Tao Open

Last updated on: May 29, 2017

Format

Maximum entries of the tournament are 108 players. Based on USATT ratings, top 12 players are seeds. Seed players do not play group round robin. The Top 4 seeds are major seeds. They go to round of 16 directly. The rest eight seed players are minor seeds. They go to round of 24 directly. The rest players will play Group Round Robin.
The first round of the tournament is Group Round Robin. The 96 unseeded players are divided into 16 groups. Each group has 6 players. Top two of each group advance.
In case of tie, the rule to break tie is: first head to head result, then game difference. If still tied, the players will play best of 3 balls to decide who will advance.
The second round of tournament is the single elimination of the 32 group advancers. The 16 winners go the the third round.
At the third round of tournament, the 16 advancers and the 8 minor seeds will play single elimination. This round is also called round of 24. 12 winners advance and will join the 4 major seeds as top 16.
Matches are best of 5 games and 11 points per game. Except for Quarter, Semi and Final, best of 7 will be used.
The tournament uses Nittaku premium 40+ balls.
The tournament is not USATT-sanctioned. The match results will not count in USATT tournament rating.

6/24	9am - 2pm	Top 8 group round robin
	2pm - 7pm	bottom 8 group round robin

6/25	9am - 945am	Second round, first half, 8 elimination matches
	945 - 1030am	Second round, second half, 8 elimination matches

6/25	11am	3rd round, round of 24 elimination


6/25	1pm	Round of 16, first half
	140pm	Round of 16, second half
6/25	230pm	Quarter finals. All 4 matches start at the same time.


6/25	330pm	Introduction of Sponsors. Raffles.

6/25	340pm	Semi Finals. Matches start one by one.

6/25	540pm	Final