An outstanding USTA sanctioned adult/senior tournament will include most of the following criteria:
● Excellent tournament organization
● Fair and proper seeding
● Fair and equitable scheduling
● Adequate tournament staffing (referees and umpires; monitors, desk staff and other volunteers)
● Encouraged sanitation protocol for use of personal amenities such as water, ice, towels
● Information dissemination, the use of technology to improve tournament
● Good site conditions with adequate indoor backup if needed
● Multiple matches and/or creative formats (e.g. one day tournaments)
● USTA Missouri Valley regulations and contract requirements followed
● Rules and regulations followed as outlined in current Friend at Court
● Effort to promote the USTA Missouri Valley SuperSport initiative and reward good sportsmanship
This award will not be given to an adult section-level event that is run by USTA Missouri Valley staff.