The 2025 schedule is very much like the 2024 schedule with Orlando, San Diego, Scottsdale, and Surprise all hosting events. What is different is that the events are spread over five weekends instead of the four we had last year. This means events begin October 10th this year.
Here are the dates, locations, and events.
- October 10-12
- 18 & Over 2.5 Women - Scottsdale
- 18 & Over 3.5 - Surprise
- 18 & Over 4.0 - San Diego
- 18 & Over 5.0 - Scottsdale
- October 17-19
- 18 & Over 4.5 - Surprise
- 40 & Over 3.0 - San Diego
- 40 & Over 4.0 - Scottsdale
- October 24-26
- 18 & Over 3.0 - Scottsdale
- 40 & Over 3.5 - Surprise
- 40 & Over 4.5 - San Diego
- October 31-November 2
- Mixed 18 & Over 7.0 / 9.0 - Orlando
- 55 & Over 7.0 / 9.0 - Scottsdale
- November 7-9
- Mixed 18 & Over 6.0 / 8.0 / 10.0 - Surprise
- Mixed 40 & Over 6.0 / 7.0 / 8.0 / 9.0 - Orlando
- 55 & Over 6.0 / 8.0 - Scottsdale
We see the normal progression of 18 & Over to 40 & Over to 55 & Over and Mixed.
What is new from what I recall is that 40 & Over is being done all the same weekend at the same location.
Also interesting is that Orlando isn't be used until 10/31, when the past few years it was used the week earlier, typically around the 20th. The late season hurricanes of recent years could very well be influencing this aspect of the schedule.
What event are you hoping to make it to?
It's always nice to move locations around, but the locations for this year seems like the best ideas(Arizona, Southern California, Orlando).
ReplyDeleteHaving all the 40+ mixed divisions at the same location on the same weekend is interesting. This probably is a good idea.
What seems very odd to me is that both mixed 6.0 and 8.0 divisions(18+ and 40+) are on the same weekend but different locations. The teams that qualify for both which I've noticed does happen for 8.0 at least most years have to choose which one they want to play at, unless these teams have enough players and can split players and play both. I don't think this is ideal to have these divisions on the same weekends, but maybe there's a reason for this.
Good point. Maybe this is the USTA's way of preventing the same players from going to both?
DeleteMaybe. But the question is why. And why only about 18 6.0 and 8.0? Why isn't the USTA worried about all the other divisions? I'm guessing the USTA isn't concerned about this much if any, but they just sloppily overlapped some divisions. Or they let a few minor complaints dictate major decisions to overlap a few divisions, which I've noticed seems to have happened at times in past years. Bottomline is this is sloppy scheduling. Overlapping different divisions even if kinda similar is one thing, but it shouldn't be done for the same divisions.
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