Pre-Regional Qualifying Events
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
The regional tournaments will remain 16-entry draws in both singles and doubles. That's the same format as in previous years.
However, starting this fall, berths to the regional tournaments will no longer be distributed to conferences, but will be awarded based on pre-regional qualifying events.
So, what are these pre-regionals?
Basically, it's like the qualifying rounds at a major professional event, such as the US Open. Only, instead of taking a full week to play three or four rounds of qualifying, our pre-regional event is one round of play, with the winners advancing to the regional tournaments.
The pre-regional isn't a tournament ... it is one round of qualifying for the regionals. That's by design, as we did not want to obligate coaches, players, and parents to a third weekend of post-season individual play.
No commentsState Individual Tournament Changes
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
As part of the new realignment, the NCHSAA adopted a provision that the state individual tournaments will be conducted as three-round, 8-entry brackets. This means that only two players (or doubles teams) will advance from each regional to the state tournaments.
The NCHSAA also announced that our four traditional sites will be used for the state tournaments, with two classifications at each tournament site.
- 1A/2A - Cary Tennis Park
- 3A/4A - Ting Park in Holly Springs
- 5A/6A - Burlington Tennis Center
- 7A/8A - Millbrook Exchange Park
Another change coming in the fall of 2025 is the adoption of the USTA High School Digital Platform (aka Serve Tennis) as the management tool for the state individual tournaments.
Revised Dual Team Lineup Sheet
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
For the past several years, the NCHSAA has required the use of a "dual-team lineup sheet", which coaches exchange prior to the beginning of the match.
Over the summer, NCHSTCA leadership, working with Caitlin McMannen at NCHSAA, revised the lineup sheet to address several shortcomings of the previous version, and to reduce confusion about what coaches can and cannot do with their dual-team lineups.
In addtion, we've written a "user's guide" to the revised lineup sheet, to explain what's changed and how the lineup sheet is to be used.
Click here for a .pdf copy of the lineup sheet, and for a copy of the user's guide.
An interactive Excel version of the lineup sheet, which you can download and complete on your own computer, is being emailed to all coaches for whom we have an accurate email address. If you have not received your copy, please send an email to our
Official NCHSTCA Membership Now Open
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Greetings!
You've reached the new website, currently under development, for the NC High School Tennis Coaches Association.
While we do not yet have all the content we hope to have, the membership registration process is now live, and coaches can "officially" join the NCHSTCA by clicking on the "Join NCHSTCA" tab and following the prompts.
Dues, as adopted by the Board of Directors at its June 2023 meeting, are as follows:
- One-year membership - $10.00
- Three-year membership - $25.00
- Lifetime membership - $100.00
All dues payments are handled via credit or debit card, online, via the Stripe payment processing system.