Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Interesting Facts About Entry Fees

Listed below is some interesting information gleaned from the 2010 USTA Texas Tournament Schedule book that came out today.

Polar Brrrr Nothing but Doubles Tournament (Austin) 1-22-10
Entry fee: $38.13 per player, doubles only.

Abilene January Winter Classic (Abilene) 1-23-10
Entry fee: $28/singles; $18/doubles per player.

Brookhaven Indoor Doubles Championship (Dallas) 2-5-10
Entry Fee: Doubles $31 per player.

Sunshine Cup (Missouri City) 2-19-10
Entry Fee: $38.13/singles; $28 doubles per player.

Kingwood Spring Open (Kingwood) 3-19-10
Entry Fee: $33 singles Doubles: $27 per partner.

Arlington Tennis Association Spring Open (Arlington) 3-26-10
Entry Fee: $33/singles, $31/doubles per player.

T Bar M Senior & Super Senior (Dallas) 4-15-10
Entry Fee: $38.13/singles; doubles $28 per player

CATA Spring Fling (Austin) 4-9-10
Entry Fee: $33/singles; Doubles $33/player.

San Antonio Fiesta Adult Open (San Antonio) 4-23-10
Entry Fee: $30/singles; doubles $30/player.

Ft. Worth Adult Major Zone (Ft. Worth) 7-23-10
Entry Fee: $31/singles; Doubles $25/player

Cotton Bowl Classic (Dallas) 12-26-10
Entry Fee: $40.28/singles; doubles $30/player.

Draw whatever conclusions you need to draw but its sure a lot cheaper to play tennis in West Texas...
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 23, 2009 at 8:36:00 PM CST

    With a $40.28 entry fee the Cotton Bowl can sure as heck pay for the officials lunches.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 23, 2009 at 9:45:00 PM CST

    So if the Cotton Bowl has 700 entries again and they all play singles = $28,000. And if half play doubles = $10,000. And if there are 4 sites times 6 days times 1 official and 1 site director = 48 meals. 48 times $7 Subway sandwich/chips/drink = $336. This is probably a bit low, but $400 would probably cover it all. And I know that there is a long list of expenses for running this tournament PLUS they need to make a profit. But $400 is not an unreasonable amount.

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  3. RMDecember 24, 2009 at 6:55:00 AM CST

    There is one tournament here in Texas (not Dallas area) where the tournament directors split a $40,000 profit--and paid for meals at the same time!

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  4. Slim JimDecember 26, 2009 at 9:02:00 AM CST

    I think the main problem is that we have too many weak referees that don't have the gonads to stand up to tournament directors.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2010 at 12:25:00 AM CST

    Keep posting stuff like this i really like it.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2010 at 2:04:00 PM CST

    What a great resource!

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