a. Invitations to take part may only be sent to National Associations.  Invitations to Associations shall be open, and not for named players.  Under no circumstances may invitations be sent directly to players.

1. If a player resides in a country, but is not a valid passport holder of that country the National Association of the country where he/she resides may endorse the player's entry, only with the prior agreement of the National Association of the country for which he/she holds a valid passport.
2. If a player is a dual passport holder his/her entry may be endorsed by either National Association provided that neither National Association objects.
3. Any National Association wishing to endorse the entry of a foreign player or a dual passport older is responsible for contacting all relevant National Associations to ensure that the player is of good standing.

b.Only entries submitted through National Associations shall be accepted.  When submitting entries, Associations may give their preferred order of priority for acceptance of their players.

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Doubles draw shall be half of Singles Main Draw.

Doubles qualifying competition is not permitted.

All Main Draw Singles player shall play Doubles.

All draws shall be conducted in public with at least two players present, one of whom shall be of a  different nationality to that of the host country.

a.Guidelines for conducting the Asian 14/U Series Draw

If there are two players from the same National Association competing they shall be drawn in opposite halves of the draw.

If there are three or four players from the same National Association competing, the first and second ranked shall be draw as above and the third and fourth ranked players shall be draw into the remaining quarters, which do not already contain one of that National Association's players.

The selection of the top four players from any one country shall be determined by the Asian   14/U Junior Rankings or, in absence of the Asian 14/U Rankings, the ITF Junior Rankings if it exists, or in it's absence, the order of merit supplied by the appropriate National Association.

b.Method for Conducting a Draw

1.Prepare a master player sheet listing all nations represented.  The order of nations is based on the number of players of that nation (i.e. the nation with the highest number of players should be listed first).
Then detail the player representing each nation as follows:

• First listed should be those players nominated by their National Association as their top players (maximum four) in order ranking.
• If no ranking is available or if no order of merit is supplied by the National Association, the top players (maximum four) should be ranked by their coach/captain.  If he is not able to rank them, the tournament organizers should then rank players.
• Once players have been listed, all remaining players from each nation who have been accepted for the main draw should be listed in ranking order, if appropriate, or in order of acceptance.

2.Proceed with the draw of seeded players, bearing in mind that if two or more seeded players are from the same nation, their position in the draw must be laced rather than drawn by lot, in order to ensure that they are in a different half or quarter to the top player(s) from their nation.

 Note:  Seeded player names should be checked off the master sheet as they are drawn/placed for position in the draw.

3. Proceed with the draw of the remaining top players (maximum four) from each nation, where appropriate, into the vacant half or quarter of the draw.

4. Once the top players (maximum four) from each nation have been drawn into an appropriate half/quarter and placed on a line, all remaining players should be numbered and drawn for position in the usual manner, i.e. drawn to the first vacant position at the top of the draw and so on.

The same procedure described from points 1 to 4 applies to the qualifying draw, bearing in mind that the qualifying draw refers to sections rather than to quarters.

This means that if a Nation has five players in the qualifying draw, the first four must go in different sections and the fifth can be drawn anywhere.

On the other hand, if a Nation has a total of four players (two in the main draw and two in the qualifying draw), the two in the main draw must go in different halves of the main draw and the two in the qualifying draw must go in two different sections.

Note:  This procedure does not apply to Doubles Main Draw.

Seedings will not be official until the final draw is made.  The latest available rankings shall be used. If the players do not have Asian 14/U ranking, the tournament Committee may take into account all relevant information to determine seeding.

Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed shall be filled by the next highest ranked player in the main draw eligible to be seeded.  The position vacated by that next highest ranked player shall then be filled by the next player on the original acceptance list if prior to the commencement of qualifying or by the eligible lucky loser if after commencement of qualifying.  Any vacancy created by the withdrawal of a seed, which occurs after the release of the Order of Play on the day proceeding commencement of play in the main draw, shall be filled by a Lucky Loser.

a. Sections and Seeds

  The qualifying draw shall be made in sections, and the winner of each section shall be given a place  in the main draw.  If four (4) qualifiers are required, there shall be four (4) sections; six (6) qualifiers,  six (6) sections and so on.  The draw shall be seeded and the selection of seeds shall be consistent with the criteria used for the main draw.  Each section shall have two seeded players/teams.  The first seed  shall be placed at the top of each section; the second seed shall be placed at the top of the second  section and so on until all sections have (1) seed on the top line of each section.  The remaining seeds  shall be drawn as one group.  The first drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the first section, the  second drawn shall be placed on the bottom line of the section and so on until all sections have (1)  seed on the bottom line or each section.

b. Acceptance of Qualifiers into Main Draw

Once the qualifying competition has begun, only those players who ultimately qualify and lucky losers may be accepted into the main draw. The qualifying competition commences when the first ball of the first qualifying match is struck.

c. Drawing of Qualifiers

At the conclusion of the qualifying competition, the name of one qualifier shall be drawn for each qualifying place in the main draw.  There shall be no prior designation of qualifying sections to  qualifying places in the main draw.  Likewise, when more than one lucky loser is to be inserted into the main draw, their position in the main draw shall be determined by drawing. Vacancies occurring before the qualifying is completed to be filled by lucky losers shall be drawn in conjunction with those players  that qualified.