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2011 Open Player & Guest Information

ITF Super Series

USTA Category I Sanctioning

USTA Gold, Silver and Bronze Balls (3rd place play off)

Prize Money $35,000

The Open runs concurrently, Tuesday August 30th – Sunday, September 4, 2011.

The Open will pick you up at Lambert International Airport and transport you to The Parkway Hotel. (This is a complementary service) The hotel provides a great buffet breakfast, which is provided as part of the room night charge.

TOURNAMENT APPLICATIONS FOR OPEN PLAYERS ARE ACCEPTED THROUGH JULY 19TH, 2011.

Hotel:

Host Hotel Details (player transportation provided to and from airport & to and from courts from Parkway Hotel only)

Parkway Hotel
4550 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108

Hotel Rate: $115.00 (single, double, triple or quad) Reservation Deadline Date: July 30^th Reservations can be made by calling 314-256-7777 and referencing the “2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championship group block” or reservations can be made on-line at: (use group code 3025)

https://gc.synxis.com/rez.aspx?Hotel=27365&Chain=5382&arrive=8/28/2011&depart=8/29/2011&adult=1&child=0&group=3025

• Hot Breakfast every day (included with room fee)
• All rooms feature high-speed internet access, microwave ovens, refrigerators, coffee makers, irons and ironing boards, multi-line telephones with voice mail features, combination DVD/VCRs, and hair dryers.
• Full Service Casual Restaurant (Applebee’s Grill & Bar), Exercise Room, Lobby ATM, Business Center, Attached Parking Garage, Gift Shop, Ice Machines, Self-Service Laundry, Valet Dry-Cleaning, Luggage Storage, & Wi-Fi in lobby.

Additional Hotel Info:

The Chase Park Plaza has also offered US Open players and guests a special rate. However the Chase Park Plaza is not the official tournament hotel.

Call 877-587-2427 Mon-Fri 8am-8pm CST and ask for the : US Open USTA Wheelchair Championship room block and you will get the discounted rate of $159. Call by August 8 in order to get the special rate.

**If you are looking for a roommate you can email Tournament Director Kenny Hayden, kjhay12@yahoo.com to see if he can help find a roommate.

We do not guarantee that will find you a roommate. If you do not have a roommate at the time of the tournament you will be in a single and will pay for a single room.

Note: If you choose to have a roommate, it will be your responsibility to make those arrangements and state that clearly to the Hotel when making your reservation. The Open will NOT be responsible for arranging roommates and anyone without a roommate WILL be billed the Single Occupancy Rate. All prices are given in US Dollars and are near approximates. The Parkway Hotel is a new property with spacious rooms and adequate door sizes with most rooms being set-up in the typical double queen bed configuration.

The Open asks that you contact the hotel directly to book your room nights.

The Hotel Contact Information Is:

The Parkway Hotel
4550 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Telephone: (314) 256-7777
Toll-Free: (866)-314-7700
FAX: (314) 256-7999

http://www.theparkwayhotel.com

E-Mail: info@theparkwayhotel.com

Venue:

Dwight Davis Tennis Center

5620 Grand Drive

St. Louis, MO 63112

Historical Dwight Davis Tennis Center is located in the heart of Forest Park, which resides centrally to the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Dwight Davis is the premier tennis facilities in the St. Louis area with 19 courts, including a stadium court that seat 1500. Included are locker rooms and pro shop and when you roll out the front gate you are in the middle of 1,293-acre Forest Park containing world renown Zoo, Art Museum, History Museum, etc with miles of hard surface paths that wind through manicured woods and water featured park land.

www.dwightdavistennis.com

Below please find a document that we believe will answer every conceivable question that may arise about your travel to and your stay in St. Louis.

Traveling with a virtual copy at your disposal will be assistive.

Open Player Information Sheet

2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships

1980 – 2011

Tournament Director: Mary Buschmann & Kenny Hayden

Tournament Referee: Bob Boulware

Tournament Desk: Mary Buschmann USTA Missouri Valley Section, Ken Hayden USTA

Tournament Facility Host: Apted Family: Dan, Deb & Danielle Dwight Davis Tennis Center

ROHO Tournament Hospitality: Jackie, Omelia, and Bridget

Dwight Davis Stringer: Dan Batchelor (314-361-0177)

Open play: Open Dvision play begins on Tuesday August 30^th 2011.

Open Draw: The Open Public Draw will be made at 5:30 PM on Monday the 29^th at Dwight Davis Tennis Center. As per ITF Requirement, if you are not on site by 4:00 PM Monday please call Mary Buschmann at 913-961-6199 to confirm your arrival.

ENTRY FEE: ENTRY FEE FOR OPEN PLAYERS IS $50 DUE AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION CHECK-IN. Open Coach/Guess fee of $60 will be required at the time of registration check in (includes entrance to the courts and lunch daily). Fees are payable by cash or check. (Checks made payable to The Gateway Confluence.)

Schedule: Play will begin each day at: 10:00 AM unless otherwise posted starting on Tuesday August 30th. Updated draws and the following day’s schedule will be posted each evening as soon as it is prepared and kept at the Parkway Hotel on the two front tables. An informational bulletin board with draw sheets will be located at Dwight Davis Tennis Center and updated throughout the day. Draw sheets and match times will also be posted on the US OPEN website. http://usopen.confluencesports.org/ and on Tennis Link.

Doubles: Please sign up for all doubles at the tournament desk by 10:00AM on Tuesday August 30.

Tennis Chair-Storage: Chairs will be stored at Dwight Davis Tennis Center. This is a safe and secure location. During play chairs will be stored off courts and out of traffic way behind the stadium court (North). There will be volunteers to assist locating and transporting sports chairs to courts. Please do not leave chairs in “a convenient place for you” as this will impede traffic flow and may cause a disruption as we hunt for it. As you arrive at the hotel please leave your sports chair in the lobby. ROHO staffer Jackie Klotz will welcome you and give you a personalized nametag. Please attach this tag to your tennis chair. This system will assist us as we locate your chair for matches. These will be simple tags that you can easily remove at the conclusion of the tournament. At the close of the tournament, you are responsible for bringing your tennis chair back to the hotel & storing it until you depart.

Practice Courts: Prior to matches beginning in the morning, the courts may be used for warm-up. During play designated courts may be used for practice. Practice court sign-up will be available at the tournament desk. Please take direction from the tournament desk so as not to impede or impair ongoing tournament matches.

Gold Ball Event

The 2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships is a Gold Ball event for all divisions. This USTA National upgrade to include all the Lettered Divisions as well as the Open is an exciting step forward for wheelchair tennis. We anticipate that all players will eagerly compete for the distinction.

Lunch will be served from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Stadium Courtside Tent. The food is great and the folks who serve you are fast, friendly and professional. Credentials are required to get lunch. Please be sure to have your credentials with you when you come to the stadium tent.

Breakfast & Dinner will be available at The Parkway Hotel. Breakfast will be complementary. Everyone is on his or her own for supper/dinner and we encourage folks to explore the Central West End for unique and varied dinning experiences. There is an Applebee’s adjoining the Parkway Hotel.

Wheelchair Repair Station:. Tires, tubes, and some parts will be available at cost. Parts you provide will also be worked with.

Stringer: A stringer will be available at Dwight Davis Tennis Center from Tuesday – Sunday. The cost of stringing is $20 labor. You may bring your own string or purchase string from Dwight Davis Tennis Center. Turn around time will be swift, however get your racquet in the queue as early as you can so you won’t be disappointed.

Trainer: An athletic trainer will be available throughout the tournament from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tuesday through Sunday. Trainers will be stationed behind the stadium court (North) and dispatched for on court service.

Tournament Transportation: Transportation between the Parkway Hotel, courts, and return will be accomplished utilizing new minivans and our kind volunteer drivers from Main Street United Methodist Church of Alton, Illinois. We have planned this function to be as quick and easy as possible. Your assistance and patience, of course, will be appreciated. Our desire is to transport only one or two at a time, as the trip from The Parkway Hotel to Dwight Davis Tennis Center is less than a three-minute ride. The queue for AM transport will begin at 8:45 AM. Our drivers will be lined up outside the hotel. In the event you are required to wait you may do so inside the hotel lobby or under the hotel’s portico. Our volunteer drivers are instructed to assist you in any way you may require. Please, kindly direct them as to your personal need for assistance. No smoking, drinking, or eating will be allowed in minivans. Please do not ask drivers to make trips other than those designed to assist you from hotels to courts and back. Drivers will adhere to all traffic laws and obey all traffic signals. There will never be a need to encourage speeding, as no one will ever be in jeopardy of match default as long as we know you are in transport. In the event of rain there are umbrellas placed in each vehicle.

No Smoking: As always, the US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships is a No Smoking Tournament. Please do not smoke anywhere in or near the grounds of the Open. If you must smoke, please remove yourself as far away from the property and entrances as is possible.

Restrooms: Restrooms are located on the East & West sides of the pro shop and down stairs (under the pro shop). Staff will do all they can to maintain their cleanliness and readiness for use at all times. Obviously we require your cooperation to maintain these facilities in outstanding shape. Please utilize all waste receptacles and pick up and clean up after yourself. Pitch in to help keep everything in order and please treat the entire facility with respect. When closed for cleaning, please automatically utilize the other restroom facilities.

Ball People: We sincerely hope to be able to provide player assistance in the form of ball people. When available they can be assigned to the court that you are playing your match on. You may decide at the time you report to the tournament desk for your upcoming match whether you prefer to have or not have this assistance. In the event you decide to utilize these volunteers please take the time to talk with the individual volunteers as to how they can best perform this service for you. Our ball people are instructed to retrieve errant first serve balls. They will do this as quickly and safely as possible. Build this rhythm into your game and coexist with your partner, opponent and those offering assistance to make your matches run smoothly. Believe us when we say that the volunteers have the best of intentions and it has been our experience that they will do anything you ask. Communication, friendliness and patience will insure you a great ball person and will allow everyone to have a better experience.

Photography: Several roving photographers will be working as inconspicuously as possible to “freeze frame” some of your 2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships moments. Cooperate as much as you can during those instances so you can, over time, enjoy their professionally captured renderings of your St. Louis experience. Well after the conclusion of the tournament we will honor all request for copies of your particular tournament portfolio.

Check Out Open Players: Is 12:00 Noon on Sunday, September 4. Please arrange for a late check out only if you are playing in a finals match on Sunday.

Extended Stay: Those requiring additional nights stay will in most case remain in place. Relocation transportation for those so desiring will be at no charge to the player. Hotel cost incurred by players for the extended stay will of course accrue to those individuals.

Children: Parents who have minors accompanying them are cautioned that Dwight Davis Tennis Center is not a play area for them. Quite the contrary, like many adult facilities there are many portions and equipment that are off limits to them. Some architectural necessities, facilities operations areas, etc. pose obvious inherent danger to children and anyone not paying full attention. Please maintain contact control with each minor so as to insure his or her safety.

Keep a good thought

Fingers crossed is our way of saying we have done our best and now must hope for the best. We hope for your best play, your best success, and best time.

Everyone you meet at 2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships

will be working hard to serve your every need. We cannot guarantee perfection though we will strive for the next best thing. Please be a go along get along sort of person when it comes to the minutia of life. Mistakes happen, pitfalls are everywhere. We have worked hard to think of every possible contingency and then made plans to cover all. Redundancy is built in everywhere. But stuff does happen and we all must work to make the adjustment. Please be the very best guest you can. Roll with the punches and know every one connected with the tournament is working to make your participation here a good experience. Fingers crossed!

2011 US OPEN USTA Wheelchair Championships

Airline Transportation Information

We have forwarded your specific itinerary to our airport transportation coordinators so as to make your arrival as smooth and trouble free as possible. If you have not already provided your complete flight information, please do so as soon as possible! Please email that information to Jess Campbell, jd.dicicco.designs@gmail.com

Last minute adjustments (mini emergencies en route) will require you to contact:

Jackie Klotz at 618-954-9129 or Omelia Durso-Missey at 618.531.4109.

Upon arrival at Lambert St. Louis International Airport, proceed to the baggage claim. Along the way you will see lighted visual displays with a welcoming message:

Main Terminal Arrivals:

US OPEN Wheelchair Tennis Players: Welcome to St. Louis! Ground transportation is awaiting you outside the Main Terminal on the airlines ticketing level, exit MT-6, Upper Level.

After collecting your gear from the baggage carousel go back up the half level you have come down from the arriving gates and use the elevator marked MT-4 which is near the USO end of terminal. Take it up to main level (Airline Ticketing Level) and turn left as you exit elevator. This will allow you to depart the terminal using Exit MT-6. Ground transportation will be awaiting you just outside.

Transportation from the airport to the hotel will be accomplished utilizing a fleet of large white lift vans with lettering indicating: St. Louis Society for the Physically Disabled. Please look for the vehicles – be patient should one not be immediately present and in the event that you are feeling “stranded” call Scott Luhrs, cell Phone: 314-803-2270 on his cell so he can give you his estimated time of arrival. Scott’s cell number is 314-803-2270. Please be patient and consider that traffic situations do occur. Should you be left at the curb for longer than 10 minutes, then call Scott.

East Terminal Arrivals:

US OPEN Wheelchair Tennis Players: Please exit East Terminal through Exit ET-15. Ground transportation will be awaiting you.

Driving Directions:

The Parkway Hotel (Tournament Hotel)

4550 Forest Park Avenue,

St. Louis, MO 63108

Telephone: (314) 256-7777

Toll-Free: (866) 314-7700

FAX: (314) 256-7999

http://www.theparkwayhotel.com/

email: info@theparkwayhotel.com

Dwight Davis Tennis Center

5620 Grand Drive

St. Louis, MO 63112

The host hotel and the event facility are both located to the North off Highway 40/I-64.

This arterial corridor runs East & West through the heart of the region. Undergoing expansion renovation for a few years now it is nearly complete, however as with all projects of this nature, changes in traffic flow accompanied by exit openings and closings is of an ongoing nature. Plug the addresses into your favorite search engine. Seek updates just prior to leaving home, and be prepared to make adjustments. *511 will connect you to some traffic updates while in the immediate area. Safe travels.