Apply Now for 2026 USTA Florida Tournament Sanctioning

The sanctioning window to apply for 2026 USTA Florida tournaments is NOW OPEN. It will remain open from Monday Aug. 11, 2025, until Sunday Sep. 20, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.    During this period, applications may be submitted for Adult, Wheelchair and Junior tournaments: Level 3s, 4s (open and closed), 5s (open), 6s and 7s.    Orange and Green Ball events can also be applied for through the Junior Circuit level. Level 6s, 7s and Junior Circuit events are on a rolling sanction and can be submitted throughout the year, but it is highly recommended to submit as soon as possible.    All approved sanctions must be paid for by Jan 1, 2026, or they will be revoked.    In need of a refresher about the tournament application process? Please visit the links below for walkthrough videos on how to submit a sanction.

• Submit a tournament application 
• Submit a tournament application (detailed)

For more information, including a general sanctioning guideline and a chart on the various tournament levels, please visit https://www.ustaflorida.com/tournament-sanctioning/ 

• 2026 Florida Adult Ranked Events 
• 2026 Florida Youth Events Chart 
• 2026 Florida Wheelchair Events 
• 2026 L3 L4 L5 Calendar of Events *National Dates subject to change 

For information on the Tournament Director/Referee Dual Role, you can click on the following link: Tournament Director/Referee Dual Role    For more information regarding Officials, you can reach out to our Florida Officials Committee Chair: Clark Higgs  Phone: 727-244-7676  Email: chiggs@tampabay.rr.com

• For general questions and support with Adult Tournaments, you can reach out to Gabriela Hansen Hansen@ustaflorida.com  and floridatournaments@ustaflorida.com 
• For general questions and support with Junior Tournaments, you can reach out to Miguel Torres Torres@ustaflorida.com  floridatournaments@ustaflorida.com 
• For general questions and support with Wheelchair Tournaments, you can reach out to floridatournaments@ustaflorida.com 

We will be hosting a Sanctioning Webinar on August 20th at Noon (EST) to cover in more detail important considerations and tips when submitting a tournament. This will be a great opportunity to learn more on setting your tournaments up for success and approval. Additionally, you’ll be able to meet all of our new team members and ask questions – we hope to see many of you on the webinar. 

• August 20th at Noon (EST)
• Click here and download the file to add the meeting to your calendar 
• Join the meeting now
  • Meeting ID: 227 882 220 945 8
  • Passcode: Ud3Ud6QV

For additional practice making draws and scheduling, you can use the demo tournament desk found here: https://ustatournamentdesk.com/ Thank you all for your continued support of Florida Tennis!