2020 USTA League Nationals Dates and Locations - Similar to 2019

Taking a break from all the year-end stats and bump analysis, I came across a document that has the dates and locations for 2020 Nationals.  Yes, 2019 Nationals finished up less than 4 weeks ago, but it is time to think about 2020.

Important: While this document is on a USTA site, I have not seen it linked to on usta.com or TennisLink, so it is perhaps not final and subject to change.

Nevertheless, in an effort to get the latest news out to my readers, here is a summary.

First, the locations are the same as 2019, Surprise, Vegas, Oklahoma City, and Orlando.  It appears things went well enough at the new OKC site that they are going back.

Second, the schedule is generally the same, with 18 & Over happening first with 40 & Over overlapping but starting a week later and going a week longer, and 55 & Over near the end and Mixed wrapping the sequence up.  This has been pretty standard for a number of years.

On to the specifics.

Note: As of February 24th, the USTA Nationals page has a slightly different schedule than originally posted and it is updated below.

October 2-4

• OKC - 18 & Over 3.0
• Surprise - 18 & Over 3.5
• Vegas - 18 & Over 5.0

October 9-11

• Vegas - 18 & Over 2.5 women
• Surprise - 18 & Over 4.5
• OKC - 40 & Over 3.5

October 16-18

• Vegas - 18 & Over 4.0 40 & Over 4.5+
• OKC - 40 & Over 3.0
• Orlando - 40 & Over 4.5+ 18 & Over 4.0
• Surprise - 55 & Over 8.0

October 23-25

• Orlando - 40 & Over 4.0
• Surprise - 55 & Over 6.0 / 9.0

October 30-November 1

• Surprise - 55 & Over 7.0
• Orlando - 18 & Over Mixed 6.0 / 8.0 / 10.0 7.0 / 9.0

November 6-8

• Orlando - 18 & Over Mixed 7.0 / 9.0 6.0 / 8.0 / 10.0

November 13-15

• Surprise - 40 & Over Mixed 7.0 / 8.0
• Orlando - 40 & Over Mixed all levels 6.0 / 9.0

Note the document says the last event is the 13th and 14th, I have to think that is a typo and it is the 13th-15th like I listed it.

The themes are pretty much the same, Orlando hosts Mixed, Surprise hosts 55 & Over, and the other events get spread around a bit.  In fact, while some dates changed, the locations for each event is nearly identical to 2019.  It appears just the 40 & Over 3.0 has moved from Orlando to OKC and 40 & Over 4.0 moved from Surprise to Orlando.  Every other event is at the same location as last year.

I would have thought they'd change things up a bit so anyone going back to the same event would get a new location.  But perhaps they figure with all the bumps up, few players will be back?

In any case, for those optimistic about their chances of qualifying, you now know the (perhaps tentative) dates!