TERMINOLOGY

MAIN DRAW - The tournament proper excluding the Qualifying tournament [ held the week prior to the MAIN DRAW].

QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT held the week before the start of the MAIN DRAW. This tournament can vary in size from 16 to 64 entrants. Only the last 4 or 8 will be put into the MAIN DRAW. These players couldn't get into the MAIN DRAW on the basis of their points.

The best players in the tournament are SEEDED and placed at specific spots in the draw according to their seeding [ how good they are]. They are separated from one another so that the best players won't play one another in the early rounds.

LUCKY LOSER is a player who played the QUALIE, but just missed being in the group of 4 or 8 that got into the MAIN DRAW. However, if a player in the MAIN DRAW pulls out of the tournament before it starts, the LUCKY LOSER will fill in his spot.