, and Boy's & Girl’s National Team Championships opens on March 20th, 2020 .

The National Team Championships are singles and doubles, non-elimination, round robin team events designed to introduce players to national competition in which players get to compete alongside fellow Middle States players against teams from the other sections. 

INTERSECTIONAL TEAMS REGISTRATION DEADLINE -  MAY 21st, 2020.

ZONE TEAMS REGISTRATION DEADLINE -  JUNE 18th, 2020. 

THE 18’S NATIONAL TEAM REGISTRATION DEADLINE - JUNE 18th, 2020.  

Register by clicking on the hyperlink in Event/Age Division.  Fax/e-mail the Release Form with a copy of your birth certificate to the Middle States Section Office.   

Selection Process- The Junior Competition Committee will select players for the national team competitions (BG 12’s, 14’s & 16’s Zone Team, BG16’s Intersectional, and BG 18’s National Team Championship Team). The selection of our teams will be based on the players ranked in the top 100 nationally for the age division in question (no more than half of any team will be taken from the top 100 on the national standing lists of the age division in question), followed by the players ranked on the USTA MS Sectional standings list published for the age division in question.  The final selection of players is at the discretion of the Junior Competition Committee and will be determined by what is felt to be in the best interests of the Section.

WILDCARD AVAILABLE FOR TEAM EVENTS:  The criteria for the wildcard selection: The eligible player must have the highest UTR of all the wildcard applicants and must be greater than or equal to the 2nd player selected on the team.

One wild card per gender will be available (excluding Boys/Girls 12s Zone Team).  Players must apply for the wildcard online before entries close.  They must also apply for the event through the TennisLink online application before entries close.  The application is available here: WILDCARD ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

Important Documents -

USTA Medical Release Form

Zone/Intersectional National Team Uniform

Middle States Team Disciplinary Consequences

* The Junior Competition Committee reserves the right if it is deemed in the best interest of the Section to select one (1) additional player.  

Team Composition - Once all players have been selected for Zone teams based on the criteria above, teams are ordered utilizing the waterfall method.  Players are placed in order by rank and then assigned a team in this method:

Waterfall Method-3 teams/18 players

Waterfall Method - 2 teams/12 players