National League - Open 2025 entry period 20 JANUARY 2025 - 16 february 2025 - ONLINE ENTRY AND PLAYER NOMINATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THIS DATE

Welcome to the Entry Information Page

Online entry & player nominations CLOSE on 16 February 2025

ONLINE ENTRY & PLAYER NOMINATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THIS DATE

Please read all information below before entering your team. The entry link is at the bottom of this page.

What are the National & Regional tiers? These are the ‘national and regional leagues’ for teams at the Open (adult) age group. The tiers link to the County tier and allow for teams to be promoted and relegated.

Which clubs can compete in the National & Regional tier? LTA registered venues that have a team(s) in the National & Regional Tier based on their performance in the 2024 competition. Team captains can view their position in the Men's Open structure and Women's Open structure prior to completing the online application. The positions are provisional and will depend on teams confirming their 2025 place.

How do we know our entry has been received? Each team captain will receive a confirmation email from Tournament Software when your application is submitted. All team captains will be emailed by 28 February 2025 with the draws, fixtures and details about the season (if you haven’t heard by 3 March, email nationalleague@LTA.org.uk).

Other Important Information

• Fixtures are played at 12pm (unless agreed by both captains otherwise) on fixed dates which can be seen below:

• A player may only represent one club in the Open (adult) competition. A player competing for one club in the junior events may represent a separate club in the Open (adult) competition. However, the player may only compete in 3 age groups, e.g. 16&U, 18&U and Open.

• Email nationalleague@LTA.org.uk before the closing date if your club have a major clash at your venue on the same date preventing the team from playing at home (e.g. court resurfacing) and we will do our best to accommodate this.

• Teams will need to be prepared to travel across their region and must commit to all fixtures.

What if the club has more than one team in an event? Where a club has teams in the National and/or Regional and/or County tiers (E.g. for Open Women), it is important the teams are named as follows - ‘Example LTC 1’ (for National tier) / ‘Example LTC 2’ (for Regional tier) / ‘Example LTC 3’ (for County tier) Any teams entering at County tier must enter their relevant county league.

Player Nominations

All team captains will be required to complete their player nominations as part of the entry process by Sunday 16 February 2025

A venue with a team in the National or Regional Tier may nominate up to 15 players no later than 23.59 on 16 February 2025. No player nominations will be accepted after 23.59 on 16 February 2025. For each additional team in the National/Regional Tier, up to a further 10 players may be nominated by the venue.

The following players must be nominated as part of this process:

Men’s - Any player with an ITF World Tennis Number singles between 1.0-9.9 Women’s - Any player with an ITF World Tennis Number singles between 1.0-14.9

Any venue failing to nominate by this deadline will not be allowed to field in their team(s) any players that should have been nominated. Venues with no players within the nomination criteria above do not need to nominate any players. Players that do not fall within the criteria above as of 16 February 2025 may play in any fixture and do not need to be nominated.

Of the nominated players a venue may include up to 2 players that have an ATP/WTA singles world ranking of 750 or better as of 16 February 2025 who have not played in at least 2 National League fixtures for the venue in the 2022, 2023 or 2024 seasons. This rule applies to men and women separately.

Any player not on the final published nomination list (that should be, based on the criteria above), for that venue, will not be eligible to represent the venue for the 2025 season. It is the team captain’s responsibility to check their final nomination list once published on the LTA website. Any players nominated for a team, that subsequently withdrawals, will not be eligible to represent another team.

National League Finals 2025

The National League Open Finals will take place from Friday 5th - Sunday 7th September 2025. Qualifying teams will need to source, book and pay for their own accommodation (as with all other team competitions), however, the LTA will make a contribution towards the costs of the accommodation which in most cases should cover all costs incurred. This contribution will be made on top of and at the same time as any prize money awarded. Teams are encouraged to provisionally book accommodation as soon as possible. Teams should aim to arrive on Thursday 4th September for practice and a Team Captains Meeting which will take place in the evening from 6pm.