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2023 Summer Night Tournament Series

The UQ Tennis Club's 2023 Tournament Program kicks off with the Summer Night Tournament Series.

The Summer Series consists of 3 Saturday-night tournaments:
Doubles Tournament  -  21 January (6 to 10 p.m.)  
Mixed Doubles Tournament  -  4 February (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
Singles Tournament  -  18 & 25 February (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) - Open & A Grade events on 18 February and B Grade & C Grade events on 25 February

Entries close on the Thursday before each tournament. 

These are all participation-style tournaments which use Round-Robin formats to keep everybody playing.

Events are offered at 4 levels to cater for players of all standards:

  • Open: Top level
  • A Grade: Equiv. to or lower than UTR 7.50 (men) or UTR 6.50 (women) [approx. UQTC Fixtures A2, UQTC Social low Red]
  • B Grade: Equiv. to or lower than UTR 6.50 (men) or UTR 5.50 (women) [approx. UQTC Fixtures B1, UQTC Social Yellow)
  • C Grade: Equiv. to or lower than UTR 4.50 (men) or UTR 3.50 (women) (approx. UQTC Fixtures C1, UQTC Social Green & Blue)

All entrants in these tournaments must be members of The University of Queensland Tennis Club (UQ Tennis Club). However, non-members will be granted free Restricted Membership of the UQ Tennis Club (including free registration with Tennis Queensland) so they can compete. The entry fees for Restricted Members will be higher than for Ordinary, Associate, Junior or Hon. Life Members. 

Entry fees are $25 per player for Doubles & $35 for Singles Ordinary, Associate & Junior Members or $30 per player for Doubles & $40 for Singles for Restricted Members.

The Summer Series entry form can be picked up from the Clubhouse or downloaded as a PDF file here. The printed entry form can be used to enter a single tournament or multiple tournaments.

For Doubles tournaments, each player must lodge an entry form.  Entries for doubles tournaments only accepted if a partner is nominated and that partner also lodges an entry.

Entries can also be lodged on-line via the Tennis Australia Tournaments Website (https://tournaments.tennis.com.au).

The direct links for on-line entry are: 
Doubles Tournament
Mixed Doubles Tournament
Singles Tournament 

Players should use these links to check that their entries have been received.

N.B. When players go to enter on-line, they are asked to create a Tournament account if they don't already have one.  To create a Tournament account, players will need their 11-digit Tennis Australia Tennis ID (11-digit number starting with '66').  Players can check if they have already a Tennis ID & Competitive Player Profile or they can create a Competitive Player Profile & Tennis ID & UTR link by going to https://www.tennis.com.au/competitiveplay/create-your-cpp.