The events

The Smashing Valentine tournament is an official GLTA tournament. The matches will be played according to the guidelines of the GLTA (Gay & Lesbian Tennis Alliance) and the KNLTB (Royal Dutch Tennis Association), an ITF affiliate. Please read the tournament rules on this site carefully!

Data and time table

The tournament starts on Thursday February 9^th and finishes on Sunday February 12^th. Please note that Thursday and Friday are full tournament days and we are unable to accept avoidances for that day.

Men's singles (A, B, C and D) will start on Thursday February 9^th from 12.00 AM.

All finals will be played on Sunday February 12^th. The prize ceremony will follow directly after the last match, at approx. 17.00 (5PM). Please make your travel arrangements accordingly.

Maximum of entries

There will be a maximum of 240 participants. As soon as this number is reached or as soon as the maximum number of participants in a specific event is reached, new entries will be placed on a waiting list. We advise you to register as soon as possible in order to make sure you can play. A registration is only accepted if full payment of fees is received.

Ranking

All players have to play in the appropriate GLTA division. You can find the GLTA rankings on the GLTA homepage: www.glta.net For the seeding we will use the GLTA ranking list per January 19^th, 2011 and all other relevant information. If players don't have a GLTA level (yet) they need to play according the level of their National Associations. (see the conversion table).